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BUFF & HENSMAN
(BUFF & HENSMAN). Hensman, Donald C. Introduction by Alex Moseley. Preface by Dean Robert Timme. James Steele, Editor. Los Angeles: USC Guild Press, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Architecture Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronological listing of built projects This is the first full study of the iconic Post-war modernist residences of the revered Southern California-based architectural firm of Buff and Hensman. This significant book includes new and vintage photographs - the majority by Julius Shulman, reproductions of Buff & Hensman's original drawings and renderings, and a descriptive text of the illustrated projects - including Case Study Houses No.s 20 and 28 - by the firm's principal partner, the late Donald C. Hensman, FAIA. A most handsome example of the uncommon first and only edition of this vital document showing just a bit of even sunning along the spine of the dust jacket. 1-890449-24-5 Inventory Number: 025806