The four men who are the subject of this book were all trained in the traditional European mode, but in transferring their ideas from Europe to the American West, they incorporated rustic vernacular precedents and local materials to create the distinct style of the San Francisco Bay area.Richard W. Longstreth is Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University. "On the Edge of the World" is included in the Architectural History Foundation American Monograph Series.
- ISBN10 0262620596
- ISBN13 9780262620598
- Publish Date 13 April 1989 (first published November 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 August 1994
- Publish Country US
- Publisher MIT Press Ltd
- Imprint MIT Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 471
- Language English