Celebrate the beauty of California homes and interior design with this stunning architecture coffee table book—now in a more affordable size perfect for your home décor!
 
Film star Diane Keaton shares her love of Spanish-style architecture in exclusive photographs of Southern California’s most romantic historic homes.

Explore the stunning historical architecture and interior design of Southern California! In this gorgeous architecture coffee table book featuring specially-commissioned photography, Diane Keaton showcases the most important, yet rarely seen, residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles.
 
From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens, each house is a rare architectural masterpiece, with splendid interior design finishes like authentic Monterey furniture, California tile, and Navajo rugs. Among the magnificent seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows is Diane Keaton’s former home in Beverly Hills, which she thoughtfully restored with noted interior designer Stephen Shadley, and for which she has been recognized as a committed preservationist.
 
Keaton brings her cinematic eye to each building—many of which have never been photographed or seen—while authoritative text by D. J. Waldie lucidly explicates the architecture. Now available in a more compact and affordable format, this California coffee table book is an intimate tour of a historic and distinct lifestyle, perfect for anyone interested in interior decorating and home design.

About The Author

Diane Keaton has been recognized for her work in California architectural preservation. She is widely known for her work in theater and film, and has won numerous awards and accolades, including an Oscar for her role in Annie Hall and praise for her work as director of Unstrung Heroes. D. J. Waldie is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, which received the California Book Award for nonfiction in 1996, Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, and co-author of Real City: Downtown Los Angles Inside/Out. He is a regular contributor to Los Angeles Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, L. A. Weekly, and others.