Ginzton Residence Papers, 1948-1978.

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Ginzton Residence Papers, 1948-1978.

The Ginzton Residence Papers documents the original design of the house as well as its evolution through later remodeling projects and other changes (1948-1978). The papers include correspondence, specifications, product manuals, photographs, sketches, fabric and rug swatches, color 35mm slides, books, drawings, and blueprints. Also includes promotional information about the Peninsula Housing Association's proposed Ladera development, where the Ginztons had planned to build before commissioning the residence described in these records.

4 flat file folders, 1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8312295

California Digital Library

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Royston, Robert, 1918-2008

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Ginzton family.

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Designed for Edward L. and Artemas Ginzton in 1948 by architect Joseph A. Stein and with landscape designs by Robert Royston of Garrett Eckbo's office and later by Thomas Church, the Ginzton residence represents an extraordinary collaboration among several important figures in Northern California / Bay Area architecture and landscape design. From the description of Ginzton Residence Papers, 1948-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84041990 ...

Church, Thomas Dolliver

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Church was a landscape architect for several Stanford projects. From the description of Central Campus Master Plan, Stanford University, 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541071 Thomas D. Church (1902-1978) was a California landscape architect credited with the creation of the "modern garden" style. Educated at UC Berkeley and at Harvard, he practiced in the Bay Area for over fifty years, completing more than two hundred projects across the United States. In addition t...

Ladera.

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Eckbo, Garrett

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Garrett Eckbo studied landscape architecture at UC Berkeley graduating in 1935. He then attended Harvard University's Graduate School of Design where with classmates Dan Kiley and James Rose led the "Harvard Revolution," ushering in the modern period in landscape design. Following graduation in 1938, Eckbo worked as a landscape architect for Norman Bel Geddes on the General Motors Pavilion for the 1939 World's Fair in New York and for the Farm Security Administration. Eckbo taught at the Univers...

Stein, Joseph Allen, 1912-2001

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Peninsula Housing Association.

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