THE ARCHITECTURE OF GREGORY AIN: THE PLAY BETWEEN THE RATIONAL AND HIGH ART, with texts by David Gebhard, Hariete Von Bretton and Laura Weiss

Hennessey + Ingalls, 1997, First edition thus, 95 pp., 8" X 8", Paperback

Near fine

Reprint of the 1980 Catalog for the University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum exhibition, The Architecture of Gregory Ain: The Play between the Rational and High Art.

Illustrated with images of Ain's architecture, interiors and site plans. Designed by David Gebhard, with primary photography by Julius Shulman.

Includes documentation of the Edwards House, Los Angeles [1936], Ernst House, Los Angeles [1937], Dunsmuir Flats, Los Angeles [1937–39], Brownfield Medical Building, Los Angeles [1938], Beckman House, Los Angeles [1938], Daniel House, Silver Lake [1939], Margaret and Harry Hay House, North Hollywood [1939], Tierman House, Silver Lake [1939], Vorkapich Garden House, for Slavko Vorkapich, Beverly Hills [1939], Ain House, Hollywood [1941], Orans House, Silver Lake [1941], Jocelyn and Jan Domela House, Tarzana [1942], Park Planned Homes, Altadena [1947], Mar Vista Housing, Mar Vista [1947 – 48], Avenel Homes (cooperative), Silver Lake [1948], Hollywood Guilds and Unions Office Building, Los Angeles [1948], MOMA Exhibition House,New York City [1950], Ben Margolis House, Los Angeles [1950], Mesner House, Sherman Oaks [1951], Richard "Dick" Tufeld House, Los Angeles [1952], Kaye House, Tarzana [1963], Ginoza House, State College, Pennsylvania [1967], and others.

"An architect's work is a step to enhance the quality of living." — Gregory Ain