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    Contemporary Living by McClean Design

    Author Paul McClean, Michael Webb
    Foreword by James Magni
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    Hardcover
    $75.00 US
    Rizzoli
    9.75"W x 11.77"H x 1.24"D   | 72 oz | 4 per carton
    On sale Oct 08, 2024 | 304 Pages | 9780847838486
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    Hollywood’s most sought-after architects are synonymous with the quintessential California lifestyle.

    McClean’s second Rizzoli book explores fifteen ultra-modern residences completed over the past five years. Rigorous, elegant, and impeccably detailed, McClean’s houses are the embodiment of livable modernism and set the stage for every aspect of California living. The residences range from a remodeled classical mansion in San Francisco, to waterfront houses and serene oases that seem to float above the flats of Los Angeles, with vistas extending from mountains to the ocean.

    Since its founding in 2000, McClean Design’s focus has been on creating home sanctuaries that open to the best views. From the structure to plantings, lighting, and furnishings, there’s a free flow of space, through the house and out to the horizon. The quiet authority of McClean’s houses exerts a calming influence. There’s a sense of formality and spareness in the architecture, a reduction to essentials, serving not as a constraint, but as a foil to the landscape and the relaxed character of the interior spaces; wood strip floors, cabinetry, and natural stones add warmth, as do the soft furnishings in neutral tones. The book includes floor plans and explanatory essays and notes by the architects on common themes throughout their work.
    "The otherworldly spaces McClean creates possess a severe beauty. Boundaries vanish. Light, air and water mix to create an an ethereal backdrop. At times his designs seem to float. The effect is nearly illusory—a dream where you walk into a wondrous room in your home you never knew existed. But turn a corner in a McClean home and the grounding of wood, stone and marble brings you comfortably back to earth." — FORBES
    Paul McClean is principal and founder of McClean Design, located in Orange, CA. Michael Webb is a Los Angeles-based writer who has authored thirty books on architecture and design. James Magni is principal at Magni Kalman Design.
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    Hollywood’s most sought-after architects are synonymous with the quintessential California lifestyle.

    McClean’s second Rizzoli book explores fifteen ultra-modern residences completed over the past five years. Rigorous, elegant, and impeccably detailed, McClean’s houses are the embodiment of livable modernism and set the stage for every aspect of California living. The residences range from a remodeled classical mansion in San Francisco, to waterfront houses and serene oases that seem to float above the flats of Los Angeles, with vistas extending from mountains to the ocean.

    Since its founding in 2000, McClean Design’s focus has been on creating home sanctuaries that open to the best views. From the structure to plantings, lighting, and furnishings, there’s a free flow of space, through the house and out to the horizon. The quiet authority of McClean’s houses exerts a calming influence. There’s a sense of formality and spareness in the architecture, a reduction to essentials, serving not as a constraint, but as a foil to the landscape and the relaxed character of the interior spaces; wood strip floors, cabinetry, and natural stones add warmth, as do the soft furnishings in neutral tones. The book includes floor plans and explanatory essays and notes by the architects on common themes throughout their work.

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    "The otherworldly spaces McClean creates possess a severe beauty. Boundaries vanish. Light, air and water mix to create an an ethereal backdrop. At times his designs seem to float. The effect is nearly illusory—a dream where you walk into a wondrous room in your home you never knew existed. But turn a corner in a McClean home and the grounding of wood, stone and marble brings you comfortably back to earth." — FORBES

    Author

    Paul McClean is principal and founder of McClean Design, located in Orange, CA. Michael Webb is a Los Angeles-based writer who has authored thirty books on architecture and design. James Magni is principal at Magni Kalman Design.
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    Michael Webb View titles by Michael Webb

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