Hyperwest: American Residential Architecture on the Edge

by Alan Hess, Alan Weintraub (Photographer)

A practical and inspiring sourcebook, this lavish volume captures the cutting edge of the residential architecture of the American West in a format to treat the eyes of professionals and consumers alike. Provocative text probes the concepts underlying the ingenuity and beauty that has long sprung from wide-open-spaces design.

Genres: Architecture

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Born in California in 1952, Hess received his BA at Principia College, a Master's degree in architecture from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, and is a licensed architect. After working with architects William Coburn, and Callister Payne and Bischoff, Hess started his own firm specializing in residential work and historic preservation. His first book, Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture (Chronicle Books 1985) focused on a neglected and popular Modern form. Following books continued to explore overlooked chapters in twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He is responsible for qualifying several landmark buildings for the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest operating McDonald's in Downey, Stuart Company Plant and Office Building and Bullock's Pasadena in Pasadena, and the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, Arizona.