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to a logically designed structure integrated into the landscape and surrounded by greenbelts. He introduced new materials as well as a new way of living within the built environment and popularized an informal, outdoor-oriented open plan. More than just abstractions of the suburban ranch house, most
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Angeles Modernism. An exhibition catalogue, now out of print, was published at the same time.
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development he had just completed where he suggested to Jones that the
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