UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANDIEGO. THE CAMPUS GUIDE

University of California, San Diego, the latest book in the Campus Guide series, presents the story of UCSD'its growth, planning, and architecture'as a colorful journey from the Sputnik era through the social and political transitions of the sixties, exciting scientific breakthroughs during the seventies, and new emerging modes of interdisciplinary collaboration. The book presents almost ninety significant architectural works on the UCSD campus and reveals the very sources of modernist California architecture, from the influence of Richard Neutra, Frank Gehry, and the Case Study Architects in Los Angeles, to early San Diego modernist Louis Gill, and famed architect Louis Kahn, who designed the Salk Institute near UCSD. This book is organized into walking tours with colorful maps and illustrated with more than 120 spectacular color photos. Some of the world's best-known and most innovative architects are represented at UCSD, including Moshe Safdie, Antoine Predock, and Michael Rotondi.