Gibbs-Smith, 2002
Honoring the legacy of Bay Area residential developer Joe Eichler, this is a thoroughly researched, hardbound history of Eichler Homes. Supplemented with 300 photographs, including Eichler photographer Ernie Braun’s compelling mid-century photography of these ever-popular architectural icons. This is a coffee table book that belongs in every Eichler home.
arcCA DIGEST, 3rd quarter 2006 edition, “Preserving Modernism”
Adamson makes the case for California Modernism as an enduring philosophy of residential design. Combining natural materials, open plans and interconnections with nature this style appeals to people’s intrinsic desires for beauty, economy and healthful environments.
Routledge, 2000 Edited by Thomas Deckker
“Looking Back on Our Future: Conflicting Visions and Realities of the Modern City” The ten contributors to this book define some of the theoretical foundations of Modern urban planning, and reassess the successes and the failures of the built results. Adamson describes the history of urban planning in the United States, and the compromises made by Ludwig Hilbersheimer and Richard Neutra in accommodating European Modernism to its radically democratic and populist society.