RECENTLY READ
Casa del Herrerro: the Romance of Spanish Colonial
Robert Sweeney, Rizzoli, New York, 2009
Casa de Herrerro was designated a National Historic Landmark in February 2009 and this book celebrates that achievement. It is the story of a house. How it came to be and the characters that took part. The collaboration between the owner, George Steedman, and architect, George Washington Smith, is fascinating and not unlike interactions between the major players at Hearst Castle. The photographer, Matt Waller, has done an outstanding job.

REFERENCES
Mediterranean Design
Mary Whitesides, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, 2006
A series of building case studies that naturally includes the influence of Spain and Morocco. Recent renovations usually include the services of an architect or interior designer and at "Mi Sueno" the architect of record is Bertram Goodhue.

George Washington Smith: Architect of the Spanish Colonial Revival
Patricia Gebhard, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, 2005
The life and work of an architect who came to design Spanish Revival architecture by accident.

Red Tile Style: America’s Spanish Revival Architecture
Arrol Gellner, Penguin Putnam Inc, New York, 2002
A large format book with good background material. It has extended descriptions of individual buildings alongside detailed photographs. The author has more than twenty years of experience as a practising architect, writer and teacher.

California Colonial: The Spanish and Rancho Revival Styles
Elizabeth MacMillian, A Schiffer Design Book, Atglen, 2002
A fine introduction with deeply researched text sits alongside 350 stunning colour and over 50 black and white photographs. The author holds a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Southern California.

Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida’s Gold Coast
Caroline Seebohm, Randon House, New York, 2001
The life history of a flambouyant and engaging character who spent time in Central America as a teenager. Caroline’s inspiration was the discovery of a hitherto unknown archive of Mizner’s papers. (Since the publication of her book the other half of this archive has been found.)

Hearst Castle: the biography of a country house
Victoria Kastner, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 2000
The story of a building north of Santa Barbara and media magnate Randolf Hearst. To him it was an escape, a hobby and a place of relaxation. The architect, Julia Morgan, saw it as a future museum. If you are going to visit San Simeon this book is a wonderful introduction.

Mizner’s Florida: American Resort Architecture
Donald W. Curl, The MIT Press, New York, 1999
A social history of Florida in the 1920’s and how Addison Mizner developed a style of architecture for the rich and famous.

Casa California: Spanish Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente
Elizabeth MacMillian, Rizzoli, New York, 1996
This book showcases twenty one significant and beautifully preserved Spanish Revival houses. The photography includes exterior and interior architecture. Elizabeth MacMillian is an architecture historian and from 1982-1992 was the architecture editor at Architectural Digest magazine.

Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner
Addison Mizner with Introduction by Donald Curl,
Dover Publications, New York, 1992
This book was originally published in 1928 and is a collection of black and white photographs clearly showing the talent Mizner brought to his work in Florida.