THE VENDOME PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY OF ANGELS Houses and Gardens of Los Angeles Firooz Zahedi · Jennifer Ash Rudick Zahedi Los Angeles’s dramatic setting, Mediterranean climate, and outdoor lifestyle have long attracted creative individuals to its · Rudick CITY OF ANGELS diverse neighborhoods. The residents profiled in City of Angels CITY Houses and Gardens of Los Angeles (Vendome, October, $75) represent an eclectic mix of film producers darian zahedi darian FIROOZ ZAHEDI was born in Tehran, Iran. After moving to the United States, he became a photographer for Interview magazine and later Vanity Fair. His work has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Town and directors, artists, photographers, collectors, architects, interior & Country, Glamour, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and House Beautiful, and his portraits, fine-art photographs, and collages have been exhibited in prominent galleries and museums around the world. He is the author and photographer of My Elizabeth, a designers, musicians, and bohemians living happily in houses memoir of and homage to his dear friend Elizabeth Taylor. OF Firooz and his wife divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles, New York, and Palm Beach. designed by renowned architects, interior designers, and garden ANGELS designers, including Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Los Angeles’s dramatic setting, Mediterranean climate, and out- door lifestyle have long attracted creative individuals to its diverse neighborhoods.Neutra, The residents profiledJohn in City of Angels Lautner, repre- Harold Levitt, Rex Lotery, Peter Dunham, sent an eclectic mix of film producers and directors, artists, pho- tographers, collectors, architects, interior designers, musicians, and bohemians living happily in houses designed by renowned tria giovan architects,David interior designers, Netto, and garden designers, includingWaldo Fernandez, Cliff Fong, Madeline Stuart, Mark JENNIFER ASH RUDICK is an author and editor who has spent Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, many years visiting and working in Los Angeles. She is the Harold Levitt, Rex Lotery, Peter Dunham, David Netto, Waldo author of Palm Beach Chic and Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Fernandez,D. Sikes,Cliff Fong, Madeline MarkStuart, Mark D. Sikes, Haddawy, Mark Kulapat Yantrasast, Suzanne Rheinstein, Hamptons and a contributing editor to Veranda magazine. She has Haddawy, Kulapat Yantrasast, Suzanne Rheinstein, and Michael written for national publications, including the Washington Post, S. Smith. Author Jennifer Ash Rudick leads an insider’s tour of more W, and Town & Country. With Maysles Films, she produced the and Gardens Houses Emmy-nominated documentary Iris, Albert Maysles’s penulti- thanand twenty-five houses,Michael bungalows, artists’ studios, S. and art-filled Smith. mate film, and she directed and produced Dinner En Blanc. She Angeles Los of compounds that feature the best of the city’s architecture and lives in New York City and Southampton, N.Y. interior design. The versatile Firooz Zahedi, a long-time L.A. resi- dent, has photographed extraordinary gardens, Silver Lake bun- galows, BeverlyAuthor Hills pool houses, mid-century Jennifer apartments, and Ash Rudick leads an insider’s tour of more even a private tea house in multiple districts of this sprawling city. We journey to Malibu to visit Kelly Wearstler’s beach house before venturing into the Santa Monica Mountains to tour Hutton www.vendomepress.com Wilkinson’sthan exotic ranch. twenty-five City of Angels captures the irresistible houses, bungalows, artists’ studios, and art-filled allure of Pamela Shamshiri’s mid-century modern Schindler Distributed in North America by Abrams Books house and an extraordinarily sited Pacific Palisades villa deco- Distributed outside North America by Thames & Hudson, Ltd. rated by Oliver Furth. We head high into the Hollywood Hills to jacket design by celia fuller explore John Lautner’s vertigo-inducing modernist Garcia House printed in china compounds that feature the best of the city’s architecture and inte- $75 US / $94 CAN / £60 UK before descending to the calm of Richard Shapiro’s overgrown Front cover • In the living room of the Rudolph Schindler house that architect Pamela Shamshiri renovated for herself and her family, a work by John Kapel gardens surrounding a magnificent neoclassical pool pavilion. hangs on the plywood wall over a red chair by Michael Boyd (see also page 312). The houses and gardens featured in City of Angels offer a Back cover • Sunset at designer Kelly Wearstler’s family beach house in Malibu richrior mix of quirkiness, design. elegance, glitz, and HollywoodThe pizazz. versatile Firooz Zahedi, a long-time L.A. resident, (see also pages 224–25). Front flap • The pool pavilion in Richard Shapiro’s garden is an exact replica The effect is unforgettable—much like Los Angeles itself. of the portico at Villa Chiericati in the Veneto region (see also page 29). Firooz Zahedi · Jennifer Ash Rudick has photographed extraordinary gardens, Silver Lake bungalows, Beverly Hills pool houses, mid-century apartments, and even a pri- vate teahouse in multiple districts of this sprawling city. Readers journey to Malibu to visit Kelly Wearstler’s beach house before venturing into the Santa Monica Mountains to tour Hutton Directional • 30 words Alis maximus aut fugit eseri remolenihic te Directional • 30 words Alis maximus aut fugit eseri remolenihic te vitas eaquia ad et la doluptatum, sequi doluptur. Anduntiatis destiae vitas eaquia ad et la doluptatum, sequi doluptur. Anduntiatis destiae eatatis et audaerovidem dolumque verum audam. eatatis et audaerovidem dolumque verum audam. Wilkinson’s exotic ranch. City of Angels captures the irresistible allure of Pamela Shamshiri’s mid-century modern Schindler house and a 258 . LAUTNER sensitively restored and expanded Richard Neutra house in Santa 246-259.City of Angels Lautner f1.indd 258-259 3/27/18 12:20 PM Monica. Readers head high into the Hollywood Hills to explore John City of Angels: Lautner’s vertigo-inducing modernist Garcia House before descending Houses and Gardens of Los Angeles to the calm of Richard Shapiro’s overgrown gardens surrounding a by Firooz Zahedi magnificent neoclassical pool pavilion. and Jennifer Ash Rudick The houses and gardens featured in City of Angels offer a rich mix • More than 400 color illustrations of quirkiness, elegance, glitz, and Hollywood pizazz. The effect is 392 pages, 9 1/4 × 12 in. unforgettable—much like Los Angeles itself. • • ISBN 978-0-86565-357-3 • US $75 CAN $94 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS • Publication date: Firooz Zahedi was born in Tehran, Iran. After moving to the Unit- October 2018 ed States, he became a photographer for Interview magazine and lat- er Vanity Fair. His work has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Town & Country, Contact: Glamour, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and House Beautiful, and his Meghan Phillips 104-121.City of Angels Hutton Wilkinson f1.indd 120-121 3/26/18 10:07 PM portraits, fine-art photographs, and collages have been exhibited in 212-932-0688 prominent galleries and museums around the world. He is the author [email protected] and photographer of My Elizabeth, a memoir of and homage to his dear friend Elizabeth Taylor. Firooz and his wife divide their time between Please send tear sheets to: their homes in Los Angeles, New York, and Palm Beach. Meghan Phillips 181 State Street Jennifer Ash Rudick is an author and editor who has spent many Suite 304 years visiting and working in Los Angeles. She is the author of Palm Portland, ME 04101 or Beach Chic and Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons and a con- [email protected] tributing editor to Veranda magazine. She has written for national pub- lications, including the Washington Post, W, and Town & Country. With Maysles Films, she produced the Emmy-nominated documentary Iris, Albert Maysles’s penultimate film, and she directed and produced Din- ner En Blanc. She lives in New York City and Southampton, N.Y. 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