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Sam Lubell has written eight books about architecture, including California Captured and two travel guides to mid-century modern architecture in the USA, all from Phaidon. He is a contributing editor at The Architect's Newspaper and writes for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Architectural Record, Architectural Review, and other publications.

Phaidon Press is a publishing company founded in 1923, Vienna by Dr Bela Horvitz and Ludwig Goldscheider. The illustrious publishing house, now operating globally, has published an extensive range of art-books over the past 95 years, collaborating with the most recognised authors and artists to provide beautiful, educational and affordable titles for all to enjoy.

Image one: 2D Bookshot.

Image two: 3D Bookshot.

Image three: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Villa Santo Sospir, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France.  Poet, painter, sculptor, novelist, essayist, playwright, librettist, screenwriter, film director, actor. Picture credit: Marina Melia, Courtesy of Villa Santo Sospir © DACS/Comité Cocteau, Paris 2020 (page 64).

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