In a career spanning nearly sixty years, Ruth Shellhorn (1909 2006) helped shape Southern California s iconic modernist aesthetic. This is the first full-length treatment of Shellhorn, who created close to four hundred landscape designs, collaborated with some of the region s most celebrated architects, and left her mark on awide array of places, including college campuses and Disneyland s Main Street.

Kelly Comras tells the story of Shellhorn s life and career before focusing on twelve projects that explore her approach to design and aesthetic philosophy ingreater detail. The book s...