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© Ekaterina Kondratova/Shutterstock.com California has been a hotbed of architectural changes and innovation. From the wacky to the sublime, this list shows the wide range of architectural experimentation and aesthetics in the Golden State. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. First Church of Christ Scientist Bernard Maybeck viewed the architectural canon as a style smorgasbord. Gothic, Romanesque, Asian, Arts and Crafts, Classicism all were there to be sampled, interpreted, and reintroduced as California Craftsman. His belief in pure materials untreated redwood shingles, exposed reinforced concrete, raw timber trellises was balanced by unbridled curiosity for new materials, colors, and patterns combined in untested ways. But whereas his contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright knew where to stop before exuberance skids into excess, Ma

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