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Cooper Residence, the "Wave House" by Harry Gesner, Malibu, 1959, an inspiration for the Sydney Opera House.

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house by Harry Gesner with his "Cooper Wave Residence" which he designed and built on the beach of Malibu, California in The tall, shell-form roof lines of this home are glass fronted offering spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

We’ve met our latest imaginary boyfriend in the pages of the new coffee-table book Houses of the Sundown Sea. Harry Gesner is movie-star handsome and surfs every day near his Malibu house.

Still surfing, designing homes and inventing, environmentally conscious Modernist architect Harry Gesner will celebrate his birthday Saturday with a book signing and art show at the Malibu Lumber Yard.

The Cooper Wave House, Malibu California, The concrete pillars underneath were added fairly recently as coastal erosion threatened the building and extra shoring was needed.

Cooper Residence, the "Wave House" by Harry Gesner, Malibu, 1959, an inspiration for the Sydney Opera House.

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Vintage Design Inspiration: What can vintage design mavens learn from Lisa Germany’s new biography, Houses of the Sundown Sea, and its subject—pioneering architect Harry Gesner?

house by Harry Gesner with his "Cooper Wave Residence" which he designed and built on the beach of Malibu, California in The tall, shell-form roof lines of this home are glass fronted offering spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

We’ve met our latest imaginary boyfriend in the pages of the new coffee-table book Houses of the Sundown Sea. Harry Gesner is movie-star handsome and surfs every day near his Malibu house.

Still surfing, designing homes and inventing, environmentally conscious Modernist architect Harry Gesner will celebrate his birthday Saturday with a book signing and art show at the Malibu Lumber Yard.

The Cooper Wave House, Malibu California, The concrete pillars underneath were added fairly recently as coastal erosion threatened the building and extra shoring was needed.

Cooper Residence, the "Wave House" by Harry Gesner, Malibu, 1959, an inspiration for the Sydney Opera House.

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