Escher GuneWardena, founded in Los Angeles in 1996, reached international recognition through a range of projects: commercial spaces treated as conceptual art works; hillside residences representing poetic responses to particular site conditions; work in historic preservation including such icons as the Eames House and John Lautner's Chemosphere in Los Angeles. Their collaborations with artists such as Sharon Lockhart, Mike Kelley and Stephen Prina testify to their presence in the art world. "[Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena] are, in part, scholars, artists, architectural historians, designers and architects" Don Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of the City of New York.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS 16
• FOREWORD 17
• INTRODUCTION 19
• INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART I : CLOCKS AND CLOUDS 24
• COMPLETE WORKS 33
• HISTORY AND PRESERVATION: FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PAST 58
• READING THE PAST 58
• INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART II:BEGINNINGS AND COLLABORATIONS 100
• AGAINST NATURE 111
• SPACES FOR LIVING 111
• INTERVIEW BY LILIAN PFAFF WITH FRANK ESCHER AND RAVI GUNEWARDENA / PART III:THE THEN AND THE NOW 162
• SPACE BECOMES TIME: LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION AND RECONCILIATION 171
• LANDSCAPES OF REFLECTION 171
• ATMOSPHERES, EXHIBITIONS, AND CATOPTRIC BOXES 189
• MAKING OF PLACE 189