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Case Study Houses
Elizabeth A.T. Smith
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Description for Case Study Houses
Hardcover. The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. This title brings you a monumental retrospective of the program with comprehensive documentation, photographs from the period, and contemporary photos, as well as floor plans and sketches. Editor(s): Gossel, Peter. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 332 x 47. Weight in Grams: 3582.
The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom. The program's chief motivating force was Arts & Architecture editor John Entenza, a champion of modernism who had all the right connections to attract some of architecture's greatest talents, such as Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, ... Read more
The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom. The program's chief motivating force was Arts & Architecture editor John Entenza, a champion of modernism who had all the right connections to attract some of architecture's greatest talents, such as Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen GmbH Germany
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
3598g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836510219
SKU
V9783836510219
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Ref
99-13
About Elizabeth A.T. Smith
Peter Gossel runs a practice for the design of museums and exhibitions. He is the editor of TASCHEN's monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra, as well as the editor of the Basic Architecture series. Elizabeth A. T. Smith is Chief Curator and Deputy Director for programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. ... Read more
Reviews for Case Study Houses
It's a huge coffee-table (make that a banqueting-table) book, which analyses each of the houses in chronological order, with plans, sketches and glorious photographs.