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CASE STUDY HOUSE
Elizabeth A. T. Smith
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Description for CASE STUDY HOUSE
Hardcover. Pioneering designs for affordable postwar homes. Num Pages: 96 pages, ILLUSTRATED. BIC Classification: AM. .
The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the average American. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the Case Study Houses included 36 model homes commissioned from such major architects of the day as Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, and Ralph Rapson. Their criteria included using, ... Read more
The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the average American. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the Case Study Houses included 36 model homes commissioned from such major architects of the day as Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, and Ralph Rapson. Their criteria included using, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
TASCHEN
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836535601
SKU
V9783836535601
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Ref
99-37
About Elizabeth A. T. Smith
Elizabeth A. T. Smith is an art historian, curator, and writer. She has worked as Chief Curator and Deputy Director for programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and as curator at MOCA Los Angeles, where she organized Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses. Smith has taught at the University of Southern ... Read more
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