Case Study Houses : The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
by Elizabeth A.T. Smith
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Modernist experimental homes. Prototypes for everyone 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 show more 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, and Eero Saarinen. Highly experimental, the program generated houses that were designed to re-define the modern home, and thus had a pronounced influence on architecture - American and international - both during the program's existence and even to this day. TASCHEN brings you a monumental retrospective of the entire program with comprehensive documentation, brilliant photographs from the period and, for the houses still in existence, contemporary photos, as well as extensive floor plans and sketches. show lessTags
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A reasonable little introduction. It seemed to me that the photography could have been updated in many cases. The book would be greatly improved if the photography could have reflected the major design features discussed in the text.
shelved at : 82 : One-off houses
shelved at: 81 : Housing
architectuur, amerika, v.s., california
Das Buch bist recht günstig zu bekommen, das ist gut, denn der Inhalt ist doch minimalistisch. Pro Haus maximal drei Seiten... nicht, dass die Häuser heutzutage noch so passend wären. Oder gar für Österreichs Klima
Sep 24, 2016German
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- Case Study Houses : The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
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- Charles Eames; Ray Eames
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