Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945 - 1966

SMITH, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 3822864129 / ISBN 13: 9783822864128

Published by Taschen, Cologne, Germany, 2002

About this Item

18 x 13.25 inches. 440 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original illustrated boards; printed acetate covering. First edition. "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 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" (the publisher). Some staining to acetate; generally a clean copy.

Seller Inventory # 408754

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945 - 1966
• Publisher: Taschen, Cologne, Germany
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822864129
• ISBN 13: 9783822864128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

<div>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 &#38; 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, 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.</div>

About the Author

Elizabeth A.T. Smith, conservatrice en chef du Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago depuis 1999, a été précédemment conservatrice au Museum of Contempory Art of Los Angeles. Elle a été professeur adjoint à la School of Fine Arts dans le cadre du Public Art Studies Program de l'Université de Californie du Sud. Elle a donné des conférences et abondamment publié sur toute une variété de sujets en art contemporain et en architecture.