ISBN10: 0262692139, ISBN13: 9780262692137, [publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.] Softcover Fine copy in wraps. 256 pp., Profusely illustrated with high quality b&w plates of Case Study Houses in various states of construction, drawings, floor plans, renderings, models, and archival material from the period. A definitive reference work on John Entenza & "Arts + Architecture" Magazine's historic "Case Study House" program, this undertaking on the influential post-war design competition is filled throughout with Julius Shulman's gorgeous vintage photographs. The participating architects were Richard J. Neutra, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, Raphael Soriano, J.R. Davidson, Ralph Rapson, Whitney R. Smith, Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, Rodney A. Walker, Thornton Abell, Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., William Wilson Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, Buff, Straub and Hensman, Killingsworth, Brady and Smith, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, and Don Knorr. Fabulous reference. Slight shelf wear.
[Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Cambridge The MIT Press 1998 1st Soft Cover Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued 4to. First edition thus, softcover. Published Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1998, first printing. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 12" x 9 3/4", 256pp., illustrated with numerous photos, plans and scale models. "Winner of the 1999 Philip Johnson Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians. essays by Reyner Banham, Dolores Hayden, Thomas Hine, Thomas S. Hines, Esther McCoy, Helen Searing, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and Kevin Starr. One of Southern California's most significant contributions to modern architecture was the Case Study House program sponsored by John Entenza's Art & Architecture magazine. Between 1945 and 1966, thirty-six experimental prototypes were designed and the majority built. Featuring some of the most important architects of the region and generation including Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, and Raphael Soriano—the program reflected the modernist goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining living. A number of the essayists in the book suggest that what made the houses distinctive and influential was not so much their International Style modernism as how that style was domesticated and scaled to the single-family house...and how it forecast what came to be known as the California lifestyle. In addition to the eight main essays, the book, which was based on a 1989-1990 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los ...

ISBN10: 0262692139, ISBN13: 9780262692137, [publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge] Softcover First Edition First edition thus, softcover. Published Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1998, first printing. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 12" x 9 3/4", 256pp., illustrated with numerous photos, plans and scale models. "Winner of the 1999 Philip Johnson Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians. essays by Reyner Banham, Dolores Hayden, Thomas Hine, Thomas S. Hines, Esther McCoy, Helen Searing, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and Kevin Starr. One of Southern California's most significant contributions to modern architecture was the Case Study House program sponsored by John Entenza's Art & Architecture magazine. Between 1945 and 1966, thirty-six experimental prototypes were designed and the majority built. Featuring some of the most important architects of the region and generation including Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, and Raphael Soriano—the program reflected the modernist goal of reinventing the house as a way of redefining living. A number of the essayists in the book suggest that what made the houses distinctive and influential was not so much their International Style modernism as how that style was domesticated and scaled to the single-family house. . . and how it forecast what came to be known as the California lifestyle. In addition to the eight main essays, the book, which was based on a ...
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ISBN10: 0262692139, ISBN13: 9780262692137, [publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.] Softcover As New copy in wraps. 256 pp., Profusely illustrated with high quality b&w plates of Case Study Houses in various states of construction, drawings, floor plans, renderings, models, and archival material from the period. A definitive reference work on John Entenza & "Arts + Architecture" Magazine's historic "Case Study House" program, this undertaking on the influential post-war design competition is filled throughout with Julius Shulman's gorgeous vintage photographs. The participating architects were Richard J. Neutra, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, Raphael Soriano, J.R. Davidson, Ralph Rapson, Whitney R. Smith, Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, Rodney A. Walker, Thornton Abell, Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., William Wilson Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, Buff, Straub and Hensman, Killingsworth, Brady and Smith, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, and Don Knorr. Fabulous reference.
[Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, Date: 1999. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. As New. Oblong 8vo. As New copy in wraps. 256 pp., Profusely illustrated with high quality b&w plates of Case Study Houses in various states of construction, drawings, floor plans, renderings, models, and archival material from the period. A definitive reference work on John Entenza & "Arts + Architecture" Magazine's historic "Case Study House" program, this undertaking on the influential post-war design competition is filled throughout with Julius Shulman's gorgeous vintage photographs. The participating architects were Richard J. Neutra, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, Raphael Soriano, J.R. Davidson, Ralph Rapson, Whitney R. Smith, Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, Rodney A. Walker, Thornton Abell, Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., William Wilson Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, Buff, Straub and Hensman, Killingsworth, Brady and Smith, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, and Don Knorr. Fabulous reference. 1999. MIT Press ISBN 0262692139 9780262692137 [US]

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, Date: 1999. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. A pristine copy signed by Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Julius Shulman, Pierre Koenig, Beverly Thorne, Edward Killingsworth, and Donald Hensman on the title page at a reception and book signing on the event of the publication of "Case Study Houses" by Taschen on April 4, 2002 at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Laid in are: a gallery announcement card for an exhibition by Pierre Koenig at the Craig Krull Gallery between May 25 and June 29, 2002; and a 4-16-2002 L.A. Times article "Living Legends of Architecture: Case Study Alumni Reunite to Celebrate Their Contributions to California's Housing Industry" reporting on the event at which this book was signed. There is a photo of the books being signed by Julius Shulman, Ed Killingsworth, et al, in the article. Laid in is a May 14, 2004 L.A. Times article on Edward Killingsworth's personal residence. Also laid in are obituaries for Donald Hensman, Pierre Koenig, and Ed Killingsworth. Also laid in is a review by Mary Banham. It doesn't get any better than this for mid-century modern architecture fans!!Fine copy in wraps. 256 pp., Profusely illustrated with high quality b&w plates of Case Study Houses in various states of construction, drawings, floor plans, renderings, models, and archival material from the period. A definitive reference work on John Entenza & "Arts + ...

ISBN10: 0262692139, ISBN13: 9780262692137, [publisher: Cambridge, The MIT Press] Softcover First Edition 256 Seiten Der Einband ist am Rand etwas berieben, am unteren Rand in der Nähe vom Buchrücken ein kleiner Einriss, kleine Anstoßstelle. Schnittkanten auf Grund Alter, Sonnenlicht und wohl auch Gebrauch etwas verfärbt, ergraut. Seiten durchweg sauber und ordenltlich. Äußerlich optisch etwas schlechter. (AM7000) Rik022313AM7000 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1260
[Mattsies, Germany] [Publication Year: 1998]
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