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Title Statement Blueprints for modern living : history and legacy of the case study houses
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) MIT Press Museum of contemporary art , Los Angeles ; Cambridge, Mass. ; 1998 : 1998, c1989.
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Physical Description 256 p. : ill. (some col.) : 25 x 31 cm.
General Note "Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... presented at the Temporary Contemporary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 17, 1989-February 18, 1990"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and indexe.
Formatted Contents Note Foreword and acknowledgments / Richard Koshalek -- Blueprints for modern living : history and legacy of the case study houses / Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- Arts & architecture case study houses / Esther McCoy -- The thirty-six case study projects / Amelia Jones and Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- Case study Trouvé : sources and precedents, Southern California, 1920-1942 / Thomas S. Hines -- Case study houses : in the grand modern tradition / Helen Searing -- The case study program and the impending future : some regional considerations / Kevin Starr -- Arts & architecture and the Los Angeles vanguard / Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- The search for the postwar house / Thomas Hine -- Klarheit, Ehrlichkeit, Einfachkeit ... and wit too! : the case study houses in the world's eyes / Reyner Banham. Model houses for the millions : architects' dreams, builders' boasts, residents' dilemmas / Dolores Hayden -- Extending the case study concept : newly commissioned works.
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Including eight main essays as well as contributions from Elizabeth A.T. Smith, this volume documents the Case Study House Progam, carried out between 1945 and 1966 where 36 experimental prototype houses were built by leading architects of the region of California.
Foreword and Acknowledgments p. 9 Introduction p. 13 Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of Case Study Houses Arts & Architecture Case Study Houses p. 15 The Thirty-Six Case Study Projects p. 41 Case Study Trouve p. 83 Sources and Precedents, Southern California, 1920-1942 Case Study Houses p. 107 In the Grand Modern Tradition The Case Study Program and the Impending Future p. 131 Some Regional Considerations Arts & Architecture and the Los Angeles Vanguard p. 145 The Search for the Postwar House p. 167 Klarheit, Ehrlichkeit, Einfachkeit . . . and Wit Too! p. 183 The Case Study Houses in the World's Eyes Model Houses for the Millions p. 197 Architects' Dreams, Builders' Boasts. Residents Dilemmas Extending the Case Study Concept p. 213 Newly Commissioned Works Adele Naude Santos p. 214 Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung p. 216 Eric Owen Moss p. 218 Itsuko Hasegawa p. 220 Toyo Ito p. 222 Robert Mangurian p. 224 Biographies p. 227 Chronology p. 240 Bibliography p. 251 Index p. 253