Taschen case study houses book

The case study program was an architectural solution for postwar living, fast construction with great design, and new materials most of them came from aircraft industry. Explore the residences and architects of the case study house program that redefined the modern home with this introduction by taschen books. The case study houses the complete csh program 1945 1966 by taschen is a wonderful, comprehensive study of some of the best of the archetectural projects created. Buy case study houses by taschen 9783836557498 2019 from. They were formally listed on july 24, case studies case studies.

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. I found this a marvelous book though there are only fortytwo pages of text and photos on the actual houses the rest of the 256 pages place them in the context of californian living and midfifties american architecture. Taschen s survey of the case study house program is a beautifully detailed book. The case study house program 194566 was an innovative and influential project to encourage and facilitate the construction of modern singlefamily homes in southern california. Design changing her palette modern classics eames primer by eames demetrios view all.

An unprecedented event in architecture history, the case study houses program gave america new models for residential living. Taschens book titles on the case study houses include comprehensive floor plans, sketches, photographs, and maps of the buildings. This book collects all the houses of the legendary case study houses program. The pioneering project that brought modernism to the masses. Quincy jones, edward killingsworth, and ralph rapson to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes.

This retrospective revisits all 36 prototype homes. Case study houses taschen fnac proofreading sets any writing apart from acceptable and makes it exceptional. He has published taschen monographs on julius shulman, r. Redefining the modern home by taschen an unprecedented event in architecture history, the case study houses program gave america new models for residential living. A book on modern architecture without shulman is inconceivable. Quincy jones, edward killingsworth, and ralph rapson to design. Case study houses book by smith, elizabeth,gossel, peter. This comprehensive account of the project presents each of the 36 prototype homes through floor plans, sketches, and photographs. Case study houses the complete csh program 19451966 taschen. Ive actually visited two of the houses eames house and stahl house and i have to say that smith has captured the beauty and uniqueness of each house. Julius shulmans photography is the cherry on top, amazing pictures, great ambiance, his work on black and white on the first houses, and the introduction of color in the. Elizabeth smith has put together a lovely coffee table book called case study houses, which shows pictures, plans, descriptions of each house, even the ones unbuilt. The life and work of architect judith chafee first book on an important american southwest awardwinning architect by christopher domin, kathryn mcguire, et al.

This comprehensive account of the project presents each of the 36 prototype homes through floor plans, sketches, and photographs, and explores how architects like richard neutra, charles and ray eames, and eero saarinen. Perhaps the increasingly large format of the books that have examined the case study houses first the large blueprints for modern living, then taschens immense case study houses made me think that they were taking their cue from it. Taschen brings you a retrospective of the entire program with comprehensive documentation, brilliant photographs from the period and, for the houses still in. Taschen s book titles on the case study houses include comprehensive floor plans, sketches, photographs, and maps of the buildings. 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. The houses it produced include some of the most emblematic designs of the midcentury era from eames, neutra, saarinen and many others. This is a brilliant introduction to the case study houses. The case study house program 194566 was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of american architecture and remains to this day unique. A detailed monograph as well as a basic architecture series book explore this significant experiment in the history of contemporary architecture. Swiss monumentality mid century home case study houses book by taschen see more.

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This retrospective revisits all 36 prototype homes through comprehensive documentation. The case study houses program commissioned american architects to construct modern homes that modeled a new design perspective. The principal photography by julius shulman is breathtaking and some of the original, vintage photos are presented on two pages within the huge book. A compendium of all projects with the story of each one and the original descriptive articlemid published in the arts and architecture magazine. Case study houses by elizabeth a t smith hardcover. The case study houses the complete csh program 1945 1966 by taschen is a wonderful, comprehensive study of some of the best of the archetectural projects created from this time period. Case study houses bibliotheca universalis taschen books. With its emphasis on melding livability, style, and innovation, the case study houses.

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Case study houses basic architecture book by gossel, peter. Taschen s basic art series features a great artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance with a concise biography and accompanying illustrations. For some reason i always pictured this book as being larger in size. Case study house, the complete csh program by taschen. It has been documented by esther mccoy wonderfully in modern california houses. These houses were selected by a architecture and design magazine through the 50s and 60s with the idea of giving designs that are affordable and innovative to the postwar housing boom. All i sad was a taschen with photos and diagrams of the case study houses. By its end in 1966, the case study house program had succeeded in producing some of the periods most important works of residential architecture. I will be buying more of the taschen books on architecture, art and design. It has sketches and drawings about each of the case study homes, even the ones that were never built. The complete csh programm 1945 1966 by elizabeth a. The case study houses are often cited as one of the most important developments in american modern architecture. The book provides an abundant amount of information, starting from the initial history of the house to the function and spaces of the shudy. The case study houses program 19451966 was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of american architecture and remains to this day unique.

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