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Modern California houses: case study houses 1945 1962 by Esther McCoy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Modern California Houses reports the story of a unique venture in architecture -- a venture in free experimentation. It started at the end of World War II at a time when residential architecture was at a crossroads. Talents which had been held in leash during the war years were ready to burst forth. New techniques and materials were waiting to be adapted to home building. While restorationists stood ready with canned plans to meet the needs of a house-hungry people, John Entenza, the dynamic young editor of "Arts & Architecture" magazine, seized the day with an opposite approach. The magazine became a client and commissioned a group of architects to test their new concepts of plan, form, and structure. The men were free to experiment as they pleased with new materials and techniques -- the only stipulation was good living environment. The Case Study House program continued yearly for about twenty years. Through their contributions, unknown architects and designers sprang into prominence. Charles Eames, for example, was virtually unknown before his Case Study House. Esther McCoy, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of "Arts & Architecture" magazine, observed the progress of the
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- Author
- Esther McCoy
- Publisher
- Reinhold Publishing
- Published
- 1962
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780912158716
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Architecture, Art, Arts