Case Study Houses

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The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, Edward Killingsworth, Rodney Walker, and Ralph Rapson to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.

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The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles, and one was built in San Rafael, Northern California and one in Phoenix, Arizona. Of the unbuilt houses, #19 was to have been built in Atherton, in the San Francisco Bay Area, while #27 was to have been built on the east coast, in Smoke Rise, New Jersey.

A number of the houses appeared in the magazine in iconic black-and-white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.

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NumberNameArchitect(s)PublicationConstructedStatusAddressCityArts & Architecture
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1 J. R. Davidson February 19451945Unbuilt CSH#1
1 J. R. Davidson February 19481948Extant10152 Toluca Lake Avenue Los Angeles CSH#1 VGT
2 Sumner Spaulding and John RexAugust 19471947Extant857 Chapea Road Pasadena CSH#2 VGT
3 William Wurster and Theodore BernardiMarch 1949 [1] 1949Demolished13187 Chalon Road Los Angeles CSH#3 VGT
4Greenbelt House Ralph Rapson September 19451989Exhibit: Museum of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles CSH#4
5Loggia HouseWhitney R. SmithApril 1946Unbuilt CSH#5
6Omega Richard Neutra October 1945Unbuilt CSH#6
7Thornton AbellJuly 19481948Extant6236 North Deerfield Avenue [2] San Gabriel CSH#7 VGT
8 Eames House Charles and Ray Eames December 19491949Extant203 Chautauqua Boulevard Pacific Palisades CSH#8 VGT
9 Entenza House Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen July 19501949Extant205 Chautauqua Boulevard Pacific Palisades CSH#9 VGT, VGT
10Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland, Jr. October 19471947Significantly Altered [3] 711 South San Rafael Avenue [4] Pasadena CSH#10 VGT
11J. R. DavidsonJuly 19461946Demolished540 South Barrington Avenue West Los Angeles CSH#11
12Whitney R. SmithFebruary 1946Unbuilt CSH#12
13Alpha Richard Neutra March 1946Unbuilt [5] CSH#13
15J. R. DavidsonJanuary 19471947Extant4755 Lasheart Drive La Cañada Flintridge CSH#15 VGT
16 Rodney Walker February 19471947Demolished9945 Beverly Grove Drive Beverly Hills CSH#16
16BSalzman House Craig Ellwood June 19531953Extant1811 Bel Air Road Bel-Air CSH1953 VGT
17A Rodney Walker July 19471947Extant7861 Woodrow Wilson Drive Los Angeles CSH#17 VGT
17B Craig Ellwood March 19561956Remodeled Beyond Recognition9554 Hidden Valley Road Beverly Hills CSH#17
18AWest House Rodney Walker February 19481948Extant199 Chautauqua Boulevard Pacific Palisades CSH#18 VGT
18BFields House Craig Ellwood June 19581958Remodeled Beyond Recognition1129 Miradero Road Beverly Hills CSH#18 VGT
19ADon KnorrSeptember 1947Unbuilt CSH#19
20AStuart Bailey House Richard Neutra December 19481948Extant219 Chautauqua Boulevard Pacific Palisades CSH#20 VGT
20BBass House C. Buff, C. Straub, D. Hensman November 19581958Extant2275 Santa Rosa Avenue Altadena CSH#20
21A Richard Neutra May 1947Unbuilt CSH#21
21B Walter Bailey House Pierre Koenig February 19591958Extant9038 Wonderland Park Avenue Los Angeles CSH#21 VGT
1950 Raphael Soriano December 19501950Demolished1080 Ravoli Drive Pacific Palisades CSH1950 VGT
22 Stahl House Pierre Koenig June 19601960Extant1635 Woods Drive Los Angeles CSH#22 VGT
23Triad Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.March 19611960Extant (23A and 23C), 23B Remodeled Beyond Recognition [6] 2329 (C [7] ), 2342 (A [8] ) and 2343 (B [9] ) Rue de Anne [10] La Jolla CSH#23 VGT
24 A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. EmmonsDecember 1961Unbuilt CSH#24
25Frank House Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.October 19621962Extant82 Rivo Alto Canal Naples, Long Beach CSH#25 VGT
26Harrison HouseBeverley "David" ThorneJanuary 19631963Extant177 San Marino Drive San Rafael CSH#26 VGT
27Campbell and WongJune 1963Unbuilt CSH#27
28 Case Study House No. 28 C. Buff and D. Hensman December 19651966Extant91 Inverness Road Thousand Oaks CSH#28 VGT
Apt 1 Alfred N. Beadle and Alan A. DaileySeptember 19641964Extant4402 28th Street Phoenix, Arizona CSApts#1
Apt 2 Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.May 1964Unbuilt CSApts#2

Notes

  1. "Case Study House #3, Orinda, CA, 1947". Online Archive of California . Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. "case-study". www.aialosangeles.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  3. "City of Pasadena Historic Preservation Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-17.
  4. "City of Pasadena Historic Preservation Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-17.
  5. CSH #13 was unbuilt, but has been identified with Neutra's Gordon Wilkins House (1949) in Pasadena. See: Lamprecht, Barbara (February 11, 2004). "The Mystery of Case Study House No. 13". Architecture. AllBusiness.com . Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  6. "City of San Diego Historical Resources Board" (PDF).
  7. "Triad (Case Study House #23C) | Los Angeles Conservancy". www.laconservancy.org. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  8. "Triad (Case Study House #23A) | Los Angeles Conservancy". www.laconservancy.org. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  9. "City of San Diego Historical Resources Board" (PDF).
  10. "Modern San Diego". Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

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