Case Study Houses, Taschen, 2013, Mid-century Modern Architecture, Fine w/DJ

Smith, Elizabeth A. T., Julius Shulman (Epilogue and Principal Photography), Peter Goessel (Editor), and Shannon and Peter Loughrey (Notes on the Furnishings). Case Study Houses (Koln: Taschen, 2013).

English, German, and French (trilingual text), a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, 4to HC, 10 1/2" x 13," 440 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 9783836510219

Trilingual text in English, German, and French. Fine multicolored pictorial paper-covered boards with black-and-white lettering on orange spine. Covers have slight wear to extremities and a tiny split along spine, else clean and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine clear plastic dust jacket with printed text and illustrations. Dust jacket has slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. Fascinating catalogue of the Case Study Houses that were the result of the Case Study House program active from 1945-1966. The sponsor of the program, Arts & Architecture magazine, commissioned noted architects, such as Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen, and Raphael Soriano, to design modern, efficient homes in order to meet demand from the postwar housing boom. Included herein are spotlights on 28 of the Case Study Houses and two of the Case Study Apartments with descriptive text and accompany illustrations and printed photographs. Two maps in the back show the locations of each of the houses or apartments, in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. A beautiful showcase of residential Mid-century modern architecture.