Mid century houses
I have a passion about the mid century homes that was built in southern California by great visionaries such as Joseph Eichler and John Lautner. The Eichler homes are especially sought after today and the prices of them are getting higher and higher. Perhaps common people have finally realized how amazingly simple and beautiful the houses were back in the '50s and '60s? Today over 11 000 single-family Eichler homes are still in use in California and to inspire you I present three high resolution photos from the Case Study House project that was initiated in the late 1940s to experiment with residential architecture. Thank you Royalton for the heads up on these photos syndicated from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
If you want to read more about the CSH program I can highly recommend the Taschen book with the same name. Available to buy at all good bookstores for less than $10 it's a bargain!
Links
Eichler Network
Eicher homes in Southern California
Case Study House no 29, California, 1960 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Case Study House no 21 Los Angeles, 1958 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Chuey House (Not part of CSH), Los Angeles, 1958 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Case Study Houses by Elizabeth A. T. Smith from Taschen
If you want to read more about the CSH program I can highly recommend the Taschen book with the same name. Available to buy at all good bookstores for less than $10 it's a bargain!
Links
Eichler Network
Eicher homes in Southern California
Case Study House no 29, California, 1960 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Case Study House no 21 Los Angeles, 1958 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Chuey House (Not part of CSH), Los Angeles, 1958 (Photo by Julius Shulman)
Case Study Houses by Elizabeth A. T. Smith from TaschenLabels: architecture, interior design, photos
Posted at 5:40 PM | Permalink | 3 comments 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
3 Comments:
If you really love those houses, you should check out the magazine Atomic Ranch.
June 22, 2008 8:32 PM
I know it very well, but thank you anyways :)
June 23, 2008 12:49 AM
You have a great blog. I love midcentury houses too!
July 15, 2008 9:31 PM
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