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I had a really romantic evening here once. Brought my own candles even to make it that much more romantic. Then pillows got pushed around and things caught on fire...
(Sigh.)
It put a damper on the activities, but it always makes me laugh to think how close we came to becoming a part of the story of Los Angeles.
Around 1945, while developing their innovative plywood splints and chairs, the Eameses also designed a menagerie of plywood animals. They were sculptural enough to be decorative and sturdy enough to support a child. But none of the creatures—elephant, frog, seal, bear, and horse—moved beyond the concept stage.... that is until 2007. LIMITED. Pictured here is the original bent Ply Elephant that Charles and Ray made for Lucia. Only two elephants were ever made and only THIS original exists today. Thankfully its in the safe hands of the Eames family.
Before You Buy a House: How to Judge, How to Value, How to Decide by John Hancock Callender and authorized by the Architectural League of New York and the Southwest Research Institute. Published by Crown Publishing, New York in 1953.
160 pages, 34 Houses and developments, 211 black-and-white photographs, drawings, and plans, and an Evaluation Checklist prepared by The Housing Research Foundation.
Many of these homes were part of the Southwest Research Institute’s, Revere Quality House Program. Included in those houses are the Hollin Hills Houses by Architect, Charles M. Goodman, the Arapahoe Acres houses by Architect, Eugene R. Sternberg.
Also honored by the Institute and included in this book are eight houses by builder, Joseph Eichler and Eichler homes. Plans and photos are included of these Eichlers by Architects, A. Quincy Jones and Fredrick E. Emmons and the firm Anshen and Allen.
Case Study House Architect, Gregory Ain has a house included as well.
The interiors of these houses are full of Eames and Nelson designed furniture from Herman Miller. Other furnishings are by designers Florence Knoll, Jens Risom and Eero Saarinen.
The chapters of the book are as follows
Forward 3
IBefore You Buy a House 5
II“They Don’t Build Houses Now the Way They Use To” 11
IIIBudgeting 15
IVBeginning the Search 18
VBuying a Neighborhood 20
VI A House and Lot 30
VIIInside the House 37
VIIIThe Builder 53
IX Evaluated Checklist 57
X Buying an Old House 63
Bibliography 66
Selected Houses 67-160
This last section of the book is the meat and potatoes with wall to wall photos and drawings. 93 pages are devoted to the 34 houses and short descriptions giving the name of each development, architect and builder.
The houses presented are as follows:
HOLLIN HILLS, Alexandria, VA; Charles M Goodman; Robert C Davenport
ORCHARD HILL, Branford, CT; Peter Powers Hale; The Builders Group, Inc
DILLON WOODS, Cincinnati, OH; John R Schott; Robert A Deshon,
Associate; Dillon's. Inc
CONANTUM, Concord, MA; Carl Koch & Assoc; Conantum Realty Trust
WYNNWOOD, Dallas, TX; DeWitt and Swank; American Home Realty Co
ARAPAHOE ACRES, Denver, CO; Eugene R Sternberg; Edward B Hawkins
SPLIT ROCK RIDGE, E Norwich, Long Island, NY; Furno & Harrison; Vinmar
Construction Corp
HOLMES RUN, Fairfax Co, VA; Keyes, Smith, Satterlee & Lethbridge;
Luria Brothers
PINE SPRING, Fairfax Co -- ditto
Freeport, Long Island, NY; Huson Jackson; Kee-Lee Homes, Inc
Oak Forest, Houston, TX; MacKie & Kamrath; Frank W Sharp Const Co
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Johnson County, KS; David B Runnells; Donald H
Drummond
Long Beach, NY; George Nemeny; Gordon B Roth
MAR VISTA, LA, CA; Gregory Ain; Joseph Johnson & Alfred Day, Assoc:
Advance Const Co
Mamaroneck, NY; Allen & Edwin Kramer; Alvin Lukashok, Inc
BAR HARBOUR, Massapequa Park, LI, NY; George Nemeny; Chess &
Siegel
ROBERT MORRIS PARK, Morristown, NJ; Nemeny & Geller; Standard Holding
Co of NJ
CHANNING PARK, Palo Alto, CA; Anshen & Allen; Jones & Emmons; Eichler
Homes
CHARLESTON MEADOWS, Palo Alto, CA; Anshen& Allen; Eichler Homes
FAIRMEADOW, Pali Alto, CA; A Quincy Jones & Frederic E Emmons;
Eichler Homes
LADERA, MenloPark, CA; A Quincy Jones & Frederic E Emmons;
Eichler Homes
MAYBELL GARDENS and MOREPARK, Palo Alto and San Jose, CA; Anshen &
Allen; Jones & Emmons; Eichler Homes
VISTA VAL VERDE, Provo, UT; W Rowe Smith; Livable Homes, Inc
Salt Lake City, UT; Fred L Markham; W Rowe Smith; Federal Homes, Inc
San Antonio, TX; Milton A Ryan; Milton A Ryan
San Antonio, TX; Keppel O Small; G S McCreless
San Antonio, TX; Cocke, Bowman & York; G S McCreless
San Bruno, CA; Joseph Esherick; Williams & Burrows
Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL; Twichell & Rudolph; Lamolithic Industries
NORWOOD VILLAGE, Seattle, WA; Chiarelli & Kirk; Bassetti & Morse;
C Weldon Gwinn
Wedgwood, Seattle, WA; Chiarelli & Kirk; Albert Balch
South Bend, IN; L Morgan Yost; Place & Co
Operation Trade Secrets House; Ned A Cole; National Association of
Home Builders
Upper Brookville, LI, NY; John Hancock Callender; Allen & Edwin Kramer,
Assoc; Cy Williams, Inc
(thanks to SDR)
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Several years ago, while walking the dog in a new neighborhood, I spotted, high on a hill, on a very large lot, a striking modernist house. I left a note in the mailbox saying how much I admired the house and asked if I could return to photograph it.
A week later I got a telephone call from the owner. She'd be happy to have her house photographed, and would Jenni and I come over to see the inside as well.
Ewing Fahey told us that her late husband wanted to build a house that was of its time. A Colonial or a French Provincial wouldn't do. So he contacted the architect Rodney Walker, who had built several houses in the celebrated Case Study group.
Ewing's house, which is filled with mid-century furniture and art, including her own sculptures, is a mirror replica of Case Study House No. 16, which was built in Beverly Hills in 1947 but has since been demolished. (This blog post provides a bit more information about Walker and Case Study House 16, including some photos.)
It was a great pleasure to meet Ewing and see her remarkable California house right here in Kentucky.
Eames House, Case Study House No. 8, 1945–1949, Charles and Ray Eames, additional design by Eero Saarinen, Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
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Or Case Study House #22. This house is truly my dream house.
Check out more pics and even a little video over on Strawberry Lemonade"
This amazing photo was taken by Julius Shulman.
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Book :
Case Study Houses
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Taschen
2006
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Marvellous blend of cubic shapes, nature, and light. I was lucky: the house is currently being sold, so I could walk around it and take a close look.
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
Eames House, Case Study House No. 8, 1945–1949, Charles and Ray Eames, additional design by Eero Saarinen, Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
Not part of the Aluminum Group. Surprisingly comfortable. I have no Idea if I was permitted to sit on this chair.... but how could I not?
California style
Old photo
Part of the exhibition 'California Design 1930-1965, Living in a Modern Way.
From the info: Pierre Francis Koenig (1925-2004) was famous for the design of the Case Study Houses No 21 and 22 in 1960. Both houses were constructed on dramatic, otherwise unbuildable sites.
The Stahl House (Case study house 22) pictured above is a modernist style that is now listed on the National Register of Historic places. It has become a highly recognisable image used in newspapers, magazines, books and Hollywood films. the photo taken by the famous Julius Shulman in 1960
Eames House, Case Study House No. 8, 1945–1949, Charles and Ray Eames, additional design by Eero Saarinen, Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
22"l x 16"d x 28.75"h
The Quadraflex Speaker. I would love 5.1 of these monsters!
Next to the Quad is the Kleinhans Chair. Designed by Charles and Eero Saarinen. Detail about this important chair design are in the book An Eames Primer.
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and