Case Study Houses

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, 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.

The Stahl House, Case Study House #22

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.

List
Number Name Architect(s) Publication Constructed Status Address City Arts & Architecture
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1J. R. DavidsonFebruary 19451945UnbuiltCSH#1
1J. R. DavidsonFebruary 19481948Extant10152 Toluca Lake AvenueLos AngelesCSH#1VGT
2Sumner Spaulding and John RexAugust 19471947Extant857 Chapea RoadPasadenaCSH#2VGT
3William Wurster and Theodore BernardiMarch 1949[1]1949Demolished13187 Chalon RoadLos AngelesCSH#3VGT
4Greenbelt HouseRalph RapsonSeptember 19451989Exhibit: Museum of Contemporary Art of Los AngelesCSH#4
5Loggia HouseWhitney R. SmithApril 1946UnbuiltCSH#5
6OmegaRichard NeutraOctober 1945UnbuiltCSH#6
7Thornton AbellJuly 19481948Extant6236 North Deerfield Avenue[2]San GabrielCSH#7VGT
8Eames HouseCharles and Ray EamesDecember 19491949Extant203 Chautauqua BoulevardPacific PalisadesCSH#8VGT
9Entenza HouseCharles Eames and Eero SaarinenJuly 19501949Extant205 Chautauqua BoulevardPacific PalisadesCSH#9VGT, VGT
10Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland, Jr.October 19471947Significantly Altered[3]711 South San Rafael Avenue[4]PasadenaCSH#10VGT
11J. R. DavidsonJuly 19461946Demolished540 South Barrington AvenueWest Los AngelesCSH#11
12Whitney R. SmithFebruary 1946UnbuiltCSH#12
13AlphaRichard NeutraMarch 1946Unbuilt[5]CSH#13
15J. R. DavidsonJanuary 19471947Extant4755 Lasheart DriveLa Cañada FlintridgeCSH#15VGT
16Rodney WalkerFebruary 19471947Demolished9945 Beverly Grove DriveBeverly HillsCSH#16
16B Salzman House Craig Ellwood June 1953 1953 Extant 1811 Bel Air Road Bel-Air CSH1953 VGT
17ARodney WalkerJuly 19471947Extant7861 Woodrow Wilson DriveLos AngelesCSH#17VGT
17BCraig EllwoodMarch 19561956Remodeled Beyond Recognition9554 Hidden Valley RoadBeverly HillsCSH#17
18AWest HouseRodney WalkerFebruary 19481948Extant199 Chautauqua BoulevardPacific PalisadesCSH#18VGT
18BFields HouseCraig EllwoodJune 19581958Remodeled Beyond Recognition1129 Miradero RoadBeverly HillsCSH#18VGT
19ADon KnorrSeptember 1947UnbuiltCSH#19
20AStuart Bailey HouseRichard NeutraDecember 19481948Extant219 Chautauqua BoulevardPacific PalisadesCSH#20VGT
20BBass HouseC. Buff, C. Straub, D. HensmanNovember 19581958Extant2275 Santa Rosa AvenueAltadenaCSH#20
21ARichard NeutraMay 1947UnbuiltCSH#21
21BWalter Bailey HousePierre KoenigFebruary 19591958Extant9038 Wonderland Park AvenueLos AngelesCSH#21VGT
1950Raphael SorianoDecember 19501950Remodeled1080 Ravoli DrivePacific PalisadesCSH1950VGT
22Stahl HousePierre KoenigJune 19601960Extant1635 Woods DriveLos AngelesCSH#22VGT
23TriadKillingsworth, 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 JollaCSH#23VGT
24A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. EmmonsDecember 1961UnbuiltCSH#24
25Frank HouseKillingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.October 19621962Extant82 Rivo Alto CanalNaples, Long BeachCSH#25VGT
26Harrison HouseBeverley "David" ThorneJanuary 19631963Extant177 San Marino DriveSan RafaelCSH#26VGT
27Campbell and WongJune 1963UnbuiltCSH#27
28Case Study House No. 28C. Buff and D. HensmanDecember 19651966Extant91 Inverness RoadThousand OaksCSH#28VGT
Apt 1Alfred N. Beadle and Alan A. DaileySeptember 19641964Extant4402 28th StreetPhoenix, ArizonaCSApts#1VGT
Apt 2Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.May 1964UnbuiltCSApts#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.

Further reading
  • Entenza, John (January 1945) "Announcement: The Case Study House Program". Arts and Architecture
  • McCoy, Esther. "Case Study Houses". 2nd edition. 1 June 1977, ISBN 978-0912158716, Hennessey & Ingalls
  • Smith, Elizabeth A. T. (10 June 1989). Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262692137.
  • Smith, Elizabeth and Peter Goessel (12 January 2002). Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program,. Taschen. ISBN 978-3822864128.
  • Smith, Elizabeth A. T. (30 June 2006). Case Study Houses. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-4617-9.
  • Travers, David (January 2006) "About Arts & Architecture" Arts & Architecture website - accessed March 3, 2009
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