Modern Tract Homes Of Los Angeles

Author : John Eng
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764338656
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Tract Homes of Los Angeles written by John Eng and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affordable housing for the masses has been an age-old problem that some of the best minds in the world have tried to solve. Never was it more critical than after World War II, when many cities and economies were wiped clean and the world–quite literally–needed to be rebuilt. It was during this time that modern ideas led the way to the future. Modern Tract Homes of Los Angeles touches on the history of modern architecture and explores five housing tracts built between 1948 and 1964. Through these unique tracts, we gain an understanding of what the postwar climate was like and learn why modern houses still remain relevant today as new homeowners are drawn to their aesthetic and original homeowners continue to enjoy them more than half a century later. This engaging guide features 100+ images of interiors, exteriors, and decor and more than 40 archival images and floor plans.

Author : Ruth Wallach
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625853343
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles Residential Architecture written by Ruth Wallach and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles grew into a sprawling metropolis. As suburbs developed, demonstration homes and housing exhibitions brought innovative architectural and interior design styles. Displays like the California Home and Garden Exhibition showcased the latest in timesaving appliances, modern furniture and cutting-edge building techniques meant to represent the future and ideals of Southern California living. Model and tract home exhibitions like those at Leimert Park inspired a new generation of homebuyers. Designed to house the masses, multi-family developments like the Zigzag Moderne-style Val d'Amour were benchmarks for their time. Join author Ruth Wallach on a tour of the varied Modernist styles that give Los Angeles its distinct residential landscape.

Author : Richard Rapaport
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0789336715
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Moderne and the Mid-Century Dream written by Richard Rapaport and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling presentation of the mid-century modern California style, offering a fresh perspective on the work of this influential yet widely unknown figure.

Author : Liz Falletta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351202499
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By-Right, By-Design written by Liz Falletta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing is an essential, but complex, product, so complex that professionals involved in its production, namely, architects, real estate developers and urban planners, have difficulty agreeing on “good” housing outcomes. Less-than-optimal solutions that have resulted from a too narrow focus on one discipline over others are familiar: high design that is costly to build that makes little contribution to the public realm, highly profitable but seemingly identical “cookie-cutter” dwellings with no sense of place and well-planned neighborhoods full of generically designed, unmarketable product types. Differing roles, languages and criteria for success shape these perspectives, which, in turn, influence attitudes about housing regulation. Real estate developers, for example, prefer projects that can be built “as-of-right” or “by-right,” meaning that they can be approved quickly because they meet all current planning, zoning and building code requirements. Design-focused projects, heretofore “by-design,” by contrast, often require time to challenge existing regulatory codes, pursuing discretionary modifications meant to maximize design innovation and development potential. Meanwhile, urban planners work to establish and mediate the threshold between by-right and by-design processes by setting housing standards and determining appropriate housing policy. But just what is the right line between “by-right” and “by-design”? By-Right, By-Design provides a historical perspective, conceptual frameworks and practical strategies that cross and connect the diverse professions involved in housing production. The heart of the book is a set of six cross-disciplinary comparative case studies, each examining a significant Los Angeles housing design precedent approved by-variance and its associated development type approved as of right. Each comparison tells a different story about the often-hidden relationships among the three primary disciplines shaping the built environment, some of which uphold, and others of which transgress, conventional disciplinary stereotypes.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578543321
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cinderella Homes of Jean Vandruff written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Cinderella Homes designed and built by Jean Vandruff.

Author : Sam Watters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houses of Los Angeles: 1920-1935 written by Sam Watters and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 600 archival photographs, house and landscape plans

Author : Michelle Gringeri-Brown
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 142360895X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atomic Ranch written by Michelle Gringeri-Brown and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth exploration of midcentury residential architecture in America, with extensive photos and design tips included. Post-World War II ranches (1946–1970) range from the decidedly modern gable-roofed Joseph Eichler tracts in the San Francisco Bay area and butterfly wing houses in Palm Springs, Florida, to the unassuming brick or stucco L-shaped ranches and split-levels so common throughout the United States. In this book Michelle Gringeri-Brown and Jim Brown, founders and publishers of the popular quarterly Atomic Ranch magazine, extol the virtues of the tract, split-level, rambler home and its many unique qualities: private front facades, open floor plans, secluded bedroom wings, walls of glass, and an easy-living style. From updated homes with high-end Italian kitchens, terrazzo floors, and modern furniture to affordable homeowner renovations with eclectic thrift-store furnishings, Atomic Ranch presents twenty-five homes showcasing inspiring examples of stylish living through beautiful color photographs, including before and after shots, design-tip sidebars, and a thorough resource index. Atomic Ranch reveals: Hallmarks of the ranch style Inspiring original ranch homes Ranch house transformations and makeovers Preservation of mid-century neighborhoods Adding personality to a ranch home Yards and landscaping A helpful resource section and index

Author : Tim Street-Porter
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freestyle, the New Architecture and Interior Design from Los Angeles written by Tim Street-Porter and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1986 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a stunning book on radical design, this is also an affectionate yet serious look at what's happening in Los Angeles--America's laboratory for new ideas in architecture and interior design. 200 full-color photographs.

Author : Chris Menrad
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423642325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Krisel's Palm Springs written by Chris Menrad and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first major monograph chronicling the work and architectural philosophy of William Krisel features examples and insights from Krisel's own papers, culled from his personal collection as well as the extensive archives of the Getty Research Institute. Krisel's architectural drawings and renderings, as well as many archival photographs, highlight examples of his custom homes, mass-produced housing, and recreational facilities in Palm Springs and rest of the Coachella Valley. Contemporary photographs are by architectural photographer Darren Bradley. Heidi Creighton is a midcentury modern enthusiast, writer, collector, and researcher. In 2012, she purchased a Palm Springs home designed by William Krisel in 1957. Chris Menrad, a Southern California native, was drawn to Palm Springs in 1999 by its abundance of modernist architecture. He is a founding board member of the Palm Springs Modern Committee, an organization dedicated to the preservation of Desert Modern architecture and a real estate agent specializing in architectural properties in the Coachella Valley. He lives in a Krisel-designed home, which was the first Palm Springs' Class One historic Krisel/Alexander-built house.

Author : Alan Hess
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781586858582
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Modern written by Alan Hess and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten Modern reveals the work of the innovative architects building in California from the 1930s to the 1970s. With groundbreaking and illuminating examples that will alter the way we think of California architecture, Hess and Weintraub focus on those that exemplify early mid-entury modern, variations on minimalism, and organic architecture. Though architects, historians, and the public alike have overlooked many of these superb architects from California's past century, this book intends to bring them back to our attention. All the architects included here are important in helping to show the breadth of design, that styles like Organic were more widely represented than we have previously realized, and that the fertile soil of California design fostered a wide spectrum of remarkable ideas-even if not all developed a significant school of followers. Chapters Include: A New Introduction to Midcentury California Searching For Midcentury Modern Variations on Wood and Steel Modernism Organic Architecture History Plus Modernism