Case Study Houses

The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, 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 Eames' CSH #8 was assembled by hand labor in about three days.

The program ran 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; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appear in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.

List of designs

• No. 1: Julius Ralph 'J.R.' Davidson, 1945-48. 10152 Toluca Lake Ave, North Hollywood. Built two years after publication. VGT CSH #1
• No. 2: Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, 1945-47. 857 Chapea Rd, Pasadena (listed as Chapman Woods/Arcadia in some references). VGT CSH #2
• No. 3: William W. Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, 1945-49. 13187 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles (Mandeville Canyon). VGT CSH #3
• No. 4: "Greenbelt House", Ralph Rapson, 1945. Unbuilt. Redesigned in 2003 as the prefab Rapson Greenbelt due to Dwell Magazine Green Belt House .
• No. 5: "Loggia House", Whitney R. Smith, 1945. Loggia House (unbuilt)
• No. 6: "Omega", Richard Neutra, 1945. CSH #6 Omega House (unbuilt)
• No. 7: Thornton Abell, 1945-48. 634 N. Deerfield Ave, San Gabriel. VGT CSH #7
• No. 8: "Eames House", Charles and Ray Eames, 1945-49. 203 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT CSH #8 Eames House
• No. 9: "Entenza House", Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, 1945-49. 205 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. Remodeled. VGT VGT CSH #9 Entenza House
• No. 10: Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., 1945-47. 711 San Rafael Ave, Pasadena. VGT CSH #10
• No. 11: Julius Ralph 'J.R.' Davidson, 1945-46. 540 S. Barrington Ave, West Los Angeles. First CSH to be built. House has been moved or demolished. CSH #11
• No. 12: Whitney R. Smith, 1946. Unbuilt CSH #12 (unbuilt)
• No. 13: "Alpha", Richard Neutra, 1946. Unbuilt CSH #13 "Alpha" (unbuilt)
• No. 14: Skipped for unknown reasons
• No. 15: Julius Ralph 'J.R.' Davidson, 1947. 4755 Lasheart Dr, La Cañada Flintridge. VGT CSH #15
• No. 16: Rodney Walker, 1946-47. 9945 Beverly Grove Drive, Beverly Hills. Demolished. Another exists in Louisville , KY and two replicas have been built from original plans by Walker's sons, Craig and Bruce. CSH #16
• No. 17: Rodney Walker, 1947. 7861 Woodrow Wilson Dr, Los Angeles. VGT CSH #17
• No. 17: Craig Ellwood, 1947. 9554 Hidden Valley Road, Beverly Hills. CSH #17
• No. 18: "West House", Rodney Walker, 1947-48. 199 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT CSH #18, West House
• No. 19: Don Knorr, CSH #19, 1947. Unbuilt CSH #19, Unbuilt
• No. 20: "Bailey House", Richard Neutra, 1947-48. 219 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT CSH #20, Bailey House
• No. 20: "Bass House", C. Buff, C. Straub, D. Hensman, 1958. 2275 Santa Rosa Ave,Altadena.CSH #20, Bass House
• No. 21: Pierre Koenig, 1958-1960. 1958. 9038 Wonderland Park,Los Angeles Case Study House #21 CSH #21

• 1950: Raphael Soriano, 1950. 1080 Ravoli Dr, Pacific Palisades. Remodeled beyond recognition. VGT CSH 1950
• 1953: Craig Ellwood, 1952-53. 1811 Bel Air Rd, Bel-Air. VGT CSH 1953

Note: Numbers 17-21 were assigned twice for reasons unknown.

• No. 17: Craig Ellwood, 1954-55. 9554 Hidden Valley Rd, Beverly Hills. Remodeled beyond recognition. VGT
• No. 18: "Fields House", Craig Ellwood, 1956-58. 1129 Miradero Rd, Beverly Hills. Remodeled beyond recognition. VGT
• No. 19: Don Knorr, 1957. Unbuilt.
• No. 20: "Bass House", Buff, Straub & Hensman, 1958. 2275 N. Santa Rosa Ave, Altadena. VGT
• No. 21: Pierre Koenig, 1958. 9038 Wonderland Park Ave, West Hollywood. VGT

• No. 22: "Stahl House", Pierre Koenig, 1959-60. 1635 Woods Dr, West Hollywood. VGT CSH #22, Stahl House
• No. 23: "Triad A", Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, 1959-60. Rue de Anna, La Jolla. VGT CSH #23, Triad
• No. 23: "Triad B", Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, 1959-60. Rue de Anna, La Jolla. VGT
• No. 23: "Triad C", Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, 1959-60. Rue de Anna, La Jolla. VGT
• No. 24: A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons. Unbuilt CSH #24, unbuilt
• No. 25: "Frank House", Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc., 1962. 82 Rivo Alto Canal, Long Beach. VGT CSH #25, Frank House
• No. 26: "Harrison House", Beverley "David" Thorne, 1962-63. San Marino Dr, San Rafael. VGT CSH #26, Harrison House
• No. 27: Campbell and Wong, 1963. Unbuilt CSH #27, Unbuilt
• No. 28: Buff & Hensman, 1965-66. 91 Inverness Rd, Thousand Oaks. VGT CSH #27

Apartments:

• No. 1: Alfred N. Beadle and Alan A. Dailey, 1963-64. 4402 28th St, Phoenix. VGT Apartment #1
• No. 2: Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, 1964. Unbuilt

References

• Smith, Elizabeth and Peter Goessel (2002). Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program,. Taschen. ISBN.
• Smith, Elizabeth A. T. (1989). Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN.
• McCoy, Esther. "Case Study Houses,". 2nd edition. 1977, ISBN, Hennessey & Ingalls
• Smith, Elizabeth A. T. (2007). Case Study Houses. Taschen. 978-3-8228-4617-9.

External links

• Arts & Architecture Mag: The Case House Study Program
• Case Study House Program overview, slideshows and video
• Article interviewing Rodney Walker's sons
• Info on CSH and Shulman at KCET
• CSH and accessories are available for use in the Sims2