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
• No. 2: Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, 1945-47. 857 Chapea Rd, Pasadena (listed as Chapman Woods/Arcadia in some references). VGT
• No. 3: William W. Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, 1945-49. 13187 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles (Mandeville Canyon). VGT
• No. 4: "Greenbelt House", Ralph Rapson, 1945. Unbuilt. Redesigned in 2003 as the prefab Rapson Greenbelt due to Dwell Magazine.
• No. 5: "Loggia House", Whitney R. Smith, 1945. Unbuilt
• No. 6: "Omega", Richard Neutra, 1945. Unbuilt
• No. 7: Thornton Abell, 1945-48. 634 N. Deerfield Ave, San Gabriel. VGT
• No. 8: "Eames House", Charles and Ray Eames, 1945-49. 203 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT
• No. 9: "Entenza House", Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, 1945-49. 205 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. Remodeled. VGT
• No. 10: Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., 1945-47. 711 San Rafael Ave, Pasadena. VGT
• 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.
• No. 12: Whitney R. Smith, 1946. Unbuilt
• No. 13: "Alpha", Richard Neutra, 1946. Unbuilt
• No. 14: Skipped for unknown reasons
• No. 15: Julius Ralph 'J.R.' Davidson, 1947. 4755 Lasheart Dr, La Cañada Flintridge. VGT
• 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
• No. 17: Rodney Walker, 1947. 7861 Woodrow Wilson Dr, Los Angeles. VGT
• No. 18: "West House", Rodney Walker, 1947-48. 199 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT
• No. 19: Skipped for unknown reasons
• No. 20: "Bailey House", Richard Neutra, 1947-48. 219 Chautauqua Blvd, Pacific Palisades. VGT
• No. 21: Richard Neutra, 1947. Unbuilt

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

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
• No. 23: "Triad A", Killingsworth, Brady & Smith, 1959-60. Rue de Anna, La Jolla. VGT
• 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
• No. 25: "Frank House", Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc., 1962. 82 Rivo Alto Canal, Long Beach. VGT
• No. 26: "Harrison House", Beverley "David" Thorne, 1962-63. San Marino Dr, San Rafael. VGT
• No. 27: Campbell and Wong, 1963. Unbuilt
• No. 28: Buff & Hensman, 1965-66. 91 Inverness Rd, Thousand Oaks. VGT

Apartments:

• No. 1: Alfred N. Beadle and Alan A. Dailey, 1963-64. 4402 28th St, Phoenix. VGT
• 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