Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1999. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. A pristine copy signed by Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Julius Shulman, Pierre Koenig, Beverly Thorne, Edward Killingsworth, and Donald Hensman on the title page at a reception and book signing on the event of the publication of "Case Study Houses" by Taschen on April 4, 2002 at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Laid in are: a gallery announcement card for an exhibition by Pierre Koenig at the Craig Krull Gallery between May 25 and June 29, 2002; and a 4-16-2002 L.A. Times article "Living Legends of Architecture: Case Study Alumni Reunite to Celebrate Their Contributions to California's Housing Industry" reporting on the event at which this book was signed. There is a photo of the books being signed by Julius Shulman, Ed Killingsworth, et al, in the article. Laid in is a May 14, 2004 L.A. Times article on Edward Killingsworth's personal residence. Also laid in are obituaries for Donald Hensman, Pierre Koenig, and Ed Killingsworth. Also laid in is a review by Mary Banham. It doesn't get any better than this for mid-century modern architecture fans!!Fine copy in wraps. 256 pp., Profusely illustrated with high quality b&w plates of Case Study Houses in various states of construction, drawings, floor plans, renderings, models, and archival material from the period. A definitive reference work on John Entenza & "Arts + Architecture" Magazine's historic "Case Study House" program, this undertaking on the influential post-war design competition is filled throughout with Julius Shulman's gorgeous vintage photographs. The participating architects were Richard J. Neutra, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, Raphael Soriano, J.R. Davidson, Ralph Rapson, Whitney R. Smith, Sumner Spaulding and John Rex, Rodney A. Walker, Thornton Abell, Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr., William Wilson Wurster and Theodore Bernardi, Buff, Straub and Hensman, Killingsworth, Brady and Smith, A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, and Don Knorr.