The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture

Arts & Architecture

Arts & Architecture was an American design, architecture, landscape, and arts magazine. It was published and edited by John Entenza from 1940–1962 and David Travers 1962–1967. Arts & Architecture played a significant role both in Los Angeles's cultural history and in the development of American...

 magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra

Richard Neutra

Richard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...

, Raphael Soriano

Raphael Soriano

Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, was an influential architect and educator who helped define a period of 20th century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern...

, Craig Ellwood

Craig Ellwood

Craig Ellwood was an influential Los Angeles-based modernist architect whose career spanned the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. Although untrained as an architect, Ellwood fashioned a persona and career through equal parts of a talent for good design, self-promotion and ambition...

, Charles and Ray Eames

Charles and Ray Eames

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Eames were American designers, who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.-Charles Eames:Charles Eames, Jr was born in...

, Pierre Koenig

Pierre Koenig

Pierre Koenig was an American architect.Born in San Francisco, he received his B.Arch. in 1952 from the University of Southern California. Koenig apprenticed under Raphael Soriano, among others, and began private practice in 1952. Koenig practiced mainly on the west coast and was most notable for...

 and Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.-Biography:Eero Saarinen shared the same birthday as his father,...

, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and the return of millions of soldiers.

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

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black-and-white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman

Julius Shulman

Julius Shulman was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph "Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as The Stahl House. Shulman's photography spread California Mid-century modern around the world...

.

List of Case Study Houses

Number	Name	Architect(s)	Publication	Constructed	Status	Address	City	Arts & Architecture PDF link	Virtual Globetrotting link
1		J. R. Davidson	February 1945	1945	Unbuilt			CSH#1
1		J. R. Davidson	February 1948	1948	Extant	10152 Toluca Lake Avenue	North Hollywood	CSH#1	VGT
2		Sumner Spaulding and John Rex	August 1947	1947	Extant	857 Chapea Road	Pasadena Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...	CSH#2	VGT
3		William Wurster William Wurster William Wilson Wurster was an American architect and architectural teacher at the University of California, Berkeley and at MIT, best known for his residential designs in California. - Biography :...  and Theodore Bernardi	March 1949	1949	Extant	13187 Chalon Road	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CSH#3	VGT
4	Greenbelt House	Ralph Rapson Ralph Rapson Ralph Rapson was the head of architecture at the University of Minnesota for many years...	September 1945		Unbuilt			CSH#4
5	Loggia House	Whitney R. Smith	April 1946		Unbuilt			CSH#5
6	Omega	Richard Neutra Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...	October 1945		Unbuilt			CSH#6
7		Thornton Abell	July 1948	1948	Extant	634 North Deerfield Avenue	San Gabriel San Gabriel, California San Gabriel is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is named after the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded by Junipero Serra. The city grew outward from the mission and in 1852 became the original township of Los Angeles County. San Gabriel was incorporated in 1913...	CSH#7	VGT
8	Eames House Eames House The Eames House is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture located at 203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles...	Charles and Ray Eames Charles and Ray Eames Charles Ormond Eames, Jr and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Eames were American designers, who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.-Charles Eames:Charles Eames, Jr was born in...	December 1949	1949	Extant	203 Chautauqua Boulevard	Pacific Palisades	CSH#8	VGT
9	Entenza House	Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.-Biography:Eero Saarinen shared the same birthday as his father,...	July 1950	1949	Extant	205 Chautauqua Boulevard	Pacific Palisades	CSH#9	VGT, VGT
10		Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland, Jr.	October 1947	1947	Extant	711 San Rafael Avenue	Pasadena Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...	CSH#10	VGT
11		J. R. Davidson	July 1946	1946	Demolished	540 South Barrington Avenue	West Los Angeles	CSH#11
12		Whitney R. Smith	February 1946		Unbuilt			CSH#12
13	Alpha	Richard Neutra Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...	March 1946		Unbuilt			CSH#13
15		J. R. Davidson	January 1947	1947	Extant	4755 Lasheart Drive	La Cañada Flintridge	CSH#15	VGT
16		Rodney Walker	February 1947	1947	Demolished	9945 Beverly Grove Drive	Beverly Hills	CSH#16
17A		Rodney Walker	July 1947	1947	Demolished	7861 Woodrow Wilson Drive	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CSH#17	VGT
17B		Craig Ellwood Craig Ellwood Craig Ellwood was an influential Los Angeles-based modernist architect whose career spanned the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. Although untrained as an architect, Ellwood fashioned a persona and career through equal parts of a talent for good design, self-promotion and ambition...	March 1956	1956	Remodeled Beyond Recognition	9554 Hidden Valley Road	Beverly Hills	CSH#17
18A	West House	Rodney Walker	February 1948	1948	Extant	199 Chautauqua Boulevard	Pacific Palisades	CSH#18	VGT
18B	Fields House	Craig Ellwood	June 1958	1958	Remodeled Beyond Recognition	1129 Miradero Road	Beverly Hills	CSH#18	VGT
19A		Don Knorr	September 1947		Unbuilt			CSH#19
20A	Stuart Bailey House	Richard Neutra Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...	December 1948	1948	Extant	219 Chautauqua Boulevard	Pacific Palisades	CSH#20	VGT
20B	Bass House	C. Buff, C. Straub, D. Hensman	November 1958	1958	Demolished	2275 Santa Rosa Avenue	Altadena Altadena, California Altadena is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately from the downtown Los Angeles Civic Center, and directly north of the city of Pasadena, California...	CSH#20
21A		Richard Neutra Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...	May 1947		Unbuilt			CSH#21
21B	Walter Bailey House	Pierre Koenig Pierre Koenig Pierre Koenig was an American architect.Born in San Francisco, he received his B.Arch. in 1952 from the University of Southern California. Koenig apprenticed under Raphael Soriano, among others, and began private practice in 1952. Koenig practiced mainly on the west coast and was most notable for...	February 1959	1958	Extant	9048 Wonderland Park Avenue	West Hollywood	CSH#21	VGT
1950		Raphael Soriano Raphael Soriano Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, was an influential architect and educator who helped define a period of 20th century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern...	December 1950	1950	Remodeled	1080 Ravoli Drive	Pacific Palisades	CSH1950	VGT
1953		Craig Ellwood Craig Ellwood Craig Ellwood was an influential Los Angeles-based modernist architect whose career spanned the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. Although untrained as an architect, Ellwood fashioned a persona and career through equal parts of a talent for good design, self-promotion and ambition...	June 1953	1953	Extant	1811 Bel Air Road	Bel-Air	CSH1953	VGT
22	Stahl House Stahl House Case Study House #22, aka Stahl House, is a modernist styled house in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California that was designed by Pierre Koenig...	Pierre Koenig Pierre Koenig Pierre Koenig was an American architect.Born in San Francisco, he received his B.Arch. in 1952 from the University of Southern California. Koenig apprenticed under Raphael Soriano, among others, and began private practice in 1952. Koenig practiced mainly on the west coast and was most notable for...	June 1960	1960	Extant	1635 Woods Drive	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CSH#22	VGT
23	Triad	Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth, FAIA was an American architect. He is best known as a participant in Arts & Architecture's Case Study program in the mid-1950s. He designed and built Case Study House #25, "The Frank House," in Naples, California. He also designed numerous luxury hotels all over the world and... , Brady, Smith & Assoc.	March 1961	1960	Extant	Rue de Anna	La Jolla La Jolla, San Diego, California La Jolla is an affluent, hilly seaside resort community, occupying of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean in Southern California within the northern city limits of San Diego. La Jolla had the highest home prices in the nation in 2008 and 2009; the average price of a standardized...	CSH#23	VGT
24		A. Quincy Jones A. Quincy Jones Archibald Quincy Jones, FAIA was a prolific Los Angeles-based architect and educator known for innovative buildings in the modernist style and for urban planning that pioneered the use of greenbelts and green design.-Childhood and early career:...  and Frederick E. Emmons	December 1961		Unbuilt			CSH#24
25	Frank House	Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth, FAIA was an American architect. He is best known as a participant in Arts & Architecture's Case Study program in the mid-1950s. He designed and built Case Study House #25, "The Frank House," in Naples, California. He also designed numerous luxury hotels all over the world and... , Brady, Smith & Assoc.	December 1962	1962	Extant	82 Rivo Alto Canal	Long Beach Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...	CSH#25	VGT
26	Harrison House	Beverley "David" Thorne	January 1963	1963	Extant	177 San Marino Drive	San Rafael San Rafael, California San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...	CSH#26	VGT
27		Campbell and Wong	June 1963		Unbuilt			CSH#27
28		C. Buff and D. Hensman	September 1965	1966	Extant	91 Inverness Road	Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....	CSH#28	VGT
Apt 1		Alfred N. Beadle Al Beadle Alfred N. Beadle V was an American modernistic architect active in Phoenix, Arizona.During his lifetime Beadle was best known for designing Case Study Apartment #1, a three-unit apartment development in Phoenix, AZ, which was part of the Case Study House program of Arts & Architecture magazine...  and Alan A. Dailey	September 1964	1964	Extant	4402 28th Street	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	CSApts#1	VGT
Apt 2		Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth, FAIA was an American architect. He is best known as a participant in Arts & Architecture's Case Study program in the mid-1950s. He designed and built Case Study House #25, "The Frank House," in Naples, California. He also designed numerous luxury hotels all over the world and... , Brady, Smith & Assoc.	May 1964		Unbuilt			CSApts#2

External links

• Arts & Architecture Mag: The Case House Study Program
• Article interviewing Rodney Walker's sons
• Info on CSH and Shulman at KCET