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| Genre/Form: | Exhibitions |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth A T Smith; Esther McCoy; Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.); et al |
| ISBN: | 0262692139 9780262692137 |
| OCLC Number: | 42950395 |
| Notes: | "Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... presented at the Temporary Contemporary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 17, 1989-February 18, 1990"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 31 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword and acknowledgments / Richard Koshalek -- Blueprints for modern living : history and legacy of the case study houses / Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- Arts & architecture case study houses / Esther McCoy -- The thirty-six case study projects / Amelia Jones and Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- Case study Trouvé : sources and precedents, Southern California, 1920-1942 / Thomas S. Hines -- Case study houses : in the grand modern tradition / Helen Searing -- The case study program and the impending future : some regional considerations / Kevin Starr -- Arts & architecture and the Los Angeles vanguard / Elizabeth A.T. Smith -- The search for the postwar house / Thomas Hine -- Klarheit, Ehrlichkeit, Einfachkeit ... and wit too! : the case study houses in the world's eyes / Reyner Banham. Model houses for the millions : architects' dreams, builders' boasts, residents' dilemmas / Dolores Hayden -- Extending the case study concept : newly commissioned works. |
| Responsibility: | exhibition organized by Elizabeth A.T. Smith ; essays by Esther McCoy ... [et al.]. |
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