WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 4 [U. S. A. 2]
The Contemporary American House
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]: WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 4 [U. S. A. 2]. Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co., 1953. First edition. Text in Japanese with English headers and captions. Embossed paper covered boards titled in black and paper label to spine. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 96 pp. Fully illustrated in black and white. Endpapers lightly offsetted from jacket flaps. Jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket design by Hiromu Hara. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. Uncommon.
8.5 x 11.75 hardcover book with 96 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and floor plans for 33 contemporary American houses built by Harris Armstrong, Pietro Belluschi, Marcel Breuer, J. P. Clark and A. Frey, William F. Cody, Gardiner A. Dailey, Charles Eames, Henry Hill, George Howe, Philip C. Johnson, Carl Koch, John Lautner, Richard J. Neutra, Igor B. Polevitzky, Raphael S. Soriano, Edward D. Stone, Hugh Stubbins, Jr., R. Thoshov & R. Cerny, Frank Lloyd Wright and William Wurster, Thomas Bernardi & Donald Emmons..
- Preface
- The Contemporary Americam House
- Armstrong's Weekend House / Jefferson County, MS 1949: Harris Armstrong
- Burkes House / Portland, OR: Pietro Belluschi
- Breuer House / New Canaan, CT 1947: Marcel Breuer
- Caesar House / Lakeville, CT 1952: Marcel Breuer
- Clark House / Orange, CT 1949: Marcel Breuer
- Stillman House / Litchfield, CT 1950: Marcel Breuer
- Caesar House / Lakeville, CT 1952: Marcel Breuer
- Albert Frey House / Palm Springs, CA 1949: J. P. Clark and A. Frey
- Dorothy Levin House / Palm Springs, CA 1948: William F. Cody
- L. D. Owens House / Sausalito, CA 1939: Gardiner A. Dailey
- Case Study House 8 / Los Angeles, CA 1949: Charles Eames
- Cosmas House / Kent Woodland, CA 1948: Henry Hill
- San Rafael Home / San Rafael, CA 1949: Henry Hill
- Ballantine Home / Kentwoodland, CA 1951: Henry Hill
- Summer Residence / Mt. Desert Island, ME 1939: George Howe
- Glass House / New Canaan, CT 1949: Philip C. Johnson
- Carl Koch House / Snake Hill, MA 1946: Carl Koch
- Acorn Prefabrication House / 1950: Carl Koch
- Gantvoort House / Flintridge, CA 1948: John Lautner
- Sunset House / Beverly Hills, CA 1951: John Lautner
- Lakeside House / Los Angeles 1949: Richard J. Neutra
- Warren Tremaine House / Santa Barbara, CA 1949: Richard J. Neutra
- Dwelling in the Colorado Desert / Colorado Desert, CO 1949: Richard J. Neutra [sic] aka Kaufmann House in Palm Springs. Ooop.
- Florida House / Miami, FL: Igor B. Polevitzky
- Alexandra Curtis House / Bel-Air, CA 1950: Raphael S. Soriano
- Case Study House / Los Angeles, CA 1950: Raphael S. Soriano
- Westchester County House / Westchester County, NY 1951: Edward D. Stone [for A. Conger Goodyear]
- Brookline House / Brookline, MA 1950: Hugh Stubbins, Jr.
- Stubbins House / Lexington, MA 1946: Hugh Stubbins, Jr.
- Harry Blackmun Residence / Minneapolis, MN: R. Thoshov & R. Cerny
- Taliesin West / Phoenix, AZ 1938: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Falling Water House for Edgar J. Kaufmann / Bear Run, PA 1939: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Isadore Shuman House / Woodside, CA: William Wurster, Thomas Bernardi & Donald Emmons
Photographs by Julius Shulman, Hedrich-Blessing, Robert Damora, and others.
This volume offers an international perspective on modern American architecture and features some of the more buget-conscious, lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences. In terms of decor, there is none of that Chippendale jive here-- every residential interior is decked out in full midcentury glory. Recommended.