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House

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: house
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Classification Terms:
           architecture
           Modern art
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Titles or Names Text: Case Study House No. 21
    Preference: preferred Title Type: artist's Text: Bailey House
    Preference: alternate Text: CSH #21
    Preference: alternate
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Creation Creator Description: architect: Pierre Koenig (American architect, active in Los Angeles, 1925-2004) Free text
  Identity: Koenig, Pierre
Role: architect
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  Creation Date: 1956-1958; renovated 1998

Date Qualifier:
construction
Earliest:
1956 Latest: 1958
Date Qualifier: renovation
Earliest:
1998 Latest: 1998
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Style/Period Indexing term: Modern Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 1 story, 1320 square feet, 4 rooms and 2 baths, on a 110 x 160 foot lot Free text
  Dimensions Extent: stories
Value: 1 Unit: N/A Type: count
Dimensions Extent: rooms
Value: 4 Unit: N/A Type: count
Dimensions Extent: house
Value:
1320 Unit: square feet Type: area
Dimensions Extent: lot
Value: 110 Type: feet Type: length
Value:
160 Type: feet Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: steel frame and flat roof deck Free text
  Material Names:
        steel
        glass
        brick

Technique Name: steel frame construction
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         house
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Descriptive Note Text: Case Study Houses were commissioned of Koenig and other architects by Arts & Architecture editor John Entenza to promote new building materials, technologies, and aesthetics appropriate for the middle class. Case Study No. 21 was considered by the architect to be his masterpiece. It is a minimalist classic Modern design in an open-plan steel-and-glass structure. The glass-walled house is surrounded by five reflecting pools. It comprises two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, two baths, a central court, carport, and a water-cooled roof. The house is located over a pond and features a fountain that creates cooling breezes in the hot, dry climate. During the hot months, water is pumped from the pool to the roof gutter, circulating and aerating the pool. Koenig himself oversaw a complete renovation of the house in 1998. The site for the house is a level building pad in the hills with a sweeping view to the south. The orientation of glazed walls is north and south, with solid walls on the east and west. Free text
  Citation: McCoy, Esther. Case Study Houses, 1945-1962. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1977.

Citation: University of Southern California. L.A. Oscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman. USC: 1999- . [online exhibition] http://arch.usc.edu//shulman (accessed 20 October 2008)
Authority
Related Work Relationship Type: depicted in
Related Work:
Julius Shulman; Case Study House No. 21: 2004.R.10-26622-32-LF; photograph; GRI Special Collections, Getty Center (Los Angeles, California).

Relationship Type: depicted in
Related Work:
Pierre Koenig; Case Study House No. 21: 2006.M.30-; drawing; GRI Special Collections, Getty Center (Los Angeles, California).
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: 9036 Wonderland Park Avenue (West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States) Authority
Revised 20 November 2008