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Catalog Level:
item
Type:
house
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Classification
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Terms:
architecture
Modern art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Case Study House No. 21
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Bailey House
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CSH #21
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Creation
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Creator Description:
architect: Pierre Koenig (American architect, active
in Los Angeles, 1925-2004)
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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
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Indexing term: Modern
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
1 story, 1320 square feet, 4 rooms and 2 baths, on
a 110 x 160 foot lot
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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:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
steel frame and flat roof deck
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Material Names:
steel
glass
brick
Technique Name: steel frame construction
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
architecture
house
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Descriptive Note
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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.
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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)
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Related Work
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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
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
9036 Wonderland Park Avenue (West Hollywood,
Los Angeles, California, United States)
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Revised 20 November 2008