ID: 700000090 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000090	Record Type: Built Work
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Case Study House No. 21 (house; Pierre Koenig (American, 1925-2004); William Porush, consult...; 1958-1959; commissioned in ear...; Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California, United States, North a...)

Note: Case Study Houses were commissioned of Koenig and other architects through "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. By May 1958, Koenig had completed his construction drawings and begun collaboration with factories that were capable of producing the prefabricated steel bents. The bulk of construction took place from August to November of the same year, and by January 1959 the house was officially completed. 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. It is also known as Case Study House No. 21B, because there was a Case Study House #21A that was designed earlier by Richard J. Neutra , but never built.

Titles:

Case Study House No. 21 (preferred,C,U,AR,English-P,U,U)

Case Study House No. 21B (C,U,English,U,U)

Bailey House (C,U,English,U,U)

CSH #21 (C,U,AV,not applicable,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

house [300005433] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings)

National Historic Landmark [300262793]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>, markers (monuments), landmarks)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Modern art

Creation Date: 1958-1959; commissioned in early 1957; renovated 1998

Creator Display:

Pierre Koenig (American, 1925-2004); William Porush, consulting engineer; Walter Bailey, original owner [preferred,VP]

architect Koenig, Pierre (American architect, 1925-2004) [500086520]

commissioner (person who orders works) Arts & Architecture (American magazine, 1929–1967) [500476086]

owner Bailey, Walter (American psychiatrist, 20th century) Extent: original association [500356995]

engineer Porush, William (American structural engineer, 20th century) [500356996]

general contractor Hamilton, Pat (American general contractor, 20th century) [500356997]

interior decorator Stone, Viki (American interior designer, 20th century) Extent: furnishings [500356998]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles [7023900] (Geographic)

Address Note: 34.116634 -118.391623; 9038 Wonderland Park Avenue, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 90046

Display Materials: steel frame and flat roof deck

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: 1 story, 1320 square feet, 4 rooms and 2 baths, on a 110 x 160 foot lot

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mid-Century Modernist [300343610] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 architecture and design styles and movements>)

	International Style (modern European architecture style) [300021472] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European architecture styles and movements>)

	Modern (style or period) [300264736] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	dwelling [300005425]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT)

Related Works:

	based on .... Case Study House No. 21 [700000120]
	..........architectural drawing (visual work); architect and draftsman: Pierre Koenig (American architect, ...; ca. 1956; Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, C...; 2006.M.30-xxx

	depicted in .... Case Study House No. 21 [700008539]
	..........photograph; Julius Shulman; 1958-1959

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for architecture

............... Case Study House project

Sources and Contributors:
Case Study House No. 21	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 27 October 2010
	........ Great Buildings Online (1997-)
	........ Smith, Case Study Houses (2002)
	........ McCoy, Case Study Houses (1977)
	........ McCoy, Case Study Houses (1975)
	........ Blueprints for Modern Living (1989)
	........ Steele et al, Pierre Koenig (1998)
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Case Study House No. 21B	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3742197
Bailey House	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 27 October 2010
	........ Great Buildings Online (1997-)
CSH #21	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 27 October 2010
	........ Great Buildings Online (1997-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Great Buildings Online (1997-)

....................... McCoy, Case Study Houses (1975) http://www.artsandarchitecture.com/case.houses/pdf01/21-2.pdf

....................... LAHCM (1958-) #669

....................... NRHP (1950-) 13000518

....................... Arts & Architecture [magazine] (1929–1967) http://www.artsandarchitecture.com/case.houses/pdf01/21-2.pdf

....................... BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3742197

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... McCoy, Case Study Houses (1977)
	..... University of Southern California, L.A. Oscura (1999-) accessed 20 October 2008
	..... Steele et al, Pierre Koenig (1998)
	..... Richard J. Neutra, Arts & Architecture (1947)