ID: 700089910 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089910	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

708 House (house; Milton H. Caughey, original architect; renovations by Eric O...; original house 1948, renovatio...; Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Uni...)

Note: One story house originally James H. Caughey for the Case Study House program in 1948. Between 1979-1982, architect Eric Owen Moss renovated the property for his own family, adding a second story, bright colors, and whimsical architectural elements in the Deconstructivist Style. The building was destroyed in the Los Angeles Area Fires of 2025.

Titles:

708 House (preferred,C,U,English-P,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)

destroyed work [300404029]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

Case Study house [300252112]

..... (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, houses, <houses by function>, model houses)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: original house 1948, renovation 1979-1982

Creator Display:

Milton H. Caughey, original architect; renovations by Eric Owen Moss [preferred]

architect Moss, Eric Owen (American architect, born 1943) Extent: renovation [500085195]

architect Term Not Found Extent: execution [500782017]

Locations:

Current: Pacific Palisades [7014328] (Geographic)

Address Note: 708 El Medio Drive, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

destruction: in the Greater Los Angeles fires of 2025 Pacific Palisades [7014328] ()

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Deconstructivist [300112407] (preferred,style)
	.....(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>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Greater Los Angeles Fires 2025 [901002630]
	.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
708 House	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- "708 House," accessed 23 Janaury 2025

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

....................... Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/708-house/

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles Conservancy [online], 2017- "708 House," accessed 23 Janaury 2025