THE SECOND TREASURY OF CONTEMPORARY HOUSES
The editors of Architectural Record

The editors of Architectural Record: THE SECOND TREASURY OF CONTEMPORARY HOUSES. NYC: FW Dodge, 1959. Fist edition. A fine hardcover Book in decorated black cloth with a very good (price-clipped) dust jacket: Pen scratch-out on cover and very minor wear otherwise -- a very presentable copy. The presence of the DJ alone makes this an unusually nice copy of this out-of-print vintage volume: Residential Architecture books with dust jackets from this era are notoriously scarce. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.

9 x 12 hardcover book with 216 pages and over 500 b/w images, diagrams and plans (with 8 color plates) showcasing 44 contemporary modern residences.

Along with Living Spaces by George Nelson, this is one of THE classic pictorial records of modern residential architecture in Post-war America. This book spotlights some of the lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences. No Kaufmann Houses here -- just thoughtfully planned and brilliantly executed modern housing.

Eichler Alert: the legendary X-100 prototype Eicheler Home in San Mateo by Frederick Emmons and A. Quincy Jones is profiled on four pages with 4 b/w photos, 2 color images, a floor plan and a steel-frame cross-section diagram. Too cool!

From the Eichler network: "..As Joe Eichler was initiating his fledgling real estate development in the Highlands, the X-100 served as his promotional attraction to reel in crowds for his company's open houses. It was also a vehicle for showcasing new technology (such as steel construction, indoor gardens, and other custom elements) that was unique or unusual to the homebuilding industry. ...the X-100 opened its doors to a reported 150,000 curious visitors in late 1956, giving Eichler a surge of sales and renewed attention. National magazines, including Sunset, Living for Young Homemakers, and Arts & Architecture, joined in with coverage and pictorials. "

Excellent vintage contemporary interior photography by Ezra Stoller, Bill Hedrich-Blessing, Joseph Molitor, Julius Shulman and others.

Architects represented in this volume include George Nelson and Gordon Chadwick , Edward Larrabee Barnes, Marcel Breuer, Gordon Chadwick, an Eichler Home by Frederick Emmons A. Quincy Jones (with two color photographs!), Thomas Church, Ulrich Franzen, Bolton and Barnstone, Eckbo Royston and Williams, Lawrence Halprin, Philip Johnson, George Fred and William Keck, A. lawrence Kocher, George Matsumoto, Richard Neutra, Eliot Noyes, Paul Rudolph, Sam and William Weiner, Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons, the Architects Collaborative (Walter Gropius), Eliot Noyes, John Pekruhn, Chard Webb, John Johansen, Schweikher and Elting, Richard Baringer, Victor Lundy, Philip Hiss, Rufus Nims, Bolton and Barnstone, mario Corbett, and many others.

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