PRACTICAL HOUSES FOR CONTEMPORARY LIVING

Jean and Don Graf

Jean and Don Graf: PRACTICAL HOUSES FOR CONTEMPORARY LIVING. NYC: FW Dodge, 1953. First edition. A nearly fine hardcover book in a nearly fine Dust Jacket: very light wear overall. An attractive copy. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.

9 x 11.5 hardcover book with 174 pages and 329 photographs, floorplans, and illustrations. 42 postwar residences are extensively profiled in this excellent vintage volume. This book is a veritable rosetta stone for people interested in postwar modernism that was produced under (often severe) budget constraints. No Kaufmann Houses here -- just thoughtfully planned and brilliantly executed modern housing.

This book spotlights some of the more budget-conscious, lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences.

Contents:

• Forward
• Introduction
• Houses for One
• Good Small Houses
• Planned for Children -- and Adults
• Houses for Limited Lot Lines
• Houses for Irregular Land
• The Knew What They Wanted
• Concordance
• Index to Owners, Architects, and Photographers

Architects whose residential designs are featured in this volume include George Fred Keck and William Keck, L. Morgan Yost, William Wiener, Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons, Walter Gropius with The Architects Collaborative, George Matsumoto, William Lescaze, Hugh Stubbins, Jr., Gardner Dailey, Dan Kiley, Edward Varney, Walter Prokosch, Fred Langhorst and many others.

Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.

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