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Arts & Architecture: The Case Study House Program

Season 15 Episode 3

West Coast Modernism took hold in Southern California when Arts & Architecture Magazine sponsored the “Case Study House” program. As one of the most significant architectural studies supporting experiments in post-WWII American residential architecture, it involved the commission of major architects that included Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra and Charles Eames.

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