Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Arts & Architecture Magazine Case Study Houses

 The Case Study Houses were residential home designs sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine during the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s.  They were intended to showcase inexpensive ideas for home designs during the housing boom after the end of World War II.

John Entenza from Arts and Architecture magazine led the effort which led to 36 designs that resulted in 25 constructed homes, mostly in Southern California.


Case Study House 1 by JR Davidson

10152 Toluca Lake Avenue, Los Angeles




Case Study House 2 by Sumner Spaulding and John Rex

857 Chapea Road, Pasadena



Case Study House 3 by William Wurster and Theodore Bernardi

13187 Calon Road, Los Angeles  (no longer exists)



Case Study House 4 "Greenbelt House" by Ralph Rapson

(never built)



Case Study House 5 "Loggia House" by Whitney R. Smith

(never built)



Case Study House 6 "Omega" by Richard Neutra

(never built)



Case Study House 7 by Thornton Abell

6236 N Deerfield Avenue, San Gabriel



Case Study House 8 "Eames House" by Charles and Ray Eames

203 Chautauqua Way, Pacific Palisades



Case Study House 9 "Entenza House" by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen

205 Chautauqua Way, Pacific Palisades



Case Study House 10 by Kemper Nomland and Kemper Nomland Jr

711 San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena  (heavily modified)



Case Study House 11 by JR Davidson

540 S Barrington Avenue, Los Angeles (no longer exists)



Case Study House 12 "Lath House" by Whitney R. Smith

(never built)


Case Study House 13 "Alpha" by Richard Neutra

(never built)



Case Study House 14

I can find no information on this house.



Case Study House 15 by JR Davidson

4755 Lasheart Drie, La Canada Flintridge



Case Study House 16 by Rodney Walker

9945 Beverly Grove Drive, Beverly Hills  (no longer exists)



Case Study House 16 (duplicate number) "Salzman House" by Craig Ellwood

1811 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles



Case Study House 17 by Rodney Walker

7861 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Hollywood



Case Study House 17 (duplicate number) by Craig Ellwood

9554 Hidden Valley Road, Beverly Hills  (heavily modified)



Case Study House 18 "West House" by Rodney Walker

199 Chautauqua Way, Pacific Palisades



Case Study House 18 (duplicate number) "Fields House" by Craig Ellwood

1129 Miradero Road, Beverly Hills (no longer exists)



Case Study House 19 by Don Knorr

(never built)



Case Study House 20 "Stuart Bailey House" by Richard Neutra

219 Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades



Case Study House 20 (duplicate number) "Bass House" by C Buff, C Straub, D Hensman

2275 North Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena



Case Study House 21 by Richard Neutra

(never built)


Case Study House 21 (duplicate number) "Walter Bailey House" by Pierre Koenig

9038 Wonderland Park Avenue, Los Angeles




Case Study House 22 "Stahl House" by Pierre Koenig

1635 Woods Drive, Los Angeles



Case Study House 23A

2342 Rue de Anne, La Jolla



Case Study House 23B "Triad" by Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Associates

2343 Rue de Anne, La Jolla  (heavily modified)



Case Study House 23C

2329 Rue de Anne, La Jolla



Case Study House 24 "Eichler Homes" by A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons

(never built)



Case Study House 25 "Frank House" by Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Associates

82 Rivo Alto Canal, Long Beach



Case Study House 26 "Harrison House" by Beverly 'David" Thorne

177 San Marino Drive, San Rafael



Case Study House 27 by Campbell and Wong

(never built)



Case Study House 28 "Janss/Pacific Case Study House" by C Buff and D Hensman

489 Oak Creek Drive, Thousand Oaks



Case Study Apartment 1 by Alfred N Beadle and Alan A Daily

(address unknown)



Case Study Apartment 2 "Whitmore Apartments" by Killingsworth, Brady, Smith and Associates

(never built)




Case Study House 1950 by Raphael Soriano

1080 Ravoli Drive, Pacific Palisades (no longer exists)




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