Description
Joseph Eichler used to be a pioneering developer who defied typical knowledge by means of hiring modern architects to layout Modernist Properties for the rising heart elegance of the Fifties. He used to be identified for his inventions, together with “constructed-ins” for streamlined kitchen paintings, for introducing a multipurpose room adjoining to the kitchen, and for the vintage atrium that melded the interior with the outside. For just about 20 years, Eichler Properties constructed heaps of dwellings in California, obtaining nationwide and world acclaim. Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream examines Eichler’s legacy as observed in his unique Properties and within the revival of the Modernist motion, which keeps to develop lately. The houses that Eichler constructed have been brand new in thought and expression, and but comfy for dwelling. Eichler’s paintings left a legacy of layout integrity and set requirements for housing builders that stay remarkable within the historical past of American development. This ebook captures and illustrates that legacy with spectacular element, enticing historical past, firsthand reminiscences approximately Eichler and his imaginative and prescient, and 250 images of Eichler Properties of their high.
Paul Adamson, AIA, holds a Grasp of Structure level from Columbia College and has practiced in New York and San Francisco. He’s these days a dressmaker on the San Francisco company of Hornberger + Worstell, Inc. He lives in Kensington, California.
Marty Arbunich is director-writer of the Eichler Community, a Bay Space-primarily based corporate trustworthy completely to aiding and conserving the Structure and way of life surrounding California’s 11,000 Eichler Properties. He lives in San Francisco.
