Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream

A history of Joseph Eichler, the developer who hired progressive architects to bring Modernist design to middle-class California housing through the 1950s and 60s. Covers his innovations, including streamlined kitchen built-ins, the multipurpose room, and the atrium that merged indoor and outdoor living, along with the source of his design ideas, how the homes were built within merchant-builder costs, and their long-term effect on American residential life. Illustrated with 300 photographs, including Ernest Braun's original marketing photography of Eichler homes.

DETAILS

• Condition: New
• Authors: Paul Adamson, Marty Arbunich
• Photography: Ernest Braun
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: October 2002
• Edition: First edition
• Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
• Print length: 240 pages, 300 photographs (black and white)
• ISBN-10: 1586851845
• ISBN-13: 978-1586851842
• Dimensions: 10.75" x 12.25"