The evolution of Gregory Ain's interwar and postwar planned housing communities, 1939-1948 / by Brooke Ashton Devenney.

Main entry:

Devenney, Brooke Ashton, author.

Title & Author:

The evolution of Gregory Ain's interwar and postwar planned housing communities, 1939-1948 / by Brooke Ashton Devenney.

Publication:

[Riverside, California] : University of California, Riverside, 2014.
©2014

Description:

1 online resource (xv, 158 pages) : illustrations

Notes:
Includes abstract.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed December 22, 2014).
Includes bibliographical references.
Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
Print reproduction

Summary:

This thesis explores Gregory Ain's planned housing communities spanning the period 1939-1948, connecting their conception to the theoretical legacy of Modernism that began with the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) in Europe a decade earlier. Expanding on existing scholarship, this thesis attempts to contextualize Ain's One Family Defense House Project (1939), Park Planned Homes (1945-47), and Mar Vista Tract (1946-48) within the social, political, and economic context of the interwar and postwar period. Although the latter two projects are more well-known, I attempt to expand the understanding of their design through new and lesser-known examples by Ain in the area of tract housing and contemporaneous housing examples. These include his manifesto for a project entitled Preliminary Proposal 'A' for a low-cost community housing development in Southgate, California and the U.S. government's Basic Minimum House (1936). The three projects discussed in this thesis expand the context within which one views the typical tract house, but also the avant-garde approach to Modernism during this era and the years that followed.

Resources:
Online version

ISBN:

9781321319552
132131955X

Subject:

Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988 Criticism and interpretation.
Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988
University of California, Riverside. Department of the History of Art
Architecture, Domestic California History 20th century.
Architecture and society United States History 20th century.
Architecture et société États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and society
Architecture, Domestic
California
United States

Form/genre:

Academic Dissertation
Dissertations, Academic UCR Art History.
dissertations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Academic theses
History
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318751
Call No.: 318751
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit