Main entry:

Wagener, Wolfgang.

Title & Author:

Raphael Soriano / Wolfgang Wagener.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2002.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index.
Foreword -- [Pt. 1] The postwar dream takes hold -- The promise -- New deal reforms -- Peacetime conversion -- Hotbed California -- Typology of the modern California house -- A different kind of dream -- [Pt. 2] Pioneering steel houses: 1935-1970 -- The effects of Europe and the Great Depression -- Learning from California -- Challenged by the war machine -- Defining the case study style -- Prototypes for a new lifestyle -- Perfecting the steel pavilion -- Culminating with a system blueprint -- [Pt. 3] Complete works -- [Pt. 4] References -- Map of Los Angeles showing realized Soriano buildings -- Chronology -- Unfinished autobiography by Raphael Soriano -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Raphael Soriano (1904-1988) was one of the early Case Study architects working in California in the mid-twentieth century, and a talented advocate of the new building materials and construction techniques developed just before and after World War II. Born in Rhodes, Soriano arrived in Los Angeles in 1924 at the age of 20. After graduating from the University of Southern California, he worked in the offices of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and for Los Angeles County before starting his own practice in Los Angeles in 1935. His characteristic floating roofs, tranparent exterior walls, and open plan responded to the postwar demand for family-friendly, middle-class housing and an indoor-outdoor lifestyle well suited to the Southern California climate. In 1953, Soriano relocated to Tiburon, near San Francisco, where he designed housing for the maverick developer Joseph Eichler, as well as innovative aluminum structures." "Independent-minded and often irascible, Soriano's architectural contribution has been largely overlooked to date. Though he designed 150 buildings and built more than 50 during his career, only a dozen projects remain standing. This book is the first published monograph on Soriano, with a thoroughly researched account of the architect's life and oeuvre, and an essay on the historical and cultural factors influencing the development of postwar housing in Southern California. It includes an examination of 30 key Soriano buildings and a listing of Complete Works that documents, for the first time, every known project in Soriano's archive, with bibliographic references. In addition to previously unpublished original plans and drawings, this volume features approximately 125 photographs by renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who was a close friend of Soriano and documented his work over a period of 40 years."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0714840637
9780714840635

Subject:

Soriano, Raphael, 1904-1988 Criticism and interpretation.
Soriano, Raphael, 1904-1988 Critique et interprétation.
Soriano, Raphael, 1904-1988.
Soriano, Raphael 1904-1988
Soriano, Raphael.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architektur
Gebouwen.
Arquitetura moderna (século 20) Estados unidos.
Architecte.
United States.

Form/genre:

Bildband.
Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224900
Call No.: NA44.S7145.9 W3 2002
Status: Available