Eichler homes : design for living / Jerry Ditto, Lanning Stern ; photography by Marvin Wax ; introduction by Sally B. Woodbridge.

Main entry:

Ditto, Jerry.

Title & Author:

Eichler homes : design for living / Jerry Ditto, Lanning Stern ; photography by Marvin Wax ; introduction by Sally B. Woodbridge.

Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1995.

Description:

119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Foreword / Jerry Ditto -- Introduction / Sally B. Woodbridge -- A cherished legacy / Ned Eichler.

Summary:

Debonair gentleman, devoted husband, and ambitious businessman, Joseph Eichler began Eichler Homes with no previous design experience, only a love of contemporary architecture. Already in his late forties, he was able to turn his small firm into one of the most prodigious post-World War II building companies in America. With the help of architect Bob Anshen, Eichler found a way to mass-produce affordable, practical homes with a designer feel. Based on numerous models, each under $10,000, the homes began to sell wildly in Northern California. As the demand grew, so did the houses, and soon they included four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a family room, as well as Eichler's signature glass walls, post-and-beam structures, and front door atriums. With over 100 color and black-and-white photographs of the various models and essays by architectural expert Sally Woodbridge and Joe Eichler's son, Ned, Eichler Homes paints the poignant picture of an extraordinary businessman, a father-son relationship unfortunately marred by company politics, and the rise and fall of a unique postwar business that continues to inspire architects and designers everywhere.

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Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0811808467
9780811808460

Subject:

Eichler, Joseph L., 1900-
Eichler, Joseph L. B. 1900.
Industrialists California Biography.
Construction industry California History 20th century.
Prefabricated houses United States History.
Industriels Californie Biographies.
Construction Industrie Californie Histoire 20e siècle.
Maisons préfabriquées États-Unis Histoire.
Construction industry
Industrialists
Prefabricated houses
Wohnungsbau
Einfamilienhaus
Arquitetura moderna (século 20) Califórnia;estados unidos.
Casas pré-fabricadas (história)
Residência domiciliar.
California
United States

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Added entries:

Wax, Marvin.
Stern, Lanning.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84083
Call No.: ID NA44.E339; ID:95-B3415
Status: Available

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