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Case study houses : 1945-1966 : the California impetus / Elizabeth A. T. Smith

This volume documents the Case Study House programme (1945–1966), an initiative that produced 36 experimental prototype homes in Los Angeles. Photographs, plans, and maps illustrate the project's influence on modern post-war residential architecture.

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