Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence

</a><br/><img alt="picture 2696 Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " height="765" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture-2696.jpg" title="Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " width="600" /> The most astonishing architectural news this week wasn’t that Pierre Koenig’s Stahl Property was amongst 10 Case Study Homes awarded landmark status by the National Register of Historic Locations, but that this masterwork wasn’t currently on the list. Was it truly achievable that Case Study House #22, immortalized in Julius Schulman’s 1960 photographs, was awaiting protection from the wrecking ball till now?</p><br/><p>The Case Study System, launched in 1945 with the purpose of creating reasonably priced, Modernist single-loved ones homes, remains a seminal moment in residential architecture, with southern California’s eternal sunshine and rugged topography the perfect backdrop for experimentation with flat roofs, glass walls and dramatic cantilevers.</p><br/><p>Demolition and significant alterations by unimpressed owners have befallen some Case Study Houses, but a noble, decade-extended effort by the Los Angeles Conservancy has finally earned these Mid-Century jewels—and their iconoclastic architects—a measure of considerably-deserved respect.</p><br/><p><br/><img alt="thumb Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " height="733" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/thumb.jpg" title="Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="o Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " height="495" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/o.jpg" title="Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence amazing ideas " width="600" /></p><br/><p>Pictures: Julius Schulman through Craig Krull Gallery</p><br/><p><!-- Social Buttons Generated by Digg Digg plugin v5.3.6,<br/> Author : Buffer, Inc<br/> Website : http://bufferapp.com/diggdigg --><br/>

Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl Residence

The most astonishing architectural news this week wasn’t that Pierre Koenig’s Stahl Property was amongst 10 Case Study Homes awarded landma...

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