This happened more times than you might think. Of the original eight homes that were planned, three were never built. Case Study House #1 was designed in 1945 and remained unbuilt for three years, at which time the plans were drastically altered, resulting in a structure that barely resembled the original plans. So, in effect, half the original plans never came to fruition. Thirty-eight homes and apartments were finally designed for the project. Of those, only twenty-seven made it past the planning stage.
The chart below shows the Case Study Houses that were not built. Nevertheless, Arts & Architecture magazine ran articles about each one, to which I've provided links. You might enjoy taking a look at plans and photos of these houses that never came to be.
Number
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Name
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Architect(s)
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Publication
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Status
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1
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J. R. Davidson
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Unbuilt
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4
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Greenbelt House
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Ralph Rapson
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Unbuilt
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5
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Loggia House
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Whitney R. Smith
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Unbuilt
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6
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Omega
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Richard Neutra
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Unbuilt
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12
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Whitney R. Smith
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Unbuilt
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13
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Alpha
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Richard Neutra
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Unbuilt
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19A
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Don Knorr
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Unbuilt
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21A*
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Richard Neutra
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Unbuilt
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24
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A. Quincy Jones,
Frederick E. Emmons
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Unbuilt
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27
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Campbell and Wong
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Unbuilt
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Apt 2
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Killingsworth, Brady,
Smith & Assoc.
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Unbuilt
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* In Arts & Architecture, this is called Case Study House #20. (The numbering of the Case Study Houses is so inexplicable that Esther McCoy, an undisputed expert on the subject, omitted them in her book Case Study Houses: 1945-1962.)
From artsandarchitecture.com
J. R. Davidson's Case Study House #1 (unbuilt) thedesigncoop.com |
Scale model of J. R. Davidson's Case Study House #1 (unbuilt) artsandarchitecture.com |
Thank you for this post, what a lot of work! I will enjoy spending time reading the articles and viewing the marvelous pictures!
ReplyDeleteI think you'll really enjoy looking at the plans and sketches and beautiful scale models of the homes. It's a shame they were never built.
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