J. R. Davidson: A European Contribution to California Modernism

Lilian Pfaff

Published by Birkhäuser 2019

J. R. Davidson

A European Contribution to California Modernism

Lilian Pfaff

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035619379

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Thomas Mann's architect

Julius Ralph Davidson is widely known as the architect of Thomas Mann’s house. Born 1889 in Berlin, Davidson left Germany in 1923 and emigrated to the USA. In Los Angeles, he designed some 150 projects, among them three houses for the experimental Case Study House Program. This long overdue publication is a comprehensive documentation of Davidson’s life and work, highlighting J.R.’s contribution to modernism in California in the 1930s and 1940s.

The architect of Thomas Mann’s residence in Pacific Palisades

First publication on this protagonist of California Modernism
Comprehensive exhibition on Davidson 28 September─8 December 2019 at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum Santa Barbara

Author / Editor information

Dr. Lilian Pfaff, Curator and architectural historian, Los Angeles

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface J. R. Davidson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1 MODERNISM
The European Years 1903–1923: Davidson’s Education and His Notebooks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Emigration to the United States 1923 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
First Commissions: Retail Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
During the Great Depression: Hotels and Bars in Chicago and Los Angeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Furniture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Davidson’s Contemporaries and Collaborators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
European Ideas about Living Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
International Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Case Study Houses: Adaptive Reuse of Floor Plans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
2 REGIONALISM
Soft Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Bungalow and Ranch House: Adopting Local Building Typology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Mid-Century Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Public Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
3 CONCLUSION
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
List of Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekten, Architektur- und Kunsthistoriker, Innenarchitekten
Pages
- Main content: 268
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 213
- Coloured Illustrations: 36
Keywords: Davidson, Julius Ralph; Thomas Mann House (Pacific Palisades, Calif.); Case Study; Haus

eBook

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783035619379