Architects

Edward Killingsworth: Best known as a participant in Architecture Digest's Case Study progarm in the mid-1950s. He designed and built Case Study House #25, "The Frank House". In the architecture world "Killingsworth" is synonymous with ultra-cool Southern California Post-and-Beam Mid-Century Modern - Wikipedia - Website

Francis J. McCarthy: (1910-1965) McCarthy's work encompassed numerous residential, municipal and commerical commissions throughout California. McCarthy was a founding member of Telesis, an organization formed in 1938 by design professionals of varying disciplines who were interested in invigorating city and regional planning in the Bay Area. - Environmental Design Archives - Website

Case Study House

Experiments in residential architecture, which commissioned major architects of the day to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the return of millions of soliders. The program ran from 1945 - 1966. Most were constructed in Los Angeles, a few in the Bay Area and one in Phoenix, Arizona. - Wikipedia - Website


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