Art & Its Photography, by Julius Shulman
Palm Springs Modern, by Adele Cygelman
Contemporary: Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s, by Lesley Jackson
Eichler Homes: Design for Living, by Jerry Ditto
Case Study Houses: 1945-1962
Classic Modern : Mid-Century Modern at Home
Home: The Twentieth-Century House, by Deyan Sudjic and Tulga Beyerle
John Lautner, by Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange
Masters of Modern Architecture, by John Peters
Einfamilienhauser, by Gerhard Schwab, volumes 1 and 2 (in German only)
Designs for Living: 175 Examples of Quality Home Interiors by Katherine
Morrow Ford and Thomas H. Creighton. 1955 Reinhold Publishing.
Excellent book just crammed full of Knoll, Herman Miller and wonderful
interior shots most b&w but nonetheless fabulous!
Design for Modern Living by Gerd and Ursula Hatje. 1962 Harry N.
Abrams, Inc. INCREDIBLE!
The Treasuries of Contemporary Houses selected by the Editors of
Architectural Record. Vols. 1 & 2 1954 & 1959 respectively. Also
INCREDIBLE!
Beautiful Homes and Gardens in California by Herbert Weisskamp. 1964
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Lots of Case Study Houses.
Small Homes in the New Tradition, Francois C. Morand, Sterling Publishing,
1959 (floor plans, sections, photos of houses by Dow, Lautner,
Koch/Techbuilt, Catalano [his own in Raleigh, including construction photos,
that we've been hearing much about], Franzen, and many others, including a
great selection of Mexico City mcm)
Inside Today's Home, Ray Faulkner & Sarah Faulkner, Hold, Rinehart &
Winston, 1954, 1960, 1968 (How-to with plenty of text as well as photos on
bringing modern architecture and furnishings together)
Classic Modern Homes of the Thirties, James Ford & Katherine Morrow Ford,
Dover, 1989 (reprint of The Modern House in America, Architectural Book
Publishing Co., 1940.)
Yesterday's Houses of Tomorrow: Innovative American Homes 1850-1950, H. Ward
Jandl, Preservation Press, 1991 (chapters on Keck's '33 Worlds Fair house,
Lustron Corp. & Bucky Fuller)
Keck & Keck, Robert Boyce, Princeton Architectural Press, 1993 (detailed
look at important Chicago firm)
82 Distinctive Houses from Architectural Record, F.W. Dodge Corp., 1952
(compilation of spreads from the magazine 1948-52 by Keck, Koch, Breuer,
Neutra, J.L. Wright etc. plus detailed standards & specs for laundry rooms,
closets, indoor planting beds, plumbing & heating [including radiant floor])
Treasury of Contemporary Houses, F.W. Dodge Corp. (more great Architectural
Records spreads. These books were published each year or two throughout the
mid-late '50s)
The American House Today: 85 notable examples, Katherine Morrow Ford &
Thomas H. Creighton, Reinhold Publishing, 1951 (Important houses by Johnson,
Breuer, Neutra, Keck, Schweikher, Eames, Lescaze, Dow etc. plus text on
topics including site, program, space organization, construction.)
Tomorrow's House: A complete guide for the home builder, George Nelson &
Henry Wright, Simon & Schuster, 1945
The International Style, Henry Russel Hitchcock & Philip Johnson, W.W.
Norton, 1932 (from the MOMA show that coined the term. Some commercial
buildings, but plenty of houses too).
Architects on Architecture, by Paul Heyer
The New Small house, by F.R.S. Yorke
Modern California Houses, by Esther McCoy
