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

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

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

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

by Lilian Pfaff
J. R. Davidson: A European Contribution to California Modernism

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

by Lilian Pfaff

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783035619225
Publisher: Birkh user
Publication date: 09/02/2019
Pages: 268
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Dr. Lilian Pfaff, Architekturhistorikerin und Kuratorin, Los Angeles

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

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