Case Study Houses vs Mid-Century Modern
ケース・スタディ・ハウス / ミッドセンチュリー・モダン
Case Study Houses comes from Modern Architecture and Mid-Century Modern from Retro. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Case Study Houses
The experimental housing program commissioned by Arts & Architecture for the postwar shortage: steel and glass from off-the-shelf parts, popularizing an image of bright modern living open to the California climate.
Mid-Century Modern
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Adds hand-felt curves and warmth to rational geometry.
| Case Study Houses | Mid-Century Modern | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1945–1966 | 1940s–1960s |
| Family | Modern Architecture | Retro |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Lightness of steel and glass / Indoors flowing outdoors / Off-the-shelf components / Horizontally open plans | Organic shapes / Calm warm colors / Succinct illustration / Diagonal movement |
| Best used for | Building a light framed house quickly on a sloping site with a view · Proposing bright living where industrial components stay visible | Balancing friendliness with intelligence · Building contexts of living, furniture and culture |
| Type | Space slender steel columns at a regular bay, dimensions left visible | A rounded sans-serif |
| Composition | Run the floor from living room to terrace, openings full width | Asymmetric yet stable balance |
| Material | Assemble catalog steel, glass and colored panels without modification | Mustard, teal, textures of wood and paper |
| Caution | Copying the glazed openness while neglecting sun and privacy control produces a hot, exposed house that photographs well and cannot be lived in. | Don't pile up retro props. Fit the forms to today's information structure. |