Eichler Homes: Design for Living

By Marvin Wax, Jerry Ditto, Lanning Stern

Book Overview

More than a modern-day success story, Joseph Eichler changed the face of American architecture by creating the ultimate, affordable family home. Now, nearly 50 years after the phenomenon of the Eichler home, once a quintessential symbol of the American Dream, this beautifully illustrated volume chronicles both the success and ultimate demise of a legendary company. With over 100 full-color photographs of the homes' various models, as well as an introduction by architectural expert Sally B. Woodbridge and an essay by Eichler's son Ned, Eichler Homes tells the poignant story of a unique post-war business, and of a singular vision and unforgettable legacy that continue to inspire architects and designers around the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811808467
• ISBN13: 9780811808460
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great Book on Eichler Homes

This is a great book for anyone interested in the Eichler Homes built in the late 1940's and 1950's. They were way ahead of their times. These were the first really modern homes. I was lucking enough to live in one in the 1950's in the Bay Area of California...Anyone interested in modern homes will enjoy this book..Beautiful pictures..

Eichler Style is Classic

I have been looking for as much information as I can on Eichler houses and this was a real find. It not only provided me the fundamental information I had been searching for but surprised me with wonderful photos, including the very house that I want to build. The only problem I have now is trying to find contractor willing to provide a contemporary interpretation.

A great book that, like Eichler homes,will never go out of style.

As a fan of Mid-century modern and Eichler homes,I loved the many photographs in this book.I believe this book would be a good reference for anyone who owns an Eichler home or someone who wants to achieve a modern look in or outside their home.

I never get tired of this book.

I agree with the other reviewers' comments about the excellence of the Eichler homes and this book. I have many design books, but I keep coming back to this one and never tire of the clean, modern--but not cold--design. I wish Ditto, et al. would produce a video on the subject.

Eichler Homes : Design for living

As a little kid, growing up in Southern California in the 1950's, I admired these cool, streamlined houses. I wondered where, or who they came from. Now I know. They were Eichlers'. Or damn good Eichler clones. Whatever the case, this book does a good job showing this type of architecture. Plenty of great,crisp, photography.