{"id":1548,"date":"2017-01-16T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2017-01-13T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:44:06","slug":"americas-mid-century-architecture-photos-julius-shulman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/americas-mid-century-architecture-photos-julius-shulman\/","title":{"rendered":"America’s mid-century architecture in photos of Julius Shulman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These images taken by late photographer\u00a0Julius Shulman<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0show buildings from the USA\u2019s Mid-century\u00a0Modern\u00a0movement that \u201cslipped from public view\u201d.<\/p>\n

A prolific 20th-century architectural photographer, Shulman built up relationships with a number of Modernist architects \u2013 particularly California\u2019s Richard Neutra,\u00a0John Lautner, R M Schindler and Gregory Ain.<\/p>\n

His photos of their projects present both architectural features and the behaviour of their inhabitants. These pictures helped to shape the image of the Southern Californian lifestyle during the 1950s and 1960s, which spread to the rest of the country and the world.<\/p>\n

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A series of Shulman\u2019s photos uncovered from his personal archive were published as a book in 2000. Following his death in 2009, the set has been expanded into three volumes titled\u00a0Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 available now from Taschen.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaying tribute to residential and commercial buildings that had slipped from public view, Shulman\u2019s stunning photographs uncovered a rarely seen side of California Modernism,\u201d said the publisher.<\/p>\n

See a selection of Shulman\u2019s photos of Mid-century Modern buildings from California and across the US, along with the photographer\u2019s notes, below:<\/p>\n

Frey Residence by Albert Frey, Palm Springs, California, photographed in 1956<\/h4>\n

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A disciple of Swiss-French architect\u00a0Le Corbusier, Albert Frey moved to Palm Springs in 1934 and built his own house in the desert city in 1941.<\/p>\n

Shulman photographed Frey\u2019s home throughout the progressive stages of its development, which included the addition of a spacious living-sleeping area and a solarium, a swimming pool outside, and a garden pool within to the original three-room nucleus.<\/p>\n

Woods Residence (The Dome House) by Soleri and Mills, Cave Creek, Arizona, 1950<\/h4>\n

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The Dome House is named for its aluminium and glass hemispherical covering, which brought architects Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills wide recognition for incorporating passive principles in heating and cooling.<\/p>\n

The influence of their mentor\u00a0Frank Lloyd Wright\u00a0can be seen in the use of boulders and concrete, with the most unusual structure housing the bedroom.<\/p>\n

Residence by William Alexander, Los Angeles, California, photographed in 1952<\/h4>\n

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This 1,200-square-foot (111-square-metre) hillside house was designed as a single studio for living and working.<\/p>\n

A large storage wall with perforated doors housed the television, books, paintings and sculpture, while plywood floors were covered in cork, and heat was provided by a screened fire bowl in an iron tripod with a copper hood.<\/p>\n

Roberts Residence by Weston, Byles and Rudolph, Malibu, California, photographed in 1953<\/h4>\n

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Schulman\u2019s first wife Emma and daughter Judy feature in the photos of this beachside house, demonstrating his common use of people in his images.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypical of the early coastline, this view portrays the isolation of the early \u2018settlers\u2019,\u201d said Schulman. \u201cAs far as the eye can measure, the coastline disappears under and beyond this brilliantly designed modest beach home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Roberts Residence\u2019s interior spaces were minimal and primarily oriented to beachfront living and entertaining, but the home destroyed in a flood.<\/p>\n

View of the Lever House by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York City, New York, photographed in 1959<\/h4>\n

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Shulman used several structures create the composition of this photograph, which aimed to represent a particular moment in the history of New York City architecture.<\/p>\n

Shot from the colonnade of\u00a0Mies van der Rohe\u2019s Seagram Building, it shows the glass Lever House tower beside an older Art Deco skyscraper \u2013 a juxtaposition that was occurring across the city at the time.<\/p>\n

Greene Residence (Prairie Chicken House) by Herb Greene, Norman, Oklahoma, 1961<\/h4>\n

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Greene built his house for his family half a mile from any other dwelling, using organic shapes to create a structure that is \u201cawesome yet friendly\u201d.<\/p>\n

The shingle-sided home was meant to withstand strong prairie winds, and was nicknamed Prairie Chicken House for its shape by Life magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis 1961 structure created an architectural sensation,\u201d said Shulman. \u201cThere was nothing about this house that resembled any other home ever created.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lake Shore Drive Apartments by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago, Illinois, photographed in 1963<\/h4>\n

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The glass and steel skeleton used by Mies van der Rohe for his high-rise buildings was expressed as projecting mullions at this housing development.<\/p>\n

The architect exaggerated these elements to enhance the shadows on the reflective facades.<\/p>\n

\u201cMies was extremely pleased with how I demonstrated his design for the separation of the two elements of his total structure,\u201d Shulman said.<\/p>\n

Cunningham Residence (Stoneflower House), by Herb Greene, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, photographed in 1964<\/h4>\n

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The curved roof of this two-storey house was created by architect Herb Greene as \u201cthe attempt to evoke a certain kind of aspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n

Inside, the rooms opened onto one another and to the views, while curvaceous ceilings and walls softened the space and modulated sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreene\u2019s daring combinations of brick and wood coupled with brilliant variations of form and space introduced a new dimension to residential interiors,\u201d said Shulman.<\/p>\n

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