Grand Homes & Gardens: Mid-Century Modern - Celebrating the Experimental: The Case Study Houses

Name: Grand Homes & Gardens: Mid-Century Modern - Celebrating the Experimental: The Case Study Houses
Start: 2025-03-20T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-20T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08540

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08540 | Princeton, NJ

This is the fourth and final program in the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, The Quality of Doing: Mid-Century Modern Grand Homes & Gardens, featuring four scholars who will look at the work of Mid-Century Modern architects and designers through the lens of landmark homes and gardens across the United States. Learn more about the series and purchase series tickets: https://www.morven.org/upcoming/grandhomes25series
In 1945, Arts + Architecture magazine commissioned major architects to study, design, and build efficient and affordable model homes. The program anticipated a residential housing boom in the United States in the aftermath of World War II. Architects sought to create prototypes that could be cheaply and easily mass-produced while championing a modern design aesthetic. The resulting “Case Study Houses” were concentrated in the Los Angeles area and featured the work of architects such as Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen (among many others). This talk with art historian, curator, and author Elizabeth A. T. Smith will introduce the most celebrated, experimental, and influential Case Study Houses, some of which are still standing today.
Preregistration is required to attend. Purchase tickets here: https://www.morven.org/upcoming/casestudyhouses
All talks begin at 6:30 p.m. in Morven’s Stockton Education Center. Doors and the virtual waiting room open at 6:00 p.m. A Zoom link will be sent to all virtual participants upon registration. Light refreshments inspired by each site will be provided for in-person attendees.
Image: Case Study House No. 8, the Eames House in Pacific Palisades, CA. Library of Congress Public Domain Image Collection.