Case Study House No. 20

Architects: Buff, Smith and Hensman Calvin C. Straub
Year: 1958
Style: Mid-Century Modern
City: Los Angeles, CA
Collection: the case study program

Case Study House No. 20 is a 1958 Pasadena residence built under the Case Study House Program, the experimental postwar effort to develop affordable, replicable Modernist housing. It was designed by Buff, Smith and Hensman with Calvin C. Straub.

the style

As part of the Case Study House Program, the house belongs to a mid-century Modernist experiment aimed at proving that affordable, forward-looking home design could work for ordinary postwar families.

the architect

The house was designed by the firm of Buff, Smith and Hensman together with Calvin C. Straub, architects associated with the postwar Los Angeles Modernist scene the Case Study Program helped define.

significance

Case Study House No. 20 is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

nearby

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Zane Grey Estate 0.4 mi · Spanish Colonial Revival
Samuel Merrill House 1.3 mi
Orange Grove Court 1.9 mi · Spanish Colonial Revival
Rose Bowl 2.3 mi · 1923
Space Flight Operations Facility 2.3 mi · 1964

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