Case Study House #10

The Case Study House Program started by Art & Architecture magazine ran from just after WWII until the early 1960’s. The idea behind the program was to ask up and coming architects to design homes using readily available ‘off the shelf’ materials espousing the indoor/outdoor living for which Southern California is now known. The houses were not to be a one off performance but capable of being rolled out in mass. At the time a tract home was synonymous with cheap crudely built homes with little to no design aesthetic.

Case Study House #10 was built by the father son team of Kemper Nomland & Kemper Nomland Jr. The house was originally not part of the program but after it was built it was incorporated because it met the idea and ideals of the program and the fact that so few of the designs had actually been built to that point.

Recent renovations extended the existing rear elevation cantilever overhang for additional late afternoon shading, kitchen updates and replacing rear elevation sliding glass doors. The fireplace was originally built on the exterior wall but is now fully enclosed within the living space.