JR Davidson

Case Study House No. 1

Julius Ralph Davidson or JR Davidson was a Mid-century modern American architect, notable for designing Case Study House #1, located at 10152 Toluca Lake Avenue in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Toluca Lake.[1][2] He was also the architect for three other Case Study Houses, the only other house besides the Toluca Lake house that is still extant is Case Study House #15 located in La Canada Flintridge, California.[3][4]

Julius Ralph Davidson was born in Berlin, Germany in 1889.[5][6] He moved to Los Angeles in 1923, and died in Ojai, California in 1977.

References

  1. ↑ "Case Study House #1". Los Angeles Conservancy Case Study House #1. Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Case Study House #1" (PDF). Arts and Architecture. May 1948. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Case Study House #15" (PDF). Arts and Architecture (January 1947): 34–37. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Case Study House #15". A Genealogy of Los Angeles Futures. UCLA Humanities. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Davidson, Julius". Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD). University of Washington. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Wendy (2011). California Design, 1930¿1965 Living In a Modern Way. MIT Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780262299862.


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