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- The architecture of
Pierre Koenig,
FAIA, demonstrates a
simple elegance derived from a design process that melds
plan, structure and nature into a holistic experience.
With the use of steel and glass he has evolved fresh and
exciting solutions to some difficult aesthetic and
structural problems.
His first exposed steel and glass house, completed in
1950 while still a student at USC, launched him on a
career that has earned him international recognition for
numerous innovative buildings. When Arts and
Architecture magazine was seeking inventive
architects for their Case Study Houses, they chose Koenig
to design two of them, Case Study House 21 and Case Study
House 22.
Over the years Case Study House 22 has become an iconic
symbol of Southern California living. It is a spectacular
house soaring above the city below, with long
cantilevered roof and floor overhangs that extend the
viewer's line of vision to the distant ocean and the
horizon beyond. Case Study House 21 exemplifies a
meticulous coordination between plan, structure and
detail. The landscaping, designed by Koenig, is composed
of water, brick and gravel to extend the horizontal
planes of the house. In 1989 the Museum of Modern Art
(MOCA) in Los Angeles constructed on-site at the
Temporary Contemporary a full scale walk-through model of
CSH 22 for the exhibit titled "Blueprints for Modern
Living."
Pierre Koenig's work has been published throughout the
world. Recent honors include the 1996 AIACC Lifetime
Award and the AIACC 25 Year Award, the Pacific Design
Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the University of
Southern California School of Architecture Outstanding
Alumni of the Year Award. The first monograph devoted to
his architectural career will be published this Spring by
Phaidon Press.
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