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Title
John Elgin Woolf (1908-1980): Case Study House #17 alterations
Creator
John Elgin Woolf, designer Craig Ellwood, architect
Date Created and/or Issued
1956, 1962
Publication Information
Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum
Collection
Case Study Houses
Rights Information
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
Description
Case Study House #17 was built in 1956 by Craig Ellwood on a lot along Hidden Valley Road in Beverly Hills. It was a modern design, of plywood, steel, brick, and glass, like many of the other Case Study houses. But in 1962, John Woolf purchased the house and remade it into his signature Hollywood Regency style. The post and beam vertical elements were wrapped in Doric columns, the large glass front door was replaced with an oversized solid 'Pullman' door, and the interior rooms were also changed.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
adc_197_b25f21
http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/236
Language
English
Place
Los Angeles, Calif.
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Source
John E. Woolf papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Relation
adc_197

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