Eichler homes
Subtitle: design for living
By: Jerry Ditto, Lanning Stern ; photography by Marvin Wax ; introduction by Sally B. Woodbridge.
Contributors: Wax, Marvin.; Stern, Lanning.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Eichler, Joseph L., b. 1900; Industrialists -- California -- Biography; Construction industry -- California -- History -- 20th century; Prefabricated houses -- United States -- History
Description: Debonair gentleman, devoted husband, and ambitious businessman, Joseph Eichler began Eichler Homes with no previous design experience, only a love of contemporary architecture. Already in his late forties, he was able to turn his small firm into one of the most prodigious post-World War II building companies in America.

With the help of architect Bob Anshen, Eichler found a way to mass-produce affordable, practical homes with a designer feel. Based on numerous models, each under $10,000, the homes began to sell wildly in Northern California. As the demand grew, so did the houses, and soon they included four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a family room, as well as Eichler's signature glass walls, post-and-beam structures, and front door atriums.

With over 100 color and black-and-white photographs of the various models and essays by architectural expert Sally Woodbridge and Joe Eichler's son, Ned, Eichler Homes paints the poignant picture of an extraordinary businessman, a father-son relationship unfortunately marred by company politics, and the rise and fall of a unique postwar business that continues to inspire architects and designers everywhere.
Notes: Includes index.