Case Study House #22

On May 9, 1960, Brooklyn-born photographer Julius Shulman captured one of the most iconic images of midcentury Los Angeles. Buck and Carlotta Stahl's glass and steel home, cantilevered on the edge of the glittering city, would become known as Case Study House #22. The experimental Case Study Houses, published by Arts & Architecture magazine, optimistically heralded a new era for the post-war middle class. Shulman's photographs made architect Pierre Koenig's efficient design and industrial building materials elegant and alluring.