TY - BOOK ID - 5488841 TI - Eichler homes : design for living AU - Ditto, Jerry AU - Stern, Lanning AU - Wax, Marvin AU - Woodbridge, Sally B. PY - 1995 SN - 0811808467 PB - San Francisco (Calif.): Chronicle books DB - UniCat KW - Industrialists KW - Construction industry KW - Prefabricated houses KW - History KW - History. KW - Eichler, Joseph L., KW - Demountable houses KW - Homes, Kit KW - Homes, Manufactured KW - Homes, Prefabricated KW - Houses, Demountable KW - Houses, Packaged KW - Houses, Prefabricated KW - Kit homes KW - Manufactured homes KW - Manufactured houses KW - Packaged houses KW - Prefabricated homes KW - Buildings, Prefabricated KW - Dwellings KW - Manufacturers KW - Businesspeople KW - Building industry KW - Home building industry KW - Building KW - Biography UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5488841 AB - 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. ER -