Pierre Koenig by James Steel & David Jenkins

Leading architect of the Modern Movement

Pierre Koenig (b. 1925) is a leading architect of the Modern Movement in America, and a guiding influence in the ‘Case Study House Program’. This monograph, the first to compile his pioneering work, provides an unparalleled insight into the evolution of Modernism on the West Coast.

Architect Pierre Koenig

Architect Pierre Koenig designed and built his first exposed steel house in 1950. In 1957 he was chosen by Arts and Architecture magazine to design Case Study Houses #21 and #22. These houses, two of the most innovative buildings in the Program, have since become iconic, and capture the excitement and optimism of the period.

Pierre Koenig's career

This book, a comprehensive study of Pierre Koenig’s career, includes newly commissioned and vintage photographs together with the architect’s original drawings of his refined and dramatic architecture.

James Steele

James Steele is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His many publications include Los Angeles Architecture: The Contemporary Condition and Architecture Today (both published by Phaidon).

David Jenkins

David Jenkins was buildings editor of the Architect’s Journal and a commissioning editor at Phaidon Press. He is currently employed at Foster Associates.