Raphael Soriano by Wolfgang Wagener

Raphael Soriano (1907-1988)

Raphael Soriano (1907-1988) was one of the early Case Study architects working in postwar Los Angeles and a talented advocate of the new building materials and construction techniques developed at the time.

Informal gang of architects

Raphael Soriano was a significant member of this informal gang of architects that also included Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra and Craig Ellwood.

Major influence on his colleagues

Though not as familiar a name now, Raphael Soriano was a major influence on his colleagues and was rediscovered by today’s practitioners for his innovative use of steel and aluminum and his early interest in low-cost, prefabricated structures.

Monograph on Raphael Soriano

This is the first monograph on Raphael Soriano, providing a comprehensive study of the architect’s life and oeuvre. It includes detailed descriptions of thirty key Soriano buildings, and a listing of Complete Works that documents for the first time every known project in Soriano’s archive. More than twenty of Soriano’s buildings have been destroyed and many others remodelled beyond recognition; this book offers the only published record of these important works.

Wolfgang Wagener is an architect

Wolfgang Wagener is an architect and has written articles on twentieth-century modern architecture. Since 1997 he has been a visiting professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
ISBN: 0714840637

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