Pierre Koenig, 1925-April 4, 2004

[Jim Mann]

"...Arriving in Southern California I found a similar inspiration in the new architecture of the Case Study House Program, and the work of Charles and Ray Eames, Craig Ellwood and Pierre Koenig. Koenig's architecture especially left an indelible impression."

Norman Foster

Pierre Koenig passed away last week, to say that he was a pioneer of steel framed housing would be something of an understatement. You may already be familiar with his iconic houses as they often appeared in movies but his architecture is definitely worth a closer look than Hollywood allows.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/slide/koenig/

Jim

[IC]

Nice tribute, Jim.
I think most 'contemporary' architecture probably owes quite a lot to his work.

[Da_RoCk]

I agree... i have a book dat featured his works and i guess we owe him a favor.