For #TBT, the climbing wall of a 1952-53 house at 1811 Bel Air Road in California. The Case Study houses were a series of modernist prototypes for postwar living, largely constructed around LA between 1945 and 1966, and now the subject of a beautiful retrospective book from Taschen. This house is #16, by Craig Ellwood. According to the coverage in Art and Architecture from 1953, the wall ‘jungle gym’ was designed by Eric Armstrong, and the play yard also included a wall blackboard. Thanks to Alex Gilliam of Public Workshop for the photo! [Note the similarity to the more recent climbing wall in melbourne by clare cousins]
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