Finding aid for the Pierre Koenig papers and drawings, 1925-2007 2006.M.30
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2010
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
reference@getty.edu
Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Pierre Koenig papers and drawings
Creator: Koenig, Pierre, 1925-2004
Identifier/Call Number: 2006.M.30
Physical Description: 239.6 Linear Feet(165 boxes, 275 flatfile folders, 6 rolls)
Date (inclusive): 1925-2007
Abstract: The archive of Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, consisting of drawings, photographs, documents, writings and client correspondence,
and three models. The archive is an important resource for the study of Southern California Modernism, as well as for the
study of pre-fabrication in housing in the United States.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the
catalog record for this collection. Click here for the
access policy .
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Biographical/Historical Note
Pierre Koenig was born in San Francisco on October 17, 1925. Even as a boy, Koenig displayed a nascent interest in architecture
and Modernism. In 1939, the family moved to San Gabriel, a Los Angeles suburb, and here, among a new group of friends who
also wanted to be architects, Koenig's earlier interest crystallized. Yet World War II loomed, and at age 17 Koenig enlisted
in the United States Army Advanced Special Training Program, which offered a compressed 4-year college degree in 2 years.
However, in 1943 the program was abruptly ended and after only one semester of study at the University of Utah, School of
Engineering, Koenig was sent to basic training. From 1943-1946, Koenig served on the front lines in France and Germany as
a flash ranging observer, spotting enemy fire and calculating their position, with the 292nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion.
After the war, Koenig returned to Los Angeles and applied to the University of Southern California (USC), School of Architecture.
Due the influx of returning GIs, there was a two-year waiting list for admission, and Koenig spent this time studying at Pasadena
City College until he was finally admitted to USC in 1948. At this time, USC was the leading architectural school in California,
and a hotbed of new ideas brought about by the aftermath of the war: ideas about how architecture should respond to social
issues, such as the population boom in Los Angeles and the need for low-cost housing, and ideas about how to apply the new
materials and industrialized techniques of the wartime economy, such as mass-production and pre-fabrication, to peacetime.
Although Koenig struggled somewhat within the strictures of a traditional academic framework, he certainly absorbed the new
ideas surrounding him, and they would continue to guide him throughout his career.
After receiving his B.Arch in 1952, Koenig worked both independently and for a number of other architectural practices. In
fact, Koenig had begun designing and building houses while still a student. When a USC studio instructor rejected his design
for a steel house, questioning the applicability of steel to residential architecture, Koenig decided to prove him wrong.
His response, Koenig House No. 1, designed and built by Koenig in 1950, was constructed at a cost lower than a traditional
wood frame structure and earned him the American Institute of Architects' "House and Home" Award of Merit. After graduation,
Koenig would design and build three more steel houses in rapid succession. During this period he also worked for other practices,
both to supplement his income and for the professional experience required before taking the California licensing exam. In
1950, the same year he built his first house, Koenig worked as a draftsman for Raphael Soriano, who shared his interest in
steel, doing the presentation renderings for Soriano's unnumbered Case Study House. Koenig subsequently worked for brief periods
for Candreva and Jarrett, Edward Fickett, Kistner, Wright and Wright, and finally in 1956 for Jones and Emmons, on the Eichler
X-100 steel model. Also in this period, Koenig began a short-lived furniture business, designing and building modern case
goods.
1957 was a watershed year for Pierre Koenig. He was licensed; he received his first invitation to participate in an international
exhibition, the São Paulo Biennial; and
Arts and Architecture magazine published his designs for a "Low-cost Production House" exemplifying his goal to produce "off-the-shelf" houses
as efficiently as automobiles. Most importantly though John Entenza invited him to participate in
Art and Architecture's Case Study House Program.
Case Study House # 21, immediately followed by Case Study House # 22, defined Koenig's style and brought him great attention.
With their steel construction, open-planning, and emphasis on the unity of nature and architecture, these two steel houses
exemplified the California aesthetic as being different from East Coast Modernism. Despite their conceptual similarities,
the two houses were quite different from one another. Case Study House # 22, which quickly came to be seen as the perfect
manifestation of modernity in Los Angeles and of life in post-war America in general, was a unique custom house, an exercise
in overcoming the engineering issues of a near vertical site. Case Study House #21, on the other hand, was meant to be a prototype
for affordable, mass-producible housing, an embodiment of Koenig's belief in architecture as a social study.
After this early recognition, Koenig went on to have a long and prolific career as an architect, designing and building over
forty-three steel and glass houses, including award-winning structures, such as Schwartz House and Koenig House No. 2, as
well as many residential additions and renovations and commercial buildings. Throughout his long years of architectural practice
Koenig never relinquished the principles that led him to design and build his first house. He retained a sense of mission,
never losing his commitment to the social agenda of Modernism. He truly believed that he could make people's lives better
through architecture.
In addition to his architectural practice, Koenig was passionate about teaching. In 1964, Koenig officially joined the faculty
of the USC School of Architecture as an assistant professor, having worked as an instructor there since 1961. He gained tenure
and promotion to Associate Professor in 1970 and then to Full Professor in 1997. Along with his teaching load, Koenig filled
a variety of administrative roles during his many years at USC including serving as Assistant Director of the Institute of
Building Research, and Director and Founder of both the Natural Forces Laboratory and the undergraduate Building Science Program.
Koenig's work has had a tremendous impact on contemporary architects worldwide. He was elected to the College of Fellows of
the American Institute of Architects in 1971 and named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in
2000. His work has received numerous awards and has been celebrated in over one thousand journal and periodical articles and
more than seventy books. Exhibits in cities around the world have featured his architecture. In 1989, a landmark exhibition,
Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses, held at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary
Art, included a full-scale walk-through model of Case Study House #22. Pierre Koenig remained active in both his architectural
practice and his teaching until shortly before his death in April 2004.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of unreformatted computer files. Contact the repository for information
regarding access to the architectural models.
All videos have been reformatted, except for a few that were damaged or contained duplicate content. Digitized versions are
available online.
Connect to digitized video recordings. Access to video recordings is available on-site only.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2006.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series: Series I. Project records, 1950-2004; Series II. Faculty papers, 1961-2004; Series III.Other professional
papers, 1945-2007; Series IV. Personal papers, 1925-2004; Series V. In memoriam, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Pierre Koenig papers and drawings contain the archive of this Los Angeles architect best-known for his work in steel and
participation in the Case Study House Program. Consisting of drawings, photographs and slides, documents, client correspondence,
and three models, the archive provides in-depth information about Koenig's 50-year career. The archive is an important resource
for the study of Southern California Modernism, as well as for the study of pre-fabrication in housing in the United States.
The Pierre Koenig archive documents an extremely important chapter in post-war American domestic architecture: the development
of post-and-beam structures that could be constructed for a reasonable price. Before the war, European architects, such as
Walter Gropius, Konrad Wachsmann, and J.J.P. Oud, had sought to mass-produce housing from standardized, pre-fabricated components.
Koenig's work can be seen to a certain extent as a continuation of this quest. Following the Second World War, many well-known
architects, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Buckminster Fuller, Raphael Soriano, and Jean Prouvé, addressed the enormous
need for good, but inexpensive housing. Yet Koenig's work differed significantly from theirs. This is largely due to how deeply
his work is rooted in the architecture of Southern California. Koenig formed his style by melding the aesthetics of Charles
and Henry Greene's and Rudolf Schindler's Asian-inspired, wood-frame residences, which incorporated indoor and outdoor living
through modular planning; the pre-fabricated modular components advanced in Frank Lloyd Wright's textile concrete block homes
built in the early 1920s and Richard J. Neutra's unprecedented domestic use of steel frame construction in the Lovell Health
House of 1929. It is also due to his commitment to steel as a material. Koenig stands out from his contemporaries for his
use of steel not only for the structural skeletons of his houses, but for their walls and roofs as well. John Entenza's
Arts and Architecture magazine brought the idea of steel residential construction to the mainstream through the Case Study House Program of 1945
to 1963, which promoted modern, indoor-outdoor California living through innovative steel-frame design and construction. Although,
Koenig was one of the youngest architects included in the Case Study House Program, the editors of
Arts and Architecture considered Koenig's Case Study House #21 (the Bailey Residence, 1959) the program's quintessential example of an affordable,
modest-sized, single-family home.
Records and drawings relating to Pierre Koenig's architectural projects form Series I, the core of the archive. With over
2,000 original and reproduction drawings, the archive is very complete. More than eighty executed and unexecuted building
projects, including all of Koenig's major houses, such as Case Study Houses #21 and #22, the Johnson House in Carmel Valley,
CA (1962), the Iwata House in Monterey Park, CA (1963), the Gantert House in Los Angeles (1983), and the Schwartz House in
Santa Monica (1996), are represented in the archive. A particularly interesting project is the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation
Planning Program, sponsored by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Koenig and his USC students
designed pre-fabricated steel homes for the reservation located near Havasu Lake in San Bernardino County, California, but
the project was never built.
The two subsequent series record other aspects of Koenig's professional life. Series II is comprised of Koenig's teaching
materials and documentation of his administrative role at the University of Southern California, School of Architecture. Koenig
took his teaching seriously. He was very conscious of the fact that he was training the next generation of architects and
proud of the fact that he had supervised over 100 student research projects investigating the interaction of structures and
the natural environment. Series III is comprised of all the other materials, aside from the individual project files, relating
to Koenig's role as an architect, such as his office files and reference files. Koenig was active in interpreting and publicizing
his work, and he also maintained documentation of others citing his work in a variety of media from clippings to exhibitions
to videos.
Series IV is comprised of Pierre Koenig's personal papers. His college class projects trace Koenig's emerging development
as an architect and the extensive documentation of his early military service helps place his personal development. The memorials
marking Koenig's death in 2004 are documented in the final series of the archive.
Preferred Citation
Pierre Koenig papers and drawings, 1925-2007, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2006.M.30.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2006m30
Separated Materials
One book and several issues of a periodical were separated to the library.
Processing History
Sheila Prospero rehoused the collection upon receipt in 2006. Alan Tomlinson processed the collection in 2008-2009. Ann Harrison
did further processing and created the series arrangement and initial finding aid in 2010. After the initial acquisition,
subsequent additions of material in 2008, 2013 and 2015 were incorporated into the collection and the finding aid was revised
accordingly.
Publication Rights
Digitized Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles
Architects -- California -- Los Angeles
Architect-designed houses -- California
Architectural drawings -- 20th century
Architectural models
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California, Southern
CD-ROMs
Floppy disks
Video recordings
Slides (photographs) -- 20th century
Architectural drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Modern movement (Architecture) -- California
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 20th century
Gelatin silver prints -- United States -- 20th century
Photographic prints -- California -- 20th century
Architects -- Archives
Project records, Series I.
1950-2007
Physical Description: 173.8 Linear Feet(78 boxes, 268 flatfile folders, 5 rolls)
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to Pierre Koenig's individual buildings and projects comprise this series. These materials fall into four
broad categories: general documentation, architectural drawings, photographic documentation, and press coverage and promotional
materials. The general documentation varies, but may include correspondence, notes and calculations, small original drawings,
schematics, receipts and invoices, permit applications, copies of deed and title records, sub-contractor information and the
occassional press clipping. The architectural drawings include plans, elevations, sections, details, and perspective drawings,
both originals and reproductions. The reproductions of drawings are in a variety of formats including diazotypes, photostats,
electrostatic prints and photographic prints. The photographic documentation ranges from construction photographs to recent
photographs recording the current state of a structure. Press coverage and promotional materials include magazine and newspaper
articles, advertisements and promotional brochures featuring Koenig's work, real estate listings, and publicity brochures
for awards.
The dates presented below are project dates taken from Koenig's records, but the documentation for each project may include
earlier and later materials. The documentation of some projects includes articles published long after the completion of the
project, and even after Koenig's death, attesting to the continuing legacy of his work.
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in chronological order, with undated projects and unidentified material at the end of the series.
Koenig House No. 1 (1950)
flatfile 1**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 1, folder 2
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 1
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 80, folder 1
Color photograph, slides, black-and-white negatives
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 151*, folder 1
Oversize newspaper clippings
box 61*, folder 1-2
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 1, folder 3
Small drawing of roof framing plan
box 96, folder 2
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 80, folder 2
Color photographs, slides, transparency
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 151*, folder 2
Oversize newspaper clippings
Squire House (1954)
Scope and Contents
See also 1987 South Addition and 2000 Schier Restoration and Addition.
flatfile 3**, flatfile 4**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 62*, folder 1
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 3
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 80, folder 3
Slides, black-and-white negatives
box 121, folder 6
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 5**, flatfile 6**
Full-scale drawings and presentation boards
box 1, folder 6
Reduced-scale reproductions
Scope and Contents
One perspective drawing is hand-colored.
box 96, folder 4
Negatives for reproductions
box 121, folder 7
Press coverage and promotional materials
Burwash House (1957)
Scope and Contents
See also 1965 Whitehead Addition.
flatfile 7**, flatfile 8**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 1, folder 8
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 5
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
box 61*, folder 2A
Oversize black-and-white photograph
box 80, folder 5
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, black and white negatives
box 127, folder 1
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 9**
Danzig remodel (1957)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
Radio Station KYOR (1958)
flatfile 10**, flatfile 11**, flatfile 12**
Full-scale drawings, reproductions and presentation board
box 1, folder 10
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 6
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
box 80, folder 6
Slides, black-and-white negatives
box 127, folder 2
Press coverage and promotional materials
Venice projects (1957-1959)
box 151*, folder 5
Oversize newspaper clipping
Bailey House, Case Study House # 21 (1958-1959)
Scope and Contents
See also 1998 Cracchiolo Restoration and 2001 LaFetra Maintenance.
flatfile 17**, flatfile 18**, flatfile 19**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 61*, folder 3-4
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 1, folder 14
Detail drawings of steel plan and various sections
box 96, folder 8
Negatives for reproductions
box 22, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 81, folder 1
Color photographs, slides, transparencies
box 123, box 124, box 125
Press coverage and promotional materials
Stahl House, Case Study House # 22 (1960)
flatfile 20**, flatfile 21**, flatfile 22**, flatfile 22D**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Original drawings mounted for exhibitions
flatfile 22A**, flatfile 22B**, flatfile 22C**
MOCA
At the End of the Century exhibition
Scope and Contents
Four drawings removed from museum frames.
box 61*, folder 5-6
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 9
Negatives for reproductions
box 22, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 82, folder 1
Color photographs, slides, transparencies
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 130, box 131, box 132, box 133
box 151*, folder 9
Oversize newspaper clippings
flatfile 13**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 62*, folder 2-3
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 7
Negatives for reproductions
box 21, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs of model
box 80, folder 7
Slides of drawings and model
box 127, folder 3
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 14**
Dowden House (1960)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproductions.
flatfile 23**, flatfile 24**
Full-scale sketches, drawings and reproductions
box 62*, box 5-6
Reduced-scale reproductions
flatfile 24A**, flatfile 24B**
Drawings for residential and commercial projects for Seidel Investment Co./Venice Development Co.
Photography
Scope and Contents
Includes Rollé additions.
box 23, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 62*, folder 6A
Oversize black-and-white photographs
box 82, box 83
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, black-and-white negatives
box 126, folder 1-6
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 25**
Whittlesey House (1960)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
Philbrick Addition (1960)
Seidel Beach House (1961)
box 1A, folder 12
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Also includes reduced-scale reproductions of the plan.
flatfile 29**, flatfile 30**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 23, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 127, folder 4
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 25**
Plaut Vacation House (1961)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing and reproduction.
flatfile 31**
Stover Apartments (1961)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
St. Jean Prefab Tract (1961-1962)
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 32**
Miscellaneous drawings, including preliminary sketches and studies
flatfile 33**
Set of drawings numbered from 1 to 8
flatfile 34**
Set of blueprints numbered from 1 to 4, and 6 to 13; blueprint marked E 1
box 2, folder 1
Small-scale drawings and sketches
box 127, folder 5
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 15**, flatfile 16**
Full-scale sketches, drawings and reproductions
box 62*, folder 4
Reduced-scale reproductions
Johnson House (1962)
Scope and Contents
See also 1989 Riebe Addition.
flatfile 37**
Full-scale drawing and reproductions
box 2, folder 2
Reduced-scale reproductions
Photography
Scope and Contents
Includes Riebe addition.
box 23, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
box 84, folder 5
Black-and-white polaroids, color transparencies
box 85, folder 1
Color photographs, color slides
box 128, folder 6
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 41**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Bethlehem Steel Company Pavilion (1962)
box 2, folder 4-6
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes images used in exhibition and accompanying text.
flatfile 39**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 2, folder 7
Small-scale sketches and drawings, and reproductions
box 25, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 86, folder 2
Color photographs, slides, negatives
box 127, folder 8
Press coverage and promotional materials
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 42**, flatfile 43**
Preliminary studies, drawings and annotated reproductions
flatfile 44**
Miscellaneous diazotype copies, some annotated.
flatfile 45**
Presentation board with perspective drawing
flatfile 46**
Plans and perspective drawings
box 2, folder 10
Reduced-scale reproductions
flatfile 46A**
Reproductions of perspective drawings
box 96, folder 11
Negatives for reproductions
box 25, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 86, folder 3
Color photographs, slides, transparency
box 127, folder 6
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 61*, folder 8
Sketch and reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 12
Negatives for reproductions
box 127, folder 7
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 38**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 61*, folder 7
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 10
Negatives for reproductions
box 24, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 86, folder 1
Color photographs, slides, negatives
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 151*, folder 3
Oversize newspaper clipping
flatfile 40**
De Winter House (1963)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproduction.
flatfile 48**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 62*, folder 7
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 13
Negatives for reproductions
box 25, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 151*, folder 4
Oversize newspaper clipping
flatfile 36**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 1A, folder 14
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 23, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
box 84, folder 3
Color photographs, slides, negatives
box 129, folder 8
Publicity and press coverage
Beidleman House, schemes 1 and 2 (1960-1963)
flatfile 26**, flatfile 27**, flatfile 28**
Full-scale sketches, drawings and reproductions
box 1A, folder 11
Small drawing and reduced-scale reproductions
roll 1**
Plan of roof decking steel support and details of roof deck and glass frames
box 23, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
flatfile 49**
Herrington House (1963)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 50**
Franklyn Cabana (1964)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 51**
Whitehead Addition to Burwash House (1965)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 52**
Alteration to Sarkisian Building (1965)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale reproductions of drawings.
Henbest House (1963-1965)
flatfile 65**, flatfile 66**, flatfile 67**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Electronic Enclosures Incorporated Factory and Showroom (1966)
flatfile 53**, flatfile 54**, flatfile 55**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 2, folder 13
Reduced scale reproductions
box 96, folder 14
Negatives for reproductions
box 25, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
flatfile 57**, flatfile 58**
Bosley House (1968)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale preliminary studies and drawings.
flatfile 56**
Koenig House Addition (1968)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproductions.
flatfile 59**
Colwes House (1968)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 60**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Franklyn Medical Building (1970)
flatfile 72**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 61*, folder 9
Small drawing and reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 16
Negatives for reproductions
flatfile 222**
Cypress TV Station (1971)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproductions.
flatfile 68**
Korzeniowski House and Apartment (1971)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 69**
Scharff House Retaining Wall (1971)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 70**
Heller House (1972)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale sketches, drawings and reproductions.
flatfile 61**, flatfile 62**, flatfile 63**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Scope and Contents
Flatfile 61** includes a sun analysis chart.
box 2, folder 16
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 15
Negatives for reproductions
box 87, folder 3
Color photographs and slides
box 129, folder 7
Press coverage and promotional materials
flatfile 73**, flatfile 74**, flatfile 75**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Scope and Contents
Includes diazotype copies, originally labeled, Approved Plan and Heating.
flatfile 76**
Nemo Remodel (1975)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing.
box 2, folder 21
Koenig House Addition (1975)
flatfile 76**
Peterson Remodel (1976)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing.
flatfile 76**
Grebe Addition (1976)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproductions. Also includes undated drawing for Grebe Auto Service building.
Franklyn Dinner Club (1976)
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 101**, flatfile 102**
Sketches, drawings and reproductions
flatfile 103**, flatfile 104**
box 5, folder 2
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 18
Negatives for reproductions
box 89, folder 2
Color photographs, slides
Chemehuevi Housing Project (1972-1980)
box 151*, folder 7-8
Oversize newspaper clippings
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 77**, flatfile 77A**, flatfile 77B**
flatfile 82**, flatfile 83**, flatfile 84**, flatfile 85**
flatfile 86**, flatfile 87**, flatfile 88**
Reproductions of drawings
flatfile 89**, flatfile 90**
Trailer park facilities
Scope and Contents
Includes hand-colored perspective drawing.
flatfile 91**
Tribal Council House/Community Facility
Scope and Contents
Includes some 3rd Year material.
flatfile 93**, flatfile 94**, flatfile 95**
flatfile 96**, flatfile 96A**
Miscellaneous drawings and reproductions
box 64*, box 65*, box 66*
box 67*, folder 1-3
Small sketches and drawings and reduced-scale reproductions
Scope and Contents
Folder 2 includes hand-colored perspective drawing of Council House.
box 68*
Negatives for reproductions
box 25A, folder 1-6
Black-and-white photographs
box 67*, folder 5
Oversize photographs of map
box 88, folder 1
Color photographs, slides, negatives
box 69*, box 70*
Paste-ups for pamphlet/report(?), "The Chemehuevi Future"
box 71*
Metal printing plates for Chemehuevi Project materials
box 111, item V1
A Gathering in the Desert: a Film for the Chemehuevi
A Gathering in the Desert: A Film for the Chemehuevi (digital version available on-site only)
Burton Pole House (1978-1979)
flatfile 97**, flatfile 98**, flatfile 99**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 5, folder 1
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 17
Negatives for reproductions
box 26, folder 1
Black and white photographs
box 89, folder 1
Color photographs, slides
flatfile 100**
Holland House (1979)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing.
box 5, box 6
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Also includes copies of deeds, agreements, etc. relating to original property, as well as geotechnical reports, financial
and legal documents.
flatfile 106**, flatfile 107**, flatfile 108**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
Scope and Contents
Includes diazotype prints of miscellaneous drawings of original house on the site, not by Koenig.
Gantert House (1982-1983)
Scope and Contents
See also 2003 Rose Remodel.
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 109**, flatfile 110**
flatfile 111**, flatfile 112**, flatfile 113**
flatfile 114**, flatfile 115**
flatfile 116**, flatfile 117**
flatfile 118**, flatfile 119**, flatfile 119A**
Presentation drawings and reproductions
box 6, folder 9
Small drawings and reproductions
box 96, folder 19
Negatives for reproductions
box 26, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 89, folder 3
Color photographs, slides, negatives
box 119*
Model,
Physical Description: 13 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches;
Physical Description: wood and metal
box 128, folder 8
Press coverage and promotional materials
1st Rollé Addition to Seidel House (1983)
box 7, folder 1-6
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes engineering reports and small drawings
flatfile 121**, flatfile 122**
Reproductions, some annotated
flatfile 123**
Diazotype copies of erection drawings, and of sheets of definitions and designations
box 128, folder 5
Press coverage and promotional materials
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 124**
Perspective drawings, one hand-colored
flatfile 125**, flatfile 126**
flatfile 127**, flatfile 128**, flatfile 129**, flatfile 130**
box 62*, folder 8
Reduced-scale reproductions
Koenig House No. 2 (1985)
Scope and Contents
See also Series IV. Personal papers Box 58 for receipts relating to the furnishing and maintenance of Koenig House No. 2.
box 8, box 9
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes some small drawings.
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 131**, flatfile 132**
Set of finished drawings, with one sheet of sketches and calculations
flatfile 133**, flatfile 134**
Set of annotated diazotype reproductions, labeled "Office Work Set"
flatfile 135**
Partial set of reproductions
flatfile 136**
Electrical system drawings and reproductions
flatfile 137**
Perspective drawings, 1 on board
box 9, folder 6
Small drawings and reproductions
box 96, folder 20
Negatives for reproductions
box 26, folder 3
Black-and-white photography
box 62*, folder 10
Oversize black-and-white photograph
box 90, box 91
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 151*, folder 10
Oversize newspaper clippings
flatfile 138**
Wayne Addition (1985)
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing.
flatfile 139**
Preliminary studies, drawings and reproductions
Lawrence House Addition (1986)
flatfile 140**, flatfile 141**
Set of drawings and reproductions for original house by architectural firm of Robert Kennard, 1964
flatfile 142**, flatfile 143**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions for addition
box 96, folder 20A
Negatives for reproductions
box 9, folder 9
Van der Linde Addition (1986)
South Addition to Squire House (1987)
flatfile 144**, flatfile 145**
Drawings and reproductions
flatfile 146**
Set of diazotypes for alterations and additions to 5323 Palm Drive for Dan Rancourt (Not by Koenig?)
roll 4**
Set of diazotypes of plans and elevations of an addition by Pugh Petersen Associates
flatfile 147**
Full-scale plans and drawings
Riebe Addition to Johnson House (1989)
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 148**
Set of original drawings for Johnson House, 1962, one sheet marked "Riebe"
flatfile 149**
Preliminary sketches and studies
flatfile 151**, flatfile 152**
Reproductions, some annotated
box 10, folder 12
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 92, folder 1
Color photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes accompanying correspondence.
Press coverage and promotional materials
box 151*, folder 6
Oversize newspaper clippings
2nd Rollé Addition to Seidel House (1994)
box 11, folder 1-14
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes some small drawings.
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 154**
Set of 10 numbered drawings
flatfile 155**, flatfile 156**, flatfile 157**
Reproductions, some annotated
Schwartz House (1994-1996)
box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes some small drawings.
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 158**, flatfile 159**
Sketches and preliminary studies
flatfile 160**, flatfile 161**
Sets of drawings, one complete and one partial, numbered 1-14, P1, L and site survey
flatfile 162**, flatfile 163**
Set of reproductions, labeled "Architect's Office Copy"
flatfile 164**, flatfile 165**, flatfile 166**
Sets of annotated reproductions, two complete and one partial, numbered 1-11, S1-S5
flatfile 167**, flatfile 168**, flatfile 169**
Incomplete sets of reproductions, some annotated
flatfile 170**
Drawing and reproductions of sheet 2X, labeled "Alternate"
flatfile 171**
Drawing and reproductions of sheet 10, spiral staircase
flatfile 172**, flatfile 173**, flatfile 174**
Drawings and reproductions of sheets S1-S5, some annotated
flatfile 175**, flatfile 176**, flatfile 177**, flatfile 178**, flatfile 179**
Erection reproductions, some annotated
Scope and Contents
Set in FF175** includes landscape plan; set in FF179** labeled "Shop Drawings."
flatfile 180**
Landscaping plan and geologic study reproductions
flatfile 181**, flatfile 182**, flatfile 183**, flatfile 184**
Miscellaneous reproductions
box 62*, folder 9
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 21
Negatives for reproductions
Photography
Scope and Contents
Includes 1996 Addition.
box 27, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, box 93
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives
box 129, folder 1-5
Press coverage and promotional materials
Addition to Schwartz House (1996)
box 15, folder 11
Documentation
Scope and Contents
Includes some small drawings.
flatfile 186**, flatfile 187**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 188**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 16, folder 2
Reduced scale reproductions
box 96, folder 22
Negatives for reproductions
box 94, folder 1
Slides and transparencies of drawings
box 129, folder 6
Press coverage and promotional materials
Cracchiolo Restoration of Case Study House # 21(1998)
flatfile 189**
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
box 16, folder 7
Reduced-scale reproductions
box 125, folder 4-9
Press coverage and promotional materials
Sands Apartment Remodel (1998)
box 94, folder 2A
Color photographs of original apartment
box 16, folder 11
Scharlin/Klosowicz Apartment Remodel (1999)
Scope and Contents
Also in Flatfile 189A**.
flatfile 189A**
Copies of plans by 1100 Architect
box 16, folder 13
Schier Restoration and Addition to Squire House (2000)
Ressner Modular Addition (2001)
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 190**, flatfile 191**
Sets of drawings and annotated reproductions for addition over garage.
flatfile 192**, flatfile 193**
Set of drawings and reproductions for addition on house.
flatfile 194**
Set of annotated reproductions, labeled "Office Copy"
box 17, folder 7
Small drawings and reduced-scale reproductions
box 94, folder 3
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives
box 18, folder 11A
LaFetra Maintenance of Case Study House # 21 (2001)
Koppany Pool House (2002)
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 195**, flatfile 196**
Blueprints for existing house on site, by James H. Garrott
flatfile 197**, flatfile 198**
Sets of drawings and reproductions, numbered from 1 to 9
flatfile 199**, flatfile 200**
Sets of structural drawings by consulting engineers Ficcadenti and Waggoner
flatfile 201**
Reproductions of "Waterproofing Plan" and other miscellaneous plans
box 18, folder 10
Small sketches and reduced-scale reproductions
box 115, item Disc18
Digital files
Koppany Pool House (2002) reference files (digital version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 computer disc (CD-ROM) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Disc18 contains 28 files including DXF, pict, Microsoft Word 97-2003, and miniCAD
format types. DXF files were converted to pdf for access using Brava! Desktop DX-P. The software used to create the original
DXF files is unknown. Microsoft Word 97-2003 files were converted to pdf using Microsoft office 2013. Macintosh PICT Image,
version 2 files were converted to jpeg format using Irfan View.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Disc18 contains 15 MiniCAD drawings and one unidentified files. Reference files and working copy derivatives cannot be generated
at this time for these file types due to lack of required software.
LaFetra House (2003-2004)
Full-scale print-outs and reproductions
flatfile 202**
Set of diazotypes of plans of existing house on site
flatfile 203**
As-built survey of existing house on site, with Koenig's notes on dimensions; aerial photographs of location
flatfile 204**
Preliminary plans, 2001-2002
flatfile 205**, flatfile 206**, flatfile 207**, flatfile 208**
Topographical survey of site and various sets of plans, 2003, many sheets annotated
flatfile 209**
Preliminary versions of some of plans for submission to City of Malibu Planning Department
flatfile 210**
Complete set of plans submitted to City of Malibu Planning Department, September 2003
flatfile 211**
Plans dated March 2004, labeled "Revised for Comparison"
box 18, folder 13
Reduced-scale reproductions
Tarassoly and Mehran House (2003-2004)
Full-scale drawings, print-outs
flatfile 212**
Set of drawings numbered from 1 to 11, 2001
flatfile 213**
Set of drawings 1 - 11, with overlay sketch on sheet 5, 2002; landscaping plans.
flatfile 214**, flatfile 215**, flatfile 216**, flatfile 217**
Preliminary sketches; miscellaneous plans
flatfile 218**
Miscellaneous plans, dated 2002, marked "Revise for Final Submission"
flatfile 219**
Multiple diazotype copies of sheets 7 and 8
flatfile 220**
Geologic and geotechnical maps and sections
box 19, folder 10-15
Small drawings and reduced-scale reproductions
box 19, folder 16
Black-and-white photographs
Rose Remodel of Gantert House (2003-2004)
flatfile 221**
Full-scale plans and drawings
Drawings for undated projects,
undated
flatfile 221A**
Branch Library
Scope and Contents
Presentation board.
flatfile 223**
Fujioka Rental Units
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing.
flatfile 223**
Gray Addition
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings.
flatfile 224**
Manuel's Campo Turístico
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawings and reproduction.
flatfile 225**
Markel's Auto Upholstery Shop Addition
Scope and Contents
Preliminary studies and full-scale drawings.
flatfile 225A**
Paola Oldsmobile Showroom
Scope and Contents
Hand-colored presentation drawing.
box 96, folder 24
Negatives for reproduction
flatfile 226**
Stern Addition
Scope and Contents
Full-scale drawing and reproduction.
Unidentified projects,
undated
Full-scale drawings and reproductions
flatfile 227**, flatfile 228**, flatfile 229**, flatfile 230**
Sketches and preliminary studies
flatfile 231**, flatfile 232**, flatfile 233**
Plans, sections, and elevations
flatfile 234**, flatfile 234A**
flatfile 235**, flatfile 236**, flatfile 237**
flatfile 238**
Steel frame diagram, on board
flatfile 239**
Miscellaneous designs
Scope and Contents
Includes drawings for furnace installation, fireplace, audio speaker components.
box 20, folder 6
Small drawings and reduced-scale reproductions
box 96, folder 23
Negatives for reproductions
flatfile 239A**
Site panorama montage,
undated
box 20A
Architectural detail drawings,
1958-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of detail drawings for various projects, as well as a small number of original drawings.
Miscellaneous drawings,
1963-1995, undated
flatfile 240**
Drawing and reproductions of technical components of Beem Bed,
undated
flatfile 241**
Annotated diazotype copies of plans and section for a medical clinic in Hollywood, by Oscar Niemeyer,
1963
flatfile 242**
Drawing for a doctor's office in Escondido, as well as diazotypes of plans and elevations by John Kammerman,
undated
flatfile 243**
Diazotypes of garden designs for Randall Koenig House, by Holden Johnson Architects,
1987
flatfile 244**
Copies of plans for skylight, by John Buell,
1994
flatfile 245**
Copies of plans for Carlone House, Laguna Niguel, by Dennis Cherry and Assoc.,
1995
flatfile 246**
Drawing and reproduction of camera lens angles,
undated
flatfile 247**
Miscellaneous project drawings, not by Koenig
Various photographic images,
1995-2001, undated
box 95, folder 3
Slide compilation,
undated
Scope and Contents
Numbered set of slides documenting selected Koenig structures.
flatfile 248**
Oversize photographs,
undated
Photo compilation CDs,
1995-2001, undated
box 114, item D1-D7
Disks,
1995-2001, undated
box 115, box 116
Various data disks,
undated
Faculty papers, Series II.
1961-2004
Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet(18 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)
Arrangement
Arranged topically.
Scope and Contents
A variety of materials relating to both teaching and administration from Koenig's long tenure at the University of Southern
California comprise this series. Course materials including syllabi, handouts, notes, student projects and teaching images
form the major portion of the series.
Course materials,
1977-2004, undated
Arch 205: Building Science I,
1983-2001, undated
box 28, folder 1
Course outlines and various materials,
1983-1998, undated
Historic building analysis project,
1985-2001, undated
box 29, folder 1-23
Documentation and student assignments,
1985-2001, undated
box 28, folder 2
Arch 211: Building Materials and Processes,
1994-1998, undated
Arch 305: Building Science II,
1982-1990, undated
box 99, folder 5
Arch 405: Building Science III,
1989-1990
box 28, folder 4
Arch 411: Advanced Materials and Processes of Building Construction,
1997-1998
Arch 418: Designing with Natural Forces,
1992-1994, undated
box 28, folder 5
Handouts, projects and black-and-white photographs
box 99, folder 6
Color photographs, slides, negatives
Arch 499/404: History of Modern Architecture in Southern California,
1997-2004
box 28, folder 6-10
Course outlines and various materials,
1997-2004
Modern Architecture in Southern California image CD,
2000
box 28, folder 11
Disk and jewel case labeling materials
box 30, folder 1
Arch 499: Graphic Communication,
1977
box 30, folder 2
Colleagues' syllabi, some with Koenig listed as a guest lecturer,
1982-2000
box 30, folder 2A
Case Study House lectures,
1989-1997
box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103
Lecture slide carousels
Scope and Contents
Contents of 21 pre-loaded carousel trays for lectures on various topics, also includes occasional notes.
box 104, box 105
Miscellaneous teaching slides
box 30, folder 3
Grant and funding materials,
1972-1998
box 30, folder 4
Staff position application letter,
circa 1961
box 30, folder 4A
Sabbatical applications,
1978-1996
Administrative materials,
1967-2004, undated
box 30, folder 6
General faculty,
1993-2001
School of Architecture,
1967-2004, undated
box 135, folder 1-8
Brochures and ephemera,
1978-2004
box 72*, folder 3
Course offering posters,
1994-1999
box 30, folder 7
Faculty retreats,
1998-1999
Architectural Guild,
1986-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
For event honoring Koenig in 1998 see below, Box 31, folder 1A.
box 136, folder 2
Brochures and calendars,
1998-2001
box 136, folder 1
Great Houses program,
1987-1988
box 29, folder 24
Membership plaque,
undated
box 136, folder 3-4
Building Sciences Program,
1989-2001, undated
Promotions, honors and awards,
1964-1999
39th Architectural Guild Dinner,
1998
box 111, item V6
Video
Video of Architectural Guild dinner (digital version available on-site only): 1998
box 31, folder 2-3
Research projects,
1961-1992, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to various projects including an under-sea community, an outline for textbook, and sociological studies
with Walter Bailey.
box 31, folder 6-7
Ephemera,
1992-2004, undated
flatfile 250**
Chart of Coordination of Educational Information,
undated
Miscellaneous,
1962-2002, undated
box 31A, folder 1-5
Papers,
1961-2002, undated
box 31A, folder 6
Sealed materials,
1995-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials sealed until 2062 because they contain student evaluations and social security numbers.
Other professional papers, Series III.
1945-2007
Physical Description: 48.8 Linear Feet(54 boxes, 5 flatfile folders, 1 roll)
Arrangement
Arranged topically.
Scope and Contents
The series is composed of materials relating to a broad range of Koenig's professional activities. Included here are documentation
of his career, his office records and reference files, as well as documentation of his collaborations and service to the profession.
Of particular interest is the dossier assembled by Koenig documenting citations of his work.
Career documentation,
1950-2002, undated
box 32, folder 1-6A
Curriculum vitae materials,
1953-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes complete copies and production materials for 1995 "Illustrated Chronolog," extensive CVs for 1999 and 2002, a condensed
CV for 2002, as well as numerous pieces of CVs and brief biographical statements.
box 34, folder 9
Continuing education,
1997-2002
box 34, folder 1-8
Service to the profession,
1977-2002
Scope and Contents
Also includes committee work and donations of drawings and other materials.
Employment with other practices,
1950-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes materials related to Koenig's employment with Soriano, Candreva and Jarrett, and Jones and Emmons, as well as correspondence
relating to a position with Neutra. Also includes material relating to furniture design business.
Awards and honors,
1957-2002
box 33, box 33A
General,
1957-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes competition submissions, correspondence, awards received and press coverage.
box 154*, folder 1-3
Oversize award certificates,
2000-2001
box 106, folder 1-5
Photographs of awards ceremonies,
1996-2001
Office files,
1957-2004, undated
box 36
Client files,
undated
Scope and Contents
Index cards arranged alphabetically; also includes cards with various professional and personal notes.
box 37, folder 2
Business card file,
undated
box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41
Notebooks/journals,
1958-2004
Scope and Contents
Spiral bound notebooks with daily entries relating to various aspects of Koenig's professional as well as personal life. The
notebooks include phone logs, appointments, task lists, notes, calculations, and occasional sketches.
box 32, folder 7-8
Certifications, professional memberships, licences,
1957-2004
box 35, folder 12
Project and drawing lists,
undated
box 42, folder 1-2
Associates and employment inquiries,
1965-1966, 1991-2003
box 42, folder 3
Contractors and consultants,
1992-1999, undated
box 43, folder 1-6
Forms,
1957-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Blank standard business forms, such as contracts and various city permits.
box 42, folder 4
Furnishings purchased for clients,
1960-2000
box 42, folder 5
Miscellaneous financial documents,
1964-1985, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes statements from subcontractors to Koenig and Koenig billing statements to clients, some for small jobs otherwise
undocumented; unsuccessful project bids and incomplete contracts.
box 117
Miscellaneous computer applications disks,
undated
Reference files,
1945-2003, undated
box 73*, folder 1
Architecture and design,
1989-2003
box 73*, folder 2-7
Biographical,
1992-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Biographical data from various sources on architects, landscape architects, designers, artists and clients, as well as composers,
musicians and others.
box 44, folder 5
Computers and software,
1980-1998
box 44, folder 1-4
Cost estimates,
1960-1992, undated
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets and printed price lists from vendors, notes, industry publications.
box 45, box 46
Engineering,
1945-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Primarily technical and trade publications and vendors, but also small number of engineering documents relating to specific
houses, including Beidleman, Dye, Whittemore, Stahl, Schwartz, and Metcalf.
box 46, folder 4-5
Landscaping,
1960-2000, undated
flatfile 252**
Maps of California/Geological Survey quadrangles,
undated
roll 6**
Geological map of Malibu Beach,
undated
box 47, folder 1-3
Vendor catalogs,
1968-1995, undated
Various,
1963-1996, undated
box 47, folder 4-5
Articles and mailings,
1963-1995, undated
box 74*, folder 1
Newspaper clippings,
1980-1996
box 35, folder 1-11
Correspondence,
1953-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
Koenig usually interfiled his correspondence with the project/topic to which it pertained, but this small portion remained
separate. This material, filed chronologically, includes large numbers of e-mail printouts and casual contacts/fan mail.
box 48, folder 1-3
Writings,
1956-1998, undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript drafts, as well as published articles. Many drafts are short and incomplete, and appear to be talks
or lectures. Texts from some lectures are included in the lecture files below.
box 48, folder 4-5
Website,
1997-2002
Scope and Contents
Documentation relating to Koenig's creation of a website for his work.
Exhibitions, conference participation and lectures,
1959-2007, undated
Scope and Contents
Also includes house tours.
Blueprints for Modern Living exhibition (1989-1990) at MOCA,
1985-1991, undated
box 139, folder 1-10
Correspondence, documentation, ephemera, press coverage,
1985-1991
box 153*, folder 1-3
Oversize clippings,
1989-1990
box 107, folder 1
Color photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives,
undated
box 111, item V8
Video:
The Case Study House Program 1945-1966,
1989
Scope and Contents
Tape not playable. Not able to reformat.
Other exhibitions, conferences and lectures,
1959-2007
box 147, box 148, box 149, box 150
Correspondence, notes, ephemera,
1959-2002
box 153*, folder 4
Oversize clippings,
2000-2007
flatfile 253**
Lecture and conference posters,
1985-2000, undated
box 48A
Name plaque for Pacific Rim Architectural Conference,
1959
box 111, item V4
SF MOMA
Pierre Koenig lecture at SF MOMA (digital version available on-site only): 1990
box 111, item V5
Cal Poly Pomona
Pierre Koenig lecture at Cal Poly Pomona (digital version available on-site only): 1990
box 106, folder 7
Photographs of Form Zero lecture,
1999
box 106, folder 8
House tour photographs,
undated
Unidentified exhibition materials,
1963-2004, undated
box 75*, box 76*, box 77*
Photographs mounted on foamcore,
undated
Dossier of works citing Koenig,
1959-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
In addition to the materials documenting individual projects found in Series I, Koenig collected broader citations of his
work in a variety of media. These references to his work range from focused monographs to a mere namecheck in an article
on broader issues of architecture or modernism. Documentation of location usage of Koenig's houses is also included here.
box 49, folder 12
Drawings by American Architects,
1972
box 49, folder 2
Modern Steel House, Neil Jackson,
1995-1996
Pierre Koenig, James Steele,
1994-2002
box 140, folder 1-7
Correspondence, documentation, reviews, sales catalogs,
1994-2002
box 107, folder 2
Photographs of LACMA book signing,
2001
Case Study Houses, Elizabeth Smith and Peter Goessel,
2001-2003
box 142, folder 2-3
Reviews, press coverage, ephemera
box 49, folder 11
Proposal to Architectural History Foundation,
1993
Case Study program,
1978-2003
Architecture of Los Angeles and southern California,
1966-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes material related to
Iconic LA by Gloria Koenig.
Materials and technology,
1958-2003
Preservation,
1989-2000, undated
Documentation of location usage,
1997-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Also includes broader articles on architecture in films.
box 152*, folder 7
Oversize clippings,
1999-2004
box 111, item V7
Video of
Columbo episode,
undated
Video of Columbo episode (digital version available on-site only): undated
box 49, folder 3
Print-outs from websites,
1999-2003
Video and film,
1993-2003
BBC Television:
Wall to Wall episode,
1993-1994, undated
box 112, item V9-V11
Videos,
undated
Wall to Wall (digital version available on-site only): 1993-1994
Scope and Contents
V9 and V10 are duplicates and contain Episode 6: "Forging Ahead". V11 contains Episode 1: "Back to Earth".
4 Friends: How Designers Think they Work,
1995
box 112, item V12
Video
4 Friends: How Designers Think they Work (digital version available on-site only): 1995
box 112, item V13-V14, V16
"Modernism" on HGTV,
1999
"Modernism" on HGTV (digital version available on-site only): 1999
Scope and Contents
V13 and V14 are duplicates. V16 contains the same content, plus the content from V15.
Mid Century Mania episode of
House Beautiful on A & E,
1999
box 112, item V15-V16
Video
Mid Century Mania episode of House Beautiful on A & E (digital version available on-site only): 1999
Scope and Contents
V15 and V16 are duplicates.
Los Angeles - Sunshine or Noir?,
2000
box 113, item V17
Video
Los Angeles - Sunshine or Noir? (digital version available on-site only): 2000
box 49, folder 8
The House that I Built on HGTV,
2000
box 49, folder 9
Proposed documentary by Michael LaFetra,
2003
Collaborations and colleagues,
1980-2003
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to Koenig's collaborations with Entenza and Shulman, as well as extensive documentation of Shulman's work.
box 34, folder 13
Collaboration with John Entenza,
1961-1984
Collaboration with Julius Shulman,
1960-2001, undated
box 34, folder 12
Correspondence and papers,
1991-1999, undated
Documentation of Shulman's career
box 137, box 138
Press coverage, exhibition ephemera,
1962-2003
box 74*, folder 2-4
Oversize materials,
1960-2003
box 106, folder 9
Photographs,
1960, 1998, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes the Stahls and Hendrick van Keppel dressing Case Study House #22 for the photo shoot.
box 111, item V2
Shulman on
Life and Times,
undated
Shulman on Life and Times (digital version available on-site only): undated
Scope and Contents
Video includes two episodes of Life and Times.
box 111, item V3
Topshots: Photographie der Spitzenklasse,
2001
box 111, item V3
Video
Topshots: Photographie der Spitzenklasse (digital version available on-site only): 2001
Articles relating to colleagues,
1980-2003
Scope and Contents
Articles relating to various architects, developers, designers and critics, including Eames, Eichler, Ellwood, Hensman, Jones,
Lautner, McCoy, Soriano, Straub, and Wachsmann.
box 47A, folder 1-5
Notes,
1953-1988, undated
Scope and Contents
Folder 5 includes notes on cabinetry design.
Miscellaneous,
1961-2002, undated
box 42, folder 6-8
Papers,
1961-2002, undated
box 78*, folder 2
Oversize material,
1980-1994
box 49A
Printer's blocks,
undated
box 113, item V18
Curious Pictures/filmtecknarna sample video,
2002
Curious Pictures/filmtecknarna sample video (digital version available on-site only): 2002
Personal papers, Series IV.
1925-2004
Physical Description: 7.1 Linear Feet(13 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Scope and Contents
Five main groups of material comprise Pierre Koenig's personal papers. These include papers relating to his education, his
military service in World War II, his hobbies and interests, family photographs, and finally his general personal papers.
The material covers the breadth of Koenig's life ranging from college class projects, to the video Koenig produced about his
WWII service, to his fishing license, to household receipts.
Arrangement
Arranged topically.
Education,
1943-2003, undated
box 51, folder 1
Alhambra City High School yearbook,
1943
College class projects,
1947-1951, undated
box 51, folder 2-9
Papers and binders,
1947-1951, undated
box 79*, folder 1-2
Oversize drawings,
1948-1949, undated
box 52, box 53
Class notes,
1947-1957, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes later commercial engineering syllabus and notes.
Pasadena City College alumni event,
2000
University of Southern California,
1952-1992, undated
box 53, folder 4
Alumni events,
1964-1992, undated
box 53, folder 5
Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity,
1948-2003, undated
Military service,
1944-2003, undated
292 at War,
1997-1999, undated
box 113, item V19-V22
Video,
1997
292 at War (digital version available on-site only): 1997
Scope and Contents
Items V19-V22 are duplicates. V20 has been reformatted.
box 54, folder 3
General documentation,
circa 1997
box 108, folder 1
Slides and negatives,
undated
box 55, folder 1-5
Battalion reunions,
1995-1999
box 55, folder 6-7
Newsletter and battalion insignia,
1995-1996
box 78*, folder 3
Map of Germany showing route of the 292nd,
undated
Hobbies and interests,
1942-2003, undated
Music,
1983-2002, undated
Chamber Music in Historic Sites/Da Camera Society,
1991-1995
box 56, folder 2-8
Various,
1983-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Primarily catalogs and receipts.
Railroads and model trains,
1973-1999, undated
box 57, folder 4
Papers and receipts,
1973-1999
box 108, folder 4
Color photograph, slides,
1990-1993, undated
box 57, folder 5
Honorary flight captain certificate,
1974
flatfile 256**
Drawings of planes,
1942-1943
box 108, folder 5
Slides of Northrup air show,
1983
Tortoises and turtles,
1982-1997, undated
box 108, folder 6
Color photographs, slides,
1982-1993, undated
box 108, folder 7
Running,
1982-1992, undated
Family photographs,
circa 1942-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes early family photographs and portraits, pets, travel, later family photographs and portraits.
box 59
Black-and-white photographs
box 109
Color photographs, slides, negatives
General personal papers,
1925-2003, undated
box 57, folder 8
Documents,
1925-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes passports, driver's licenses, birth certificate, vaccination records, insurance documents, membership cards.
box 58
Receipts,
1977-2003
Scope and Contents
Includes receipts relating to the furnishing and maintenance of Koenig House No. 2.
Miscellaneous material,
1948-1998, undated
box 57, folder 9-11
Papers,
1948-1998, undated
box 79*, folder 6
Clippings,
1969-1994, undated
In memoriam, Series V.
2004
Physical Description: 1.9 Linear Feet(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of material collected by Pierre Koenig's widow, Gloria, documenting the memorials marking Koenig's
death.
Arrangement
Arranged topically.
box 60, folder 4
Certificates and letters of condolence,
2004