The Kohn Ratinoff House (1962). A Pioneering Dialogue

Abstract

Through the close reading of a house, this article explores the intricate bonds between an architect, the design of a house, and a building system based on industrialized components. Arguing that the house not only reflects a construction system but manifests the precise aesthetic possibilities of its technology, the author embarks on the first comprehensive investigation into the resolutely modern and groundbreaking architectural practice of Myriam Ratinoff Brodsky.

Keywords

• myriam ratinoff
• modernism
• industrialized components
• housing
• co-design