Joseph Eichler (1900 - 1974) was a California-based, post-war residential real estate developer known for building homes in the Modernist style. Between 1950 and 1974, his company, Eichler Homes, built over 11,000 homes in Northern California and three communities in Southern California,along with 3 homes in Chestnut Ridge NY. which came to be known as Eichlers and changed the California lifestyle. The San Francisco Bay Area Eichlers are mostly in San Francisco, Sacramento, Marin County, the East Bay, San Mateo County, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose. During this period Eichler became one of the nation's most influential builders of modern homes. The Southern California Eichler communities are in Orange, Thousand Oaks, and Granada Hills. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary The term post-war is generally used for the period after the end of World War II, i. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... Modernism is a term which covers a variety of political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Northern California, sometimes abbreviated NorCal, refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) Area    - City 600. ... Nickname: City of Trees Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Area    - City 99. ... Official website: http://www. ... The East Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. ... Official website: http://www. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Location Location of Sunnyvale within Santa Clara County, California. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Motto: A Slice of Old Town Charm Nickname: Plaza City Map Political Statistics Founded 1869 Incorporated April 6, 1888 County Orange County, California Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Mark Murphy Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Water 27. ... Thousand Oaks is a city in Ventura County, California, in the United States. ... Granada Hills is a district of the City of Los Angeles, USA located in the San Fernando Valley. ...

Unlike many of the merchant builders, Joseph Eichler was a social visionary and commissioned designs for planned communities with parks and community centers. Eichler homes are from a branch of Modernist architecture that has come to be known as "California Modern," and typically feature glass walls, post-and-beam construction and open floorplans in a style indebted to Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. "Bringing the outside in," was one of his goals, achieved via atriums and floor-to-ceiling glass windows looking out on protected garden areas and ponds. Eichler used well-known architects to design both the site plans and the homes themselves, including A. Quincy Jones and Raphael Soriano. Eichler also employed one of San Francisco's small but prominent modernist architectural firms, Anshen + Allen. At first, Anshen + Allen was his sole architect, but Eichler shortly brought in the firm Jones & Emmons, and Soriano as well. Eichler also built semi-custom designs for individual clients by commission. Due to soaring land prices by the mid-1960s redevelopment blossomed and Eichler began building low- and high-rise redevelopment projects in San Francisco's Western Addition and Bayview, and luxury high-rises and clustered housing on Russian Hill and Diamond Heights, along with the trendsetting co-op communities Pomeroy Green and Pomeroy West in Santa Clara. Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ... Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was an architect and designer. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959), Master of the Organic Architecture, was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... Looking up inside the 32-story atrium of the Shanghai Grand Hyatt, part of the Jin Mao Building. ... This entry is for A. Quincy Jones the architect. ... Grossman House, All Aluminum, Studio City, California. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... Hunters Point or Bayview-Hunters Point is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of San Francisco, California. ... Russian Hill is an affluent, largely residential neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. ... San Franciscos urban renewal projects undertaken during the 1950s and 1960s were aimed at wholesale change in their environments. ... Official website: http://www. ...

Eichler, bucking the trend at the time, established a non-discrimination policy and offered homes for sale to anyone of any religion or race. In 1958, he resigned from Associated Home Builders, because they refused to support a non-discrimination policy.

References

Paul Adamson, Marty Arbunich (2002). Eichler Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream. Gibbs Smith Publishers. ISBN 1-58685-184-5.

Jerry Ditto, Lannin Stern (1995). Design for Living - Eichler Homes. Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-0846-7.

External links

• FAQ at Eichler Network