Exhibition House for the Museum of Modern Art Garden
1950 · Paper, wood, plastic, plexiglass, metal, aluminum and paint
16 × 31 9/16 × 51 1/8" (40.6 × 80.2 × 129.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Gregory Ain
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Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Exhibition House by Gregory Ain
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
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Built in the U.S.A., 1932�44
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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The Wooden House in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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Gregory Ain was an American architect and designer who pioneered modest, modernist housing for middle-income families in postwar Los Angeles. Working with prefabricated materials and standardized components, he developed efficient floor plans and open interior spaces that rejected both ornamental traditionalism and the isolating sprawl of suburban development. His approach combined social idealism with practical building methods, creating experimental residential communities that demonstrated modernism could serve ordinary households rather than wealthy patrons alone.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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