Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:15PM Reviving Eichler
An Eichler sales brochure. A new venture aims to build new EIchler homes using original plans. Image via Monique Lombardelli.Say the words “Eichler home” and a very specific set of images are conjured up: patios, atriums, floor-to-ceiling windows, glass transoms, post-and-beam interiors, the nostalgic glow of the midcentury good life in Northern and Southern California. Now these houses, built between 1950 and 1974 and designed by some of the leading lights of Modernist architecture, are prized possessions, with a demand that far outstrips the supply.














