Raphael Soriano (1907-1988) was one of the early Case Study architects working in postwar Los Angeles and a talented advocate of the new building materials and construction techniques developed at the time. Soriano was a critical link from the early California modernists such as Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra to a younger generation of mid-century modernists practicing primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, when the Case Study program was in its heyday (the program itself ran from 1945 to 1966 and included 36 experimental house prototypes).Soriano was a significant member of this informal gang of architects that also included Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra, and Craig Ellwood. Though not as familiar a name today, Soriano was a major influence on his colleagues and was rediscovered by a later generation of architects, including Frank Gehry and Richard Rogers, for his innovative use of steel and aluminum and his early interst in low-cost, prefabricated structures.This is the first monograph on Soriano, illustrated primarily with black-and-white photographs by respected architectural photographer Julius Shulman, a long-time friend and colleague.Born in Rhodes, Soriano brought an outsider's perspective when he arrived in Los Angeles with little grasp of English in 1924, at the age of 17. After first studying French literature and music, he graduated with an architecture degree from the University of Southern California and thereafter worked in the offices of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and for Los Angeles County, finally starting his own practice in Los Angeles in 1936. Soriano expertly combined two of World War II's technologicalinnovations, aluminum and plywood, with advanced construction processes. His characteristic horizontal roofs, transparent exterior walls, and open plan responded well to the postwar demand for family-friendly housing and an informal, indoor-outdoor lifestyle that was well suited t