Eichler lecture by Dave Weinstein

• Initial architect were Robert Anshen of Anshen & Allen 
• After Anshen and Eichler parted, houses were designed by other architects including the San Francisco firm Claude Oakland & Associates and the Los Angeles firms of Jones & Emmons, A. Quincy Jones, and Raphael Soriano. 
• Sales, builder, material purchasing were all full time employees.
• Last area was Los Arboles, San Jose in early 70's.
• Although Eichler Homes Inc bankrupted in '64~'65, he kept on building houses under new org. 
• There was no aluminum slider before 1953 so basically Eichler popularized them. 
• Eichler did custom houses for those who had land already 
• There is a street called Eichler in Sacrament but there is no Eichler left 
• He built about 11,000 Eichler homes 
• There are NY and LA Eichlers 
• LA Orange county Eichlers are preserved by law but NoCal are advised only
• Many Philippine mahogany were actually from Japan 
• San Mateo highland Eichlers sits on Andreas fault line (maybe hence many radiant heat there is no longer functional, me)