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Modernist Style 1904-present
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The International style or architecture emerged in the 1920s as a desire to break with tradition and design simple, unadorned buildings. One of the best known and earliest examples of the style can...
Treasures of Los Angeles Architecture
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It has been my favorite pastime the last decade or so to travel around the great city I call home, searching for the interesting aspects of our built environment. My favorite and indispensable...
Architecture 2000+
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Raphael Soriano (1904-1988)
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Raphael Soriano, a native of Rhodes, came to Los Angeles in 1924. After graduating from the USC School of Architecture, he began his apprenticeship in architecture working for Rudolph Schindler and...
The Architecture of Los Feliz
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Donna and I packed our bags and moved from Silver Lake to Los Feliz in November 2007. We were fortunate to relocate to a fantastic old Spanish Revival house, "La Casa Contenta" formerly...
Buff, Straub, Smith & Hensman Architects
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Architects Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman began their careers as architects out of a friendship forged while both were students at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. The...
Spanish & Mediterranean Architecture
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Ray Kappe, Architect
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Ray Kappe (1927-2019) was an American architect and educator. In 1972, he resigned his position as Founding Chair of the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona...
John Lautner Modernist Architect 1911-1994
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John Edward Lautner (16 July 1911 – 24 October 1994) was an American architect. Following an apprenticeship in the mid-1930s with the Taliesin Fellowship led by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner opened...
Thom Mayne (Morphosis)
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Architect Thom Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities postgraduate program. He has held...
Rodney Walker Design
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Rodney Walker (1910–1986) was a midcentury modern designer and builder who specialized in residential architecture in the Southern California area. He contributed three designs to Arts &...
Gensler Architects
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Edward Killingsworth FAIA (1917-2004)
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Architect Edward Killingsworth FAIA (1917–2004) is best known as a participant in Arts & Architecture's Case Study program designing and building Case Study House #25, "The Frank...
Paul R. Williams, Architect 1894-1980
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Paul Revere Williams, often referred to as the "Architect of the Stars" was the first certified architect of African American descent practicing in the western United States. He attended...
Architect Unknown
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In my travels and at home, it never ceases to amaze me how many beautiful buildings there are for which we have no idea who was responsible for their design. It is perhaps more understandable for...
Paul McClean, McClean Design
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Paul McClean trained as an architect in Ireland and founded McClean Design in 2000. Over the last fifteen years, MCCLEAN DESIGN has grown into one of the leading contemporary residential design firms...
Brett Woods & Joe Dangaran Architects
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Los Angeles Churches, Temples, Mosques & Other...
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Albert Frey Architect
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Silver Lake Architecture
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The architecture of Silver Lake developed hand-in-hand with the film industry. Like a mighty wave, the creative individuals captivated by the magic of Hollywood were drawn by the thousands to...
César Pelli (1929-2019)
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César Pelli was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. The American Institute of Architects named him one of the ten most...
Fung + Blatt Architects
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Harry Gesner Architecture
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Architect Harry Harmer Gesner was born on April 28, 1925. He served in three separate branches of the army during World War II. First the 10th light division ski-troop and mountain climbing company....
Thornton M. Abell, Architect 1906-1984
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Thornton Abell graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in architecture, and worked for the well-known firm Marsh, Smith & Powell throughout the 1930s. During the 1940s...
Frederick Fisher & Partners Architects
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Krisel & Palmer, A.I.A. Architects
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Architect William Krisel (November 14, 1924 – June 5, 2017) was best known for his pioneer designs of mid-century residential architecture. With partner Dan Saxon Palmer (July 5 1920-December 22,...
Donald Wexler 1926-2015
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Donald Allen Wexler was one of the most influential Mid-Century modern architects that literally put Palm Springs modern architecture on the map Wexler was born on January 23, 1926 in Sioux Falls,...
Richard Lee Dorman, Architect (1922-2010)
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Richard Dorman (November 27, 1922 – April 3, 2010) was a mid-century modern architect known for his residential and commercial work in Southern California. He was born and raised in Los Angeles....
Hugh Michael Kaptur, Architect (1931-)
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Kaptur was born in Detroit MI where his father was a designer in the Packard and General Motors studios. He studied architecture at the Lawrence Institute of Technology. He joined the Marines and...
Barry A. Berkus Architecture (1935-2012)
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Barry Berkus was born on November 25, 1935 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from John Muir High School in Pasadena. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated...
Tom Marble, Marbletecture Architecture
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After earning architecture degrees from UC Berkeley and Yale, Tom Marble went on to design for the firms SOM and Morphosis, Rios Associates and The Irvine Company. He started his own firm,...
Robert Thibodeau du Architects
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Design Universal was established in 1995 to fill a need for affordable, high quality, contemporary architectural and design services. DU is a husband and wife architectural and design team working on...
Marmol Radziner Design-Build
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Marmol Radziner is a design-build practice based in Los Angeles that was founded in 1989 by American architects Leo Marmol, FAIA, and Ron Radziner, FAIA. Specializing in residential, commercial,...
SIA Architectural Design
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Los Feliz Beautiful
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Norwood & DeLonge AIA Architects
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Sumner Spaulding
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Architect Sumner Spaulding (1892-1952) is best known for designing the Harold Lloyd Estate, a.k.a. Greenacres, in Beverly Hills, California, the Catalina Casino in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island,...
Tag Front Architects
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Mehdi Rafaty and Mandi Rafaty established Tag Front in 1989. The firm relocated from Orange County to Los Angeles in 1999 to accommodate well known restaurant clients and has continued to expand...
Whipple Russell Architects
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Irving Gill Architect
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Robert D. Farquhar 1872-1967
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Robert David Farquhar was a California architect c.1905 - 1940. Born in Brooklyn, New York on February 23, 1872, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard before enrolling at MIT, where he...
Robert Skinner AIA
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Harry B. Aarens Architecture
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James DeLong Architecture
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Antoine Predock Architect
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Richard Neutra
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John Galbraith AIA
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Michael Maltzan Architecture
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Michael Maltzan is the principal architect at Michael Maltzan Architecture (MMA), a Los Angeles-based architecture firm. He received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and both a...
Zoltan Pali, Studio Pali Fekete
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Brooks + Scarpa
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Brooks + Scarpa (originally Pugh + Scarpa) is an American architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa are the recipients...
Rex Lotery Architect 1930-2007
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Rex Lotery (August 19, 1930 – January 31, 2007) was an architect who combined architecture, urban design and consensus planning in his designs. He was born outside London, England on August 19,...
John Gougeon 1931-2020
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Architect John Andre Gougeon was born on July.13, 1931. After attending Pasadena City College he transferred to the University of Southern California where he studied under Conrad Buff, Calvin...
Carl Maston Architect (1915-1992)
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Carl L. Maston (born Carl Mastopietro, June 17, 1915 – May 31, 1992) was an influential Los Angeles mid-century modern architect. Maston designed more than 100 buildings, including private...
Smith & Williams Architects
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Whitney Rowland Smith and Wayne Richard Williams were partners in the firm Smith & Williams. Between 1946 and 1973,the partners designed more than 800 projects, from residential, commercial, and...
Electric Bowery Ltd. est.2013
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The architectural firm Electric Bowery was founded in 2013 by Cayley Lambur and Lucia Bartholomew, who met when they were part of Gehry Partners in Los Angeles. Projects include single-family and...
Gabbay Architects
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Brian Murphy, BAM Architecture
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
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Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known for his innovative mobiles that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. He preferred...
Rios Clemente Hale Studios
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Los Angeles-based architecture, urbanism, and landscape design practice Rios Clementi Hale Studios (RCH Studios) has changed its name to RIOS following the recent departure of two of its namesake...
Belzberg Architects
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Hagy Belzberg, FAIA, OAA, is an American architect based in Santa Monica, California. He is the founding partner of the architecture and interior design firm Belzberg Architects. Belzberg was born...
Gibbs & Gibbs Architects
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Paul Sterling Hoag 1913-2003
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Paul Sterling Hoag was born in Spokane, Washington in 1913. He graduated from Stanford with a degree in architecture in 1934. Between 1945-1946, Hoag worked as a draftsman for Richard Neutra. From...
Byram Architects
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Pasadena based architect John Byram has over 25 years of architectural design, production, and construction administration experience. He is a member of the National Council of Architectural...
David Ming-Li Lowe 1932-2013
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David Ming-Li Lowe ’54, September 24, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. Born in Shanghai to a father who was a foreign-service officer for the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomingtang, and a...
William R. Stephenson Architect
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In a career spanning five decades in Southern California, Stephenson designed homes for a number of Hollywood’s leading figures of the 1950s, including director King Vidor; actress Laraine Day;...
Charles W. Wong Architect 1929-2019
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Mid-Century Modernist architect Charles W. Wong, immigrated in the 1930s from China settling in Los Angeles and later graduating from Polytechnic High School in 1946 and from the University of...
Miller Yee Fong Architect
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HGA Architects
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Josef Van der Kar (1906-2002)
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Josef Van der Kar (1906-2002) was a second-generation modernist architect. For ten years he taught architecture at Pennsylvania State, but prior to that he had lived in Los Angeles, and he returned...
Vladimir Tomalevski, L+V Architects
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Founded in 1989, by the firm’s partners Luba and Vladimir Tomalevski, L+V architects Inc. objective has been to transform the needs and aspiration of our clients into engaging built...
tBP/Architecture
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Glen Small Architecture
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Eugene Weston Architect
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Modernist architect Eugene Weston III was in his early 30s when he declared that “the house is the last of the handcrafted objects” in an industrial age. The year was 1956, and he argued in The...
Stan Sackley AIA Architecture
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Elmer Grey, Architect (1872-1963)
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Elmer Grey designed many Southern California landmarks, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Huntington Art Gallery, the Pasadena Playhouse and Wattles Mansion. He was also an accomplished painter;...
AECOM Architects
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AECOM is an American worldwide provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and...
Walter S. White Architect 1917-2002
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White was born in San Bernadino CA. He worked for six months in 1937 for Harwell Hamilton Harris followed by an eight month term in Rudolf Schindler's Los Angeles office during 1937-1938. After...
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Dan Saxon Palmer 1920-2006
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Daniel Saxon Wiesinger Palmer was born July 5, 1920 in Budapest, Hungary. His father was Armand Wiesinger (1885-1957). His mother was Bella Mihaly (1896). He changed his last name to...
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
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Lee & Mundwiler Architects
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Allen and Lutzi, Architects
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William Allen, William George Lutzi
Dion Neutra 1926-2019
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Perhaps the name, “Neutra” stirs up more than any other, the images of Modernist Architecture. Son and partner to his late, great father, Richard Neutra, Dion grew up in the household with his...
Harold Barnard Zook Architect
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Harold Barnard Zook was the son of Chicago architect Roscoe Harold Zook, who followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an architect in Southern California after graduating from Cornell University...
Langdon & Wilson Architects
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Richard Landry, Landry Design Group
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Richard Landry is a Canadian-born American architect. Known as the "King of the Megamansion," he has designed many private residences for corporate moguls and celebrities in Los Angeles,...
Lehrer Architecture
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I first met architect Michael Lehrer at his Silver Lake office on March 5, 2010. My scribbled notations on our interview barely readable, I found it difficult to be taking notes while enraptured with...
Robert Kennard Architect
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Franklin D. Israel Architect (1945-1996)
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Architect Franklin David Israel was born in Brooklyn, New York on (born December 2, 1945. He is best known for his designs for private residences and offices for film production companies in Los...
MAK Center Architecture Tour 2022/Silver Lake +...
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On Sunday, December 18, 2022, Donna and I participated in the MAK Center Architecture Tour/2022, touring the Olver, Walker, Southhall and Wilson Houses. Although we were not allowed to photograph...
David Rich, Architect
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Christopher Payne, FIN Architecture
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The American Civil War (1861-1865)
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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865 was a civil war fought between the Union "the North" and the Confederacy "the South", the latter formed by states that had...
Val Powelson Architect
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Frederick E. Emmons Architect
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Frederick Earl Emmons (December 19, 1907 - August 23, 1999) was a distinguished Modernist architect, designing many residential properties with partner A. Quincy Jones, including tract houses...
Hodgetts + Fung Design
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Robert A.M. Stern Architects
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Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York based architect, professor, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm,...
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architecture
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Saul H. Brown Architecture
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Hideo Matsunaga Architecture
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Hideo Arthur Matsunaga, May 18, 1924 - October 31, 2020 was the third of four sons of Gunda and Sueno Matsunaga. He graduated from the USC School of Architecture in 1953 and went to work for George...
Martin Stern Jr. Architect (1917-2001)
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Martin Stern Jr. (April 9, 1917 - July 28, 2001) was an American architect who was most widely known for his large scale designs and structures in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is credited with originating...
Maison by PGB Architecture
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Rebecca L. Binder Architect
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Architect Rebecca L. Binder established R. L. Binder FAIA Architects, LLP, in 1979, in Playa del Rey in 1990, She was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Her work has received...
Carli & Spak Architects
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Richard Kearney AIA
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John Porter Clark Architect 1905-1991
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Architect John Porter Clark was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on August 14, 1905. Moving with his family to Southern California in1920, he worked part time for Marston, Van Pelt and Mayberry in Pasadena,...
Bernard Zimmerman Architecture
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Glen Irani Architecture
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In a world where style and fashion so often trump substance and longevity, Glen Irani Architects has created an uncompromising repertoire of custom residential and commercial projects while...
Moorish Revival Architecture
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Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the...
Ben Wiseman Architect
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Little is known (so far) of architect Ben Wiseman. He was married to Lilian S. Wiseman, a dietician; in 1940, he lived with his wife at 1270 North Flores Street. By 1942 they had moved to 2530...
Percy Parke "P.P." Lewis (1885-1962)
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Architect P.P. Lewis (1885-1962) was born in Pennsylvania in 1885, Percy He married Ruth Augusta Lewis in Omaha, Nebraska in 1917.During the height of his career, he was prolific in the Westwood area...
Judson Wright Pittam, AIA 1923-2013
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As an Air Force pilot in WWII, Judson Pittam saw the historic buildings of Europe and fell in love with architecture. As soon as he returned to the USA, he enrolled in the USC School of Architecture,...
William S. Beckett Architect
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Edward H. Fickett Tract Houses
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Architect Edward H. Fickett was known as one of the most active proponents of prefabricated affordable housing for which eh designed more than 60,000 homes known as “Fickett Houses". Here are...
Krisel-Shapiro & Associates
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural...
Oakley L. Norton Architecture
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Oakley Latimer Norton first came to Eagle Rock, California in 1952 when he enrolled at Occidental College as a freshman. Over the next four decades, Oakley L. Norton left a unique mark on the...
Kazumi Adachi Architect
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Robert D. Jones Architect
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Architect Robert D. Jones was born in Ohio in 1878. For most of his career he was associated with Sanson M. Cooper, the "pioneer builder", credited with building hundreds of homes in...
Edla Muir Architect (1906-1971)
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Edla Muir (January 23, 1906 – November 5, 1971) was best known for designing residences in Southern California. Sh focused on designing modern private homes, especially for clients in Malibu,...
Edward Richard Lind, Architect
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Joseph Kucera Architect
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Arlos R. Sedgely Architecture
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Charles R. Spink Architecture
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The Art & Architecture of Cemeteries
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Abraham Shapiro & Associates Architects
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Sidney Eisenshtat (1914-2005)
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Architect Sidney Eisenshtat (June 6, 1914 – March 1, 2005) was best known for his synagogues and Jewish academic buildings. Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills was his first major religious...
William Cody (1916-1978)
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William Francis Cody (June 19, 1916 – August 29, 1978) was an influential desert modern architect working primarily in the Coachella Valleys during the height of the Modernist Movement. His...
Joncich, Lusby & Associates Architects
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Andrew Joncich and William Lusby, Joncich, Lusby & Associates were an architecture firm based in San Pedro, California. I recently became acquainted with the firm through Mark Traughber, nephew...
Raphael Nicolais Architecture
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Tomaro Architecture
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Paul J. Duncan Architect
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George Washington Smith (1876-1930)
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George Washington Smith (February 22, 1876 – March 16, 1930) was an architect and painter known particularly for his work around Santa Barbara, California, and for popularizing the Spanish Colonial...
William Hefner Architect
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Jacob Tracht Architect
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Ralph S. Loring Architecture
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HMC Architects
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Armet Davis Newlove Architects
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Armet Davis Newlove Architects, formerly Armét & Davis, is a Californian architectural firm known for working in the Googie architecture style that marks many distinctive coffee shops and...
Kenneth Lind, Architect 1909-1975
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Architect Kenneth Nels Lind graduated from the University of Illinois in 1934. His professional career began in 1930 as an employee for the W. Nels Lind Construction Company followed by Partner,...
Donald G. Park Architect 1927-2020
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Donald Gene Park, 1927-2020.
Urban Thomas 'Jack' Olerich (1889-1952)
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Architect Urban Thomas 'Jack' Olerich was born in Breda, Iowa on May 22, 1889. He moved with his parents Anton and Rufina Mary Keffeler Olerich to Los Angeles and by 1910 he was working along with...
Urban Forms Architecture
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Max Starkman & Associates Architects
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John Pugsley Architect
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Philip Brinkerhoff Architecture
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Milton R. Sutton Architect
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Charles Benton Kinsley (1879-1938)
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Architect Charles Benton Kinsley was born in Wisconsin on March 27, 1879, the son of John Francis Kingsley and Elizabeth Catherine Sharpe Kinsley. He married Mabelle P. Leahy on July 25, 1906 in...
Witmer & Watson Architects
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Architects Louis Abbott Dean, Benjamin Parker, Loyall Farragut Watson and David Julius Witmer joined hands in 1922 and operated as Witmer & Watson. Among their artistic achievements are included...
Earl C. Rahn Architect
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Kurt Meyer-Radon Architecture
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Swiss-born architect Kurt Meyer, designed numerous commercial buildings in Los Angeles noted for their Mid-Century style.Mr. Meyer got involved with several civic organizations and was appointed by...
David Randall Hertz Architecture
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Michael Ferguson, Space International
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Merle A. Roussellot AIA
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George J. Webster (1868-1945)
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Very little is known about George J. Webster (1868-1945) except that he left a legacy of 30 or more exqui-site Craftsman-style residences built between 1906 and 1918 in or near Altadena
Clive Wilkinson Architecture
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Walter Sidney Orme 1887-1950
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Jack B. Ouzounian Architect
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Leon Caryl Brockway, Architect (1870-1930_
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Leon C. Brockway was born in Vermont in September 1876. By 1900 Brockway had settled in Pasadena. After working as a draftsman, he soon established an architecture practice and built homes in the...
Arthur and Nina Zwebell Architects
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Arthur B. Zwebell (September 27, 1891 – January 29, 1973) and Nina L. Zwebell (January 5, 1895 - March 11, 1976), formerly Nina Jacobson, were a husband and wife architectural team known for their...
Samuel Tilden Norton
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Samuel Tilden Norton (January 21, 1877 – February 16, 1959), or S. Tilden Norton as he was known professionally, was a Los Angeles-based architect active in the first decades of the 20th century....
Jack H. Simison 1922-2009
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Architect Jack H. Simison designed many buildings and homes notably in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountain communities of Southern California. He designed the La Cañada Country Club, La...
Donald Perry Polsky Architecture
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Edmond J. Aiken, Luxury Home Builder
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Charles DuBois in Woodland Hills
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, architect Charles DuBois designed a significant number of homes for tract developers. Here's a sampling.
Whiting Sather Thompson (1910-1985)
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Architect Whiting Sather Thompson was born in Los Angeles on October 8, 1910, the son of Whiting and Thea Thompson. He attended the University of Southern California School of Architecture where he...
Paul Kingsbury Architecture
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Gable & Wyant Architects
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The partnership of George Elmore Gable and C. Stanley Wyant produced many notable architectural works in Los Angeles in the 1920s including the 7th Street and Gladys Street Hotel (1924), Bard's West...
Brian Arthur Noteware Architect
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Peter K. Schabarum Architect 1891-1950
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Schabarum was born in La Dura, Sonora, Mexico on August 1, 1891 and lived in Mexico from 1891-1908. His father moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 1908 bringing his son. Peter, Jr., lived primarily in the...
Boris Marks Architecture
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Jack A. Charney Architect
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Jack A. Charney ( 7 October 1919 - 2002) attended the Art Center School where he studied architecture under Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra. In his public buildings, Charney was known for...
Julia Morgan, Architect
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John S. Butler Architect
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Leo F. Bachman Architect
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Wilt Chamberlin House, David Rich AIA 1972
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One of the benefits of being a realtor in Los Angeles is having the opportunity to visit some of Southern California's most iconic real estate. Such was the case yesterday when Donna and I visited...
Lido Sands in Newport Beach
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Lido Sands is a Newport Beach gated community designed by architects A. Quincy Jones in the late 1950s for developers Irving Jordan and Nels Severin.
Camarillo, California
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Oxford Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone
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Oxford Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). The zone is located in central Los Angeles, about five miles west of downtown. The HPOZ is compose of one and two-and-a-half story single...
San Diego County Architecture
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Beautiful Santa Barbara
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Promoted as the American Riviera, Santa Barbara is a popular resort and tourist destination lying between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Melinda Gray Architecture
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GRAYmatter architecture is a design oriented architecture firm in Santa Monica with Linda Gray as Principal. Linda\ completed her Master of Architecture at UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and...
Hollywood Hills
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Cypress Grove
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Oxnard, California
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Wilton Place National Register Historic District
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Canoga Park
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Canoga Park is a bedroom community in the San Fernando Valley bordered by Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, West Hills and Winnetka. The neighborhood is ethnically diverse, with a 51% Latino, 31%...
Gramercy Place-St. Andrews Place Residential...
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Markham Place Historic District
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All About the Presidents
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Wilshire Vista West Historic District
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The Wilshire Vista West Historic District, composed entirely of multi-family residences, is located in the Mid-City neighborhood of central Los Angeles, approximately ten miles west of downtown Los...
Marguerita Lane Historic District
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The Marguerita Lane Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Marguerita Lane is a narrow private street in the southern part of the Pasadena off South Marengo...
Lom Park Homes, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1959
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Quebec Canada
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Sunset Square HPOZ
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Bounded by Hollywood Blvd to the north, Vista Street to the east, Sunset Blvd to the south and Fairfax to the west, the Sunset Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) contains 348 parcels. ...
Westridge Park & Estates
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Beginning in 1957, George J. Heltzer began promoting Westridge Park & Estates as an affordable, upscale neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. The development, built between 1057 and 1959,...
Remembering Tom LaBonge
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Tom LaBonge was our beloved city councilman representing Los Angeles'4th district. He was one of the most personable and approachable person you will ever meet. We had the pleasure of knowing him...
David C. Coleman Architect
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City of San Luis Obispo Historic Resources
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The designation of historic resources in City of San Luis Obispo is the responsibility of the city's Cultural Heritage Committee (CHC), a group with seven members appointed by the City Council. The...
The Beauty of Waterfalls
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Ventura County
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Ventura County is located in the southern part of the California immediately north of Los Angeles County. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County...
Palm Gardens, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1955
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Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Palm Gardens subdivision in 1955 for Nestor Home Builders and Queensbury Homes. The homes were built by Skyline Homes. Located in Granada...
Cheviot Hills
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City of Santa Barbara Historic Monuments
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The City of Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks consist of buildings and sites designated by the City of Santa Barbara, California, as historic landmarks. The city also maintains a list of Structures of...
Romania
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Laguna Beach, California
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The Caribbean Sea Countries
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The Caribbean Sea is located in the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser...
San Luis Obispo
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Sint Marteen/Saint Martin
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Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the It encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas...
Wyoming, the Equality State
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Wyoming's nickname, the Equality State, stems from the state's early advancement of women's rights, some of which were established before its statehood. Wyoming was the first state to allow women to...
Alaska
14
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Pennsylvania, the Keystone State
80
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Minnesota, Land of 10,0000 Lakes
17
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South Carolina, The Palmetto State
23
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Washington, The Evergreen State
34
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Louisiana, the Pelican State
43
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Georgia, the Peach State
27
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
6
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Granada Estates, Edward H. Fickett 1953
36
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Architect Edward H. Fickett designed the Modernist style homes as part of the Granada Estates subdivision in 1953. Located in Granada Hills, California.
Doheny Estates
32
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Martinique
16
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Martinique is an island of the French Republic and part of the French (Antilles) West Indies, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Little Ethiopia
71
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Little Ethiopia is located in the Mid-Wilshire District of Central Los Angeles. It is known for its collection of Ethiopian (Ethiopian American) and Eritrean (Eritrean American) restaurants, coffee...
Park Mesa Heights
7
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Japan
43
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Brookside
40
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Turkey
10
photos
Denmark
20
photos
Egypt
71
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Taiwan
9
photos
The Bird Streets
212
photos
Tierra Del Cerro, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1961
35
photos
Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed these Modernist style homes as part of Tierra Del Cerro, a planned community in San Diego, California developed by the Drogin Construction Company in...
Nova Scotia
25
photos
Nova Scotia is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Alabama, the Yellowhammer State
18
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New Brunswick, Canada
20
photos
Carthay, Los Angeles
74
photos
Carthay is a half-square-mile neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It contains Carthay Circle, Carthay Square and South Carthay. There are three Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay...
Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California
12
photos
Claremont Canyon Estates, William Krisel & Dan...
16
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Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Modernist style Claremont Canyon Estates subdivision for the Drogin Construction Company in 1961. Located in San Diego, California.
Mark Mack Architecture
35
photos
Scott Quintin Architect
9
photos
Point Loma Estates, William Krisel & Dan Palmer...
32
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San Luis Rey Estates, A. Quincy Jones & Frederick...
26
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In 1963, architects Frederick Emmons and A. Quincy Jones designed a subdivision of Modernist style homes in the San Luis Rey neighborhood of Oceanside, California for the Estates Oceanside Housing...
Oregon, The Beaver State
114
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Manitoba, Canada
9
photos
China
40
photos
Iceland
4
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Montana
25
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U.S. Virgin Islands
5
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Ohio, The Buckeye State
63
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Nevada, The Silver State
18
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Michigan: The Wolverine State
70
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Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. It is bordered by Wisconsin to the southwest, the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and northeast, and the...
New Hampshire, The Granite State
34
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Colorado, the Centennial State
54
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Kansas, the Sunflower State
8
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Missouri: The Show-Me State
31
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Mississippi, the Magnolia State
25
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North Carolina, the Tar Heel State
68
photos
Tennessee: The Volunteer State
44
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Tennessee is the 36th-largest state in the United States by area and the 15th-most populous. It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia,...
Virginia, the Old Dominion State
93
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Arizona, the Grand Canyon State
82
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Massachusetts, the Bay State
49
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Florida, the Sunshine State
80
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With a population of over 21 million, Florida is the third most populous state in the United States. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban...
Indiana, the Hoosier State
15
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Madison Heights
103
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Maine: The Pine Tree State
20
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Maryland: The Old Line State
54
photos
University City, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1962
23
photos
Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Modernist style University City housing tract in the early 60s. Located in San Diego, California. U.C. Inc., the Federal Housing Authority and...
Delaware: The First State
5
photos
J. Frank Fitzgibbons Architecture
7
photos
J. Frank Fitzgibbons AIA received his architectural degree from the University of Michigan, and in his early years he worked for Marcel Breuer, Rimaldo Giurgola, and Richard Meier. Fitzgibbons began...
Kentucky, the Bluegrass State
21
photos
Beverly Grove
5
photos
Michael W. Folonis Architecture
2
photos
Slovenia
4
photos
Iowa, the Hawkeye State
6
photos
Robert Hall Orr, Architect 1873-1964
9
photos
Richard Orme Spencer (1915-2000)
8
photos
Marlborough Palms, William Krisel & Dan Palmer...
15
photos
Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Modernist style Marlborough Palms subdivision located in Granada Hills, California. The tract was developed by Marlborough Homes for the Penrod...
Jack Chernoff Architect
15
photos
Saint Croix
8
photos
Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. St. Croix is the...
El Centro-Indiana-Palm Historic District
8
photos
Lake Arrowhead
17
photos
Cabrillo Village, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1957
9
photos
Architects Dan Palmer and William Krisel designed Cabrillo Village, a Modernist style subdivision in San Diego in 1957.
Herman C. Light Architecture
10
photos
Pacifica Estates, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1963
31
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Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed these Modernist style house in 1963 as part of the Pacifica subdivision developed by Drogin Construction Company. Located in San Diego, California.
Sierra Madre Historic Landmarks
64
photos
Leimert Park
34
photos
Leimert Park is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles developed in the 1920s as a mainly residential community. It features tree-lined streets and manicured lawns. The core of Leimert Park is...
La Jolla Crest, William Krisel & Dan Palmer 1962
2
photos
Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed many Modernist style homes in the La Jolla Crest subdivision developed by the Dragon Construction Company in 1962. I hope to get more photos from...
Armstrong Park Estates, William Krisel & Dan...
35
photos
North Hills
30
photos
North Hills, known previously as Sepulveda, is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. North Hills was originally part of an agricultural community known as...
Charles E. Shattuck Architecture
8
photos
Illinois, the Prairie State
50
photos
Doug Rucker Architecture
7
photos
Howard R. Lane Architecture
13
photos
Trains, Planes & Automobiles
102
photos
Don Uhl Architecture
16
photos
Oceanside, California
37
photos
Aloysius F. Mantz Architect
12
photos
Waldo Adams Kirkpatrick Architecture
4
photos
Carthay Circle
72
photos
South Dakota, the Mount Rushmore State
13
photos
South Dakota is a state in the North Central region of the United States and part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a...
Vermont, The Green Mountain State
32
photos
New York, the Empire State
132
photos
Washington, D.C.
55
photos
Wisconsin
4
photos
Maurice H. Fleishman Architecture
8
photos
A practicing architect with an office in Beverly Hills, California until his "unofficial" retirement in 2002, Maury Fleishman was best known for his "mid century" modern style of...
U.S. National Parks
141
photos
Irwindale, California
3
photos
Carleton Lyle Burgess, Celebrity Builder 1900-1994
9
photos
Carleton Lyle Burgess was born in Ripon, Wisconsin on October 9, 1900. He attended Amherst and Standard University and served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. He was a prominent...
Stockton, California
54
photos
Puerto Rico
11
photos
Frank Rasche Architecture
7
photos
Hawaii the Aloha State
52
photos
Whipple Russell Architects
2
photos
Columbia
10
photos
Alberta, Canada
7
photos
Glendora, California
102
photos
Preston S. Wright Architects
14
photos
El Monte, California
15
photos
Ontario, Canada
18
photos
Newton and Murray, Architects
11
photos
Robert Dennis Murray, Henry Carlton Newton
College Glen Estates, William Krisel & Dan Palmer...
28
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Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Modernist style College Glen Estates subdivision for the Drogin Construction Company in 1960. Located in San Diego, California.
Kenneth B. Worthen Architecture
10
photos
Paul Burkhard Architecture
9
photos
Norway
53
photos
George Frank Ligar Architecture
5
photos
Sweden, Det avlånga landet
29
photos
Edward P. Denzel, Beverly Hills Mayor & Developer...
6
photos
Edward Paul Denzel was a contractor and subdivider in Southern California for many years and one of the early developers of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. He served as Mayor of Beverly Hills from...
Light Houses
9
photos
Covered Bridges
24
photos
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden...
Kevin Daly Architects
14
photos
Kevin Daly Architects is an architectural practice based in Los Angeles and New York City. With a focus on craft, construction systems, and material research, our work interweaves innovation in...
Azusa, California
13
photos
Montecito Heights
7
photos
Bakersfield, California
10
photos
Port Hueneme
18
photos
Fullerton, California
41
photos
Robert Earl Architecture
22
photos
West Virginia, the Mountain State
29
photos
Howard Frank Architecture
2
photos
La Mirada, California
59
photos
Arkansas, The Natural State
14
photos
Belgium
36
photos
British Columbia
20
photos
Glendora Historic Landmarks
44
photos
Seal Beach, California
19
photos
Agua Dulce, CA
22
photos
Watts, California
89
photos
Dingbat
9
photos
Frederick Monhoff, American Architect, Artist &...
9
photos
Architect Frederick Monhoff was born in New York City to Emil Monhoff (1865-1922) and Maria Therese Kremer Monhoff (1864-1951). As a boy, Monhoff moved to Los Angeles with his family. He served in...
Yehuda Lavee Architecture
3
photos
Westchester, California
24
photos
Boyd Georgi Architecture
32
photos
Wales
21
photos
Lomita & Harbor City, California
44
photos,
1
video
Douglas W. Rucker, Architect
7
photos
Ivan Wells & Sons, Los Angeles Westside...
18
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Glenn Charles McAlister Architecture
12
photos
Glenn McAlister was born, 2 Nov 1873, to James T. & Ruth E. (Lovitt) McAlister.The McAlister family is of Scotch-Irish & immigrated to America in the Colonial days. Glenn was educated in...
Playa del Rey
45
photos
Santa Clarita Valley
32
photos
California Ranch Style
343
photos
The San Fernando Valley
5326
photos,
1
video
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, defined by the mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it. Home to 1.77...
Caves & Caverns
39
photos
Lebanon
5
photos
Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall (DMJM)
17
photos
Frank Lloyd Wright
34
photos
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Koreatown
27
photos
Monterey Park, California
17
photos
Croatia
14
photos
Victoria Park
16
photos
Malibu, California
143
photos
Hong Kong
28
photos
San Gabriel, California
26
photos
North University Park Historic District
14
photos
Lancaster, California
6
photos
Antelope Valley
21
photos
Rancho Mirage
32
photos
Robson Chambers Architect
6
photos
Louis Selden Architect
11
photos
Harvard Heights Historic District
4
photos
Gus Duffy Architecture
3
photos
The 90s turn 30
460
photos
South Serrano Avenue Historic District
6
photos
Palm Desert, California
32
photos
Parks & Recreation
234
photos,
1
video
James F Dickason Architecture
25
photos
Raymond J. Kieffer Architecture
14
photos
Covina, California
45
photos
Franklin Hills
8
photos
Stadiums, Arenas & Other Sports Venues
54
photos,
1
video
Sherwood Forest Subdivision, Whitney R. Smith &...
53
photos
David Freedman Architecture
34
photos
Frank A. Dubsky Architecture
18
photos
Jack & Bernie Meiselman: Palm Springs Builders
4
photos
Norwalk, California
2
photos
Century City
16
photos
Marina del Rey, California
61
photos
Palm Springs Modernism Week 2020
504
photos
Lakewood, California
26
photos
Anaheim, California
39
photos
Joy to the World: The Christmas Story
89
photos
Christmas is one of our favorite holidays of the year celebrated around the world primarily on December 23rd. Join with us in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
Winnetka, California
25
photos
McShane Murnane, Project M Plus Architecture
32
photos
McShane Murnane is the Director of Architecture at Project M Plus Architecture since 2008, a multi-disciplinary studio holistically creating both two- and three-dimensional environments. The unique...
Scotland
32
photos
Max C. Drebin Architect
13
photos
Max Charles Drebin 1899-1984 was a prominent architect in the Southern California area. He was born in Michigan in April 1899 where his parents. Harry Drebin and Bertha Leiken emigrated to from...
Visiting the Yucatan Peninsula, November 12-18,...
371
photos,
2
videos
Won't You Be My Valentine?
5
photos
Iran
2
photos
Herbert Gordon Riesenberg Architecture
4
photos
Redondo Beach
16
photos
Linda Vista Estates, William Krisel & Dan Palmer...
35
photos
Architects William Krisel and Dan Palmer designed the Modernist style home as part of the Linda Vista Estates subdivision for Drogin Construction Company in 1962. Located in San Diego, California.
Naples, California
13
photos
Manhattan Beach
58
photos
Ladera Heights
7
photos
Ladera Heights is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County lying between Culver City to its west, Baldwin Hills to its north and Westchester to its south and southwest. In the 1960s and...
San Bernardino County
40
photos
West Covina, California
74
photos
La Puente, California
10
photos
William Mellenthin, Los Angeles Builder
36
photos
Alhambra, California
30
photos
History of Flight
32
photos
A Day with Sheila, Sharon & Donna in Hollywood
30
photos
The past week or so, Donna and I had the pleasure of hosting a "long lost" cousin, Sheila Bray Pratt, who came to visit us in Los Angeles along with Donna's sister Sharon Perry from...
Rea & Garstang Architects
2
photos
Alfred W. Rea and Charles E. Garstang established an architectural firm in Joplin, Missouri in 1901. The firm later relocated to Los Angeles sometime n the 1920s.
Fairmeadow
91
photos
Hit the Road, Jack!
74
photos
My Dad, John A. Locke, was an auto enthusiast; growing up in Glendale, California our driveway, garage and many of the neighbors garages were places dad kept his beloved collection of automobiles. ...
Garden Grove, California
43
photos
Finland/Suomi
7
photos
San Diego, California
34
photos
Croatia
14
photos
Court Houses
27
photos
State Capitols
56
photos
Ted Criley Jr. AIA
6
photos
Buena Park, California
45
photos
La Verne, California
12
photos
Downey, California
74
photos
Mexico
515
photos,
3
videos
New England
67
photos
Poland
3
photos
Ship Ahoy!
68
photos
My salute to the US Navy and other nautical subjects. Enjoy!
Palos Verdes Peninsula
181
photos
E. Stewart Williams
45
photos
Emerson Stewart Williams, FAIA (November 15, 1909 – September 10, 2005) was a prolific Palm Springs, California-based architect whose distinctive modernist buildings, in the Mid-century modern...
La Crescenta Highlands, Carl Maston 1953
27
photos
Architect Carl Maston designed the Modernist style La Crescenta Highlands subdivision in 1953 with Polkinghorn Construction Company as developer and Edgardo Contini as engineer. The development...
Alfred T. Wilkes Architect
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photos
Reseda, California
53
photos
Czech Republic
14
photos
Granada Hills
64
photos
Cliff May Architecture
59
photos
Harold J. Bissner, Architect (1901-1988)
67
photos
I didn't know Harold Bissner personally but I heard my dad speaking of him often. As Chief Engineer of Van de Kamps Holland-Dutch Bakeries for more than 30 years, my dad, John A. Locke, was well...
F. Pierpont & Walter Davis, Architects (1884-1973)
36
photos
Francis Pierpont Davis (1884-1953) and Walter Swindell Davis (1887-1973) were the sons of a prominent Baltimore architect, Frank E. Davis. Together, they are remembered as the creators of the Los...
Palm Springs
1255
photos
Gerard R. Colcord (1900-1984)
41
photos
Known as "Hollywood's society architect", Gerard R. Colcord was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 1, 1900. He designed over 300 residences and 100 residential remodels in California,...
2019 Palm Springs Modernism Week, February 14-24
435
photos
For the second year in a row, my wife Donna and I attended Palm Springs Modernism Week held February 14-24th. I was able to capture over 500 photos of the area's mid-century architecture, working as...
Laurel Canyon
4
photos
Thousand Oaks, California
118
photos
Africa
16
photos
Bulgaria
4
photos
Pierre Koenig, Architect
157
photos
Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He taught at the USC School of...
Anshen & Allen Architects
81
photos
Jordan
6
photos
Reginald Johnson (1882-1952)
95
photos
Reginald Davis Johnson (1882 - 1952) was an architect.based in Pasadena, California. His early work focused on revival styles but his later work was influenced by his progressive ideas on housing...
Orange County Modern
798
photos
Koerner & Gage Architects
62
photos
Architect William G. Gage in partnership with Harry G. Koerner designed a number of homes for the Durex Company during the period just preceding the stock market crash that ushered in the Great...
Craftsman Style
1099
photos
For the past couple of weeks I have been concentrating on photographing Craftsman style houses for an upcoming article I have been asked to write for the "Los Feliz Observer". The article...
Central America
25
photos
Watts-Compton-Huntington Park
65
photos
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Foremost Park Homes, Krisel & Palmer 1955-56
7
photos
Sherman Oaks
318
photos
Sherman Oaks is a suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. It is known for a pair of upscale shopping malls including the Sherman Oaks Galleria and for an excellent offering of...
Edward H. Fickett Architect 1916-1999
309
photos
Edward Hale Fickett, FAIA, (1916-1999) was one of the most prolific architects of all time designing more than 60,000 homes in the California Modernist style. He served as an...
Claude Oakland & Associates
149
photos
Parkwood La Mirada, Palmer & Krisel 1954-55
43
photos
Marshall Lewis Architecture
58
photos
Marshall Lewis’ career as an architect is paralleled by a career as a painter. consequently, his designs tend to take an artistic approach rather than a purely technical one. this is very evident...
C.S. Albright, Los Angeles Architect
6
photos
Although I haven't been able to find anything about him, the name C.S. Albright pops up from time to time on building permits in Los Angeles. It seems to be high time we gave him his due. If you...
Charles Elywn DuBois, Architect
213
photos
Charles Elwyn DuBois 1903–1996 Birth 9 APR 1903 • Rochester, New York, USA When Charles Elwyn DuBois was born on April 9, 1903, his father, Elwyn, was 25 and his mother, Gertrude, was 25. He...
From Sea to Shining Sea: America the Beautiful
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San Gabriel Valley Architecture
4085
photos
Pacific Palisades
660
photos
The Netherlands
41
photos
Portugal
14
photos
India
3
photos
New Zealand
2
photos
Utah, the Beehive State
27
photos
France
218
photos
Studio City
163
photos
Fairhaven
62
photos
Balboa Highlands HPOZ est. 2010
48
photos
The Balboa Highlands is the first post-World War II neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley to achieve historic preservation status. Designated by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in...
Rome and Umbria, Spring 1998
55
photos
In April 1998 I went on a Roman holiday with a group of friends. Our days we were lodged at the fabulous Hotel Excelsior on the beautiful Via Vittorio Veneto beginning on Saturday, April 4, 1998. ...
Harold Levitt (1921-2003)
71
photos
Architect Harold Warren Levitt was born in San Francisco, California on July 26, 1921. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Arts from Stanford University and an architecture degree from the...
My Trip to Greece in the Summer of 1972
42
photos
I made a pilgrimage to Greece in the Summer of 1972 to attend the International Olympic Academy held in the ancient city of Olympia. It was the year of the XX Olympiad being held simultaneously in...
Scandinavia
93
photos
Holmby Hills Architecture
163
photos
Richard Meier Architecture
10
photos
Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934) is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984,...
Fairhills
59
photos
Bel Air Architecture
841
photos
Bel Air] is a tony neighborhood in the Westside area of Los Angeles located in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. The lightly populated residential district, with an older, well-educated...
Tarzana
131
photos
Canada
119
photos
Austria
95
photos
Woodland Hills
263
photos
Encino, California
285
photos
Italy
388
photos
Ireland
149
photos
James Leo Herlihy: Silver Lake’s “Spiritual...
5
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“My spiritual Son” is how Anaïs Nin referred to James Leo Herlihy, whom she met in 1947 at Black Mountain College in South Carolina, where he was a student twenty-four years her junior and she...
Baldwin Hills, View Park & Windsor Hills...
127
photos
Mar Vista Tract, Ain, Johnson & Day
56
photos
The Mar Vista Housing Tract was designed by architect Gregory Ain in collaboration with Joseph Johnson, Alfred Day, and landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, the modern housing project consisted of 52...
Germany
238
photos
Becker House, Gregory Ain, Architect 1938-40;...
16
photos
As part of my research for the book, "Silver Lake Bohemia: A History" I spent a day at the University of California at Santa Barbara pouring over the Gregory Ain archives. The black and...
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