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Architect Richard Neutra designed the International Style Ninneman House in 1959; it was the second house he designed in the Padua Hills community of Claremont ,California, the first being the Hansch House in 1955. Neutra would have a strong influence on many of the other homes built in the community. A drive around the neighborhood reveals a significant number of homes that emulate the modernist architect's style.
As good fortune would have it, Argentine-born architect and Padua Hills resident Domingo Paglia, who worked in the Neutra office in the 1960's as one of Neutra's "collaborators" (a euphemism for Neutra's apprentices who received the honorary title in lieu of hard cash) was able to purchase the house when it went on the market in 1999. I had the pleasure of meeting the congenial architect at his home yesterday, who gave me a tour of the house.
"We bought it sight unseen", the 85-year old architect said." Paglia showed me drawings and photos of other houses he designed in Southern California and elsewhere. I went home and immediately looked up his name in the many architectural guidebooks and resources at my disposal and was quite surprised and disappointed to not find anything. I hope to be in touch with him again in the near future and learn more about his life and work.
The Ninneman House is located at 4218 Via Padova in the Padua Hills community of Claremont, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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Architects Donald Hensman and Conrad Buff III designed the Modernist style house for Dr. Daniel Carlos Vandermuelen and his wife Dr. Alice J. Vandermuelen in 1965. Daniel Carlson Vandermeulen, emeritus professor of economics at the Claremont Graduate School, grew up in Buffalo, NY, where he was born on December 18. 1914. H attended Hamilton College in New York in 1932, excelling academically, earning the Chauncey S. Truax Greek Scholarship as well as the Hawley Latin Prize. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he was graduated with honors in 1936. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1947, studying with some of the most distinguished economists of his time including Joseph Schumpeter, and one of his fellow students was the future Nobel laureate Paul A. Samuelson.
He met his future wife Alice M. John, a fellow graduate student in economics; the couple were married on September 3, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Alice Vandermuelen served as Assistant to the Dean at Claremont Men's College. In addition to a number of scholarly articles and book reviews, Professor Vandermeulen was the coauthor, with his wife, of National Income: Analysis by Sector Accounts (1956) and author of Linear Economic Theory (1971). Daniel C. Vandermeulen died on May 9, 2010, in his 95th year. Predeceased by his wife in 1983, he was survived by a son, David J. Vandermeulen, and two grandchildren, Laura D. and John B. Vandermeulen.
The Vandermeulen House is located at 696 West 10th Street in Claremont, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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Architects Donald Hensman and Conrad Buff III designed the Modernist style house for Dr. Daniel Carlos Vandermuelen and his wife Dr. Alice J. Vandermuelen in 1965. Daniel Carlson Vandermeulen, emeritus professor of economics at the Claremont Graduate School, grew up in Buffalo, NY, where he was born on December 18. 1914. H attended Hamilton College in New York in 1932, excelling academically, earning the Chauncey S. Truax Greek Scholarship as well as the Hawley Latin Prize. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he was graduated with honors in 1936. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1947, studying with some of the most distinguished economists of his time including Joseph Schumpeter, and one of his fellow students was the future Nobel laureate Paul A. Samuelson.
He met his future wife Alice M. John, a fellow graduate student in economics; the couple were married on September 3, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Alice Vandermuelen served as Assistant to the Dean at Claremont Men's College. In addition to a number of scholarly articles and book reviews, Professor Vandermeulen was the coauthor, with his wife, of National Income: Analysis by Sector Accounts (1956) and author of Linear Economic Theory (1971). Daniel C. Vandermeulen died on May 9, 2010, in his 95th year. Predeceased by his wife in 1983, he was survived by a son, David J. Vandermeulen, and two grandchildren, Laura D. and John B. Vandermeulen.
The Vandermeulen House is located at 696 West 10th Street in Claremont, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
Tags: Claremont Men’s College Claremont Graduate School Daniel C. Vandermeulen Alice Vandermeulen Claremont Colleges Claremont Buff & Hensman Michael Locke Michael Locke, Photographer Michael Locke, Realtor Conrad Buff III Conrad Buff Don Hensman Treasures of Los Angeles Architecture
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Architects Donald Hensman and Conrad Buff III designed the Modernist style house for Dr. Daniel Carlos Vandermuelen and his wife Dr. Alice J. Vandermuelen in 1965. Daniel Carlson Vandermeulen, emeritus professor of economics at the Claremont Graduate School, grew up in Buffalo, NY, where he was born on December 18. 1914. H attended Hamilton College in New York in 1932, excelling academically, earning the Chauncey S. Truax Greek Scholarship as well as the Hawley Latin Prize. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he was graduated with honors in 1936. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1947, studying with some of the most distinguished economists of his time including Joseph Schumpeter, and one of his fellow students was the future Nobel laureate Paul A. Samuelson.
He met his future wife Alice M. John, a fellow graduate student in economics; the couple were married on September 3, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alice Vandermuelen served as Assistant to the Dean at Claremont Men's College. In addition to a number of scholarly articles and book reviews, Professor Vandermeulen was the coauthor, with his wife, of National Income: Analysis by Sector Accounts (1956) and author of Linear Economic Theory (1971). Daniel C. Vandermeulen died on May 9, 2010, in his 95th year. Predeceased by his wife in 1983, he was survived by a son, David J. Vandermeulen, and two grandchildren, Laura D. and John B. Vandermeulen.
The Vandermeulen House is located at 696 West 10th Street in Claremont, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
Tags: Claremont Men’s College Claremont Graduate School Daniel C. Vandermeulen Alice Vandermeulen Claremont Colleges Claremont Buff & Hensman Michael Locke Michael Locke, Photographer Michael Locke, Realtor Conrad Buff III Conrad Buff Don Hensman Treasures of Los Angeles Architecture
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