Even if you’re not an architecture buff you’ll recognize many of the houses and buildings designed by iconic trailblazing architect Paul Revere Williams. Hell, you’ll have possibly been inside many of his buildings. Williams also broke racial barriers, becoming the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), as well as a civic leader….
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Iconic LA: John Lautner at 106
It would have been legendary architect John Lautner’s 106th birthday today, July 16! So I thought there was no better excuse to take a look at several of Lautner’s iconic Los Angeles area houses. Both Los Angeles and Lautner shared the same creatively rebellious soul. Lautner was a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright and true…
Iconic LA: Charles Eames and All Things Modernism
“Anything I can do, Ray can do better.” — Charles Eames Today we celebrate what would have been the 110th birthday of legendary designer Charles Eames. Most of us know him as 1/2 of Charles and Ray Eames, his wife, and famous for the iconic Eames chair. But many of us don’t know that not only did…
Iconic LA: Six by Rudolph Schindler
First we looked at Richard Neutra, and now we’re taking a closer look at his friend and sometimes rival, Rudolph Schindler! Los Angeles is the birthplace of American modernism, so we’ll be covering our master architects well into the year. Rudolph Schindler was born in 1887 in Vienna and later moved to LA where, as…
Iconic LA: 10 by Richard Neutra
“Only those, who have lived in a Neutra House, would ever understand how wonderful the daily satisfactions and delights are and how much this experience helps to augment the joy of living.” This year alone three homes in Los Angeles designed by legendary architect Richard Neutra have hit the market and one became a National…
Iconic LA: All 8 of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles Houses
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright is often called America’s finest architect. There’s a reason he’s not known as “Los Angeles’s best architect” as one might call some of our mid-century masters like John Lautner, or Rudolph Schindler, Paul Williams, or…