The second day of the Dwell On Design Home Tour focused on the “Eastside“, which this year consisted of Silver Lake, Larchmont, Hollywood and Atwater Village. And unlike the first day’s tour, this one had much more varied terrain, from the shadows of Chavez Ravine to the top of the Hollywood Hills.
We met up at [...]
This past weekend, the Dwell on Design convention was in town, and consequently I was able to enjoy two of their home tours. Once again, my feelings could be summed up in a word: wow. This event is a fantastic way to discover the endless ways that architects and designers have created living spaces suited [...]
It took me 18 years, but last weekend I finally visited the Getty Villa. Now I wonder why it took me so long! It’s probably because I don’t seek out collections of antiquities. But I must admit that I enjoy them every time I see them.
I didn’t realize that the Getty Villa was designed in [...]
Charles Fletcher Lummis was quite a character. Wikipedia gives you a good idea of just how much in their first paragraph:
Lummis lost his mother at age 2 and was homeschooled by his father, who was a schoolmaster. Lummis enrolled in Harvard and was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, but dropped out during his senior [...]
50 is a magic number when it comes to historic preservation. It is the widely-accepted age at which a building can be considered historic. The Los Angeles Conservancy is celebrating the decade that turns 50 this year through its The Sixties Turn Fifty series of programs. At first it was tough to accept that these [...]
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The MAK Center in Los Angeles consists of more than just Rudolf Schindler’s Kings Road House. It also encompasses his Mackey Apartments (1939) and Fitzpatrick-Leland House (1936). I’ve wanted to see them both, but tours are usually only offered on the first Friday of each month.
However, the Mackey Apartments are home to the center’s Artists [...]
