The (R.M.) Schindler List: los angeles 1930s

1930

1930: Contemporary Creative Architecture Exhibition

(R.M. Schindler Collection, Architecture and Design Collections, University of California-Santa Barnara; via Southern California Architectural History)

(R.M. Schindler Collection...)

1930: House remodel for Gisela Bennati (Los Angeles, California; extant; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200)

Project not fully carried out (Gebhard 1972 p200)

1930: Residence for Robert F. Elliot (4237 Newdale Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant and restored)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix) [Gebhard 1993c shows 1930; 1939]

Emphasis on internal space and views (Steele 2005 p37)

"The building is conceived as a closed, hard, artificial object, but nature was intended to completely surround it and almost cover it." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

"The house is very sloppily detailed. There is a casual putting together of materials that last with other that rust, such as in the case of the corrugated steel roof over the bedrooms. There is a lack of concern with the effects of climate on the building. Windows were provided without adequate sealing, roofs without flashing, etc. There is an assumption on Schindler's part that temporary buildings require a high degree of maintenance that the owners have to provide over time." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

“...three of his most important houses: the Elliot house (1930), the Von Koerber house (1931) and the Oliver house (1933).” (Gebhard 1972 p117)

“The Elliot house is one of Schindler’s most successful combinations of form and function.” (Gebhard 1972 p121)

published in Creative Art (1932) Kokusai Kenchiku (1932) Architectural Forum (1934) California Arts and Architecture (1935)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p120)

(Gebhard 1993a)

photo by J.T. Beals (from Gebhard 1972 p123)

(via Gebhard and others 1997 p112)

photo by Julius Schulman 1986 Getty Research Institute

photo by J.T. Beals (from Gebhard 1972 p124)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

photo by J.T. Beals (from Gebhard 1972 p122)

via Scheine (1998 p107)

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2014

1930: Project (commercial building interior) for Miss Viroque Baker and Ernest Pratt

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix) and Smith and Darling (2001 p227)

1930: Project (market) for J.M. Cohan (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

c1930: Project (residence) for Foley (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993a)

(Gebhard 1993a)

c.1930: Project for Nobby Knit Store (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

1930: Project (desert house) for Kopenlanoff (Palm Springs, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

1930: Project (?) for Michio Ito Studio

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

1930: Project (?) for Paul Sloan

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

1930: Project (?) for Warnow

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

1930: Project (hotel and subdivision) for George L. Wing (with AGIC)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

1930: Project for an auditorium and civic center (with AGIC, competition; Richmond, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200)

1930: Project (interior scheme and project management) for a Christmas festival

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1930: Project for exposition buildings and park (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1930: Project for a subdivision (with AGIC; Palm Springs, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200)

1930: Project (?) for a theatre

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix) [same as auditorium project?]

1930-1: Project (store) for Elmer A. George and S. Freeman (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931

Frank Lloyd Wright to Lloyd Wright in a letter dated June 19, 1931, refers to Schindler as "the pus-bag at Los Angeles" and Schindler and Neutra as "that lying duet at Kings Road" (de Michelis 2005 p6)

Wright to Schindler in a letter dated June 19, 2005: "I’ll be honest with you. Get this: Where I am my office is. My office is me. Frank Lloyd Wright has no other office, never had one, and never will have one. You know it damned well. He has never had a “foreman” in his work. A superintendent only rarely on any job. What “office” then were you in charge of? You were, officially, superintendent of the Barnsdall houses, and a poor excuse for one, playing both ends against the middle all the time. You were “officially” nothing else. I left you behind me to finish up certain things I had begun. If you don’t know I would no more dream of building any of your imitations of me than I would those of any one of the forty or more workmen who sought work with me, you are not only yellow but feebleminded.... I want no more communication with you. Anything from you will go back unopened....” (de Michelis 2005 p6)

Schindler considered moving to Russia and inquired about getting a position as an architect (de Michelis 2005 p8)

Gaika Scheyer at the Kings Road House c.1931 (via Southern California Architectural History)

1931: Apartment house for Mrs. Cherry (3910 South Walton Street, Los Angeles, California; appears to be either destroyed or seriously remodeled)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: House remodel for Rudolph Marx (1557 North Courtney Avenue, Los Angeles, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

via Google Streeview, accessed on December 20, 2015

1931: Two-car garage for G. Stojano (8501 (?) Dahlia Street, Los Angeles, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

1931: Project to remodel Cafe Montmartre

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: Project (retail commercial) for Monte Hicks (Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: Project (studio) for William Hiller (Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: Project (an apartment) for the Hollywood Riviera Building Association (Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: Project (residence) for W.E. Oliver (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200)

"Schindler designed a house project for the Olivers in 1931 on a different site, but for a variety of reasons it was never executed; securing a bank loan for the construction of a 'modern house' was one of the reasons." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p126)

1931: Project for the Embassy Restaurant and Arcade (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx) [Gebhard 1993c shows 1931-2]

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931: Project (?) for McLaughlin Corporation

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

1931: Project (?) for Paris-Rome Cafe

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

1931: Project (?) for Twentieth Century Book Shop

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

1931: Project for highway bungalow hotels (with AGIC)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1931-2: Residence for Hans N. Van Koerber (408 Monte d-Oro, Torrance, California; extant)

[note that Gebhard uses "Von" instead of the "Van" used by Steele 2005]

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xix) [Gebhard 1972 shows the house as 1931]

“...three of his most important houses: the Elliot house (1930), the Von Koerber house (1931) and the Oliver house (1933).” (Gebhard 1972 p117)

“...Schindler’s most openly satirical comment on the Hispanic Revival.” (Gebhard 1972 p131

Geometry of the house is de Stijl but with roofing tile spilling everywhere, including the fireplace (Gebhard 1972 p131)

perspective view (via Scheine 1998 p108)

floorplan (via Scheine 1998 p109)

via Scheine (1998 p109)

photo by Marvin Rand (from Gebhard 1972 p130)

photo by Marvin Rand (from Gebhard 1972 p131)

via (Scheine 1998 p109)

View from the side street (Architectural Drawing Collection, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara)

Image via Google Street View, March 11, 2015, accessed by author

1932

Frank Lloyd Wright: “Rudy Schindler was too smooth a party ever to learn how to be serious, which is the reason why I liked him.” (Gebhard 1972 p37)

Worked with Kem Weber and J.R. Davidson in several exhibitions on modern and Moderne architecture, the most famous in 1932 at UCLA, which included Wright, Neutra, Weber, Davidson, and Schindler (Gebhard 1972 p114)

Cooperated with Neutra in 1932 in an evening course at UCLA on Modern architecture. (Gebhard 1972 p114)

Wrote “Reference Frames in Space” in 1932 (but not published until 1946) (Gebhard 1972 p117)

Schindler to Philip Johnson in a letter dated March 9, 1932: “I am not a stylist, not a functionalist, nor any other sloganist. Each of my buildings deals with a different architectural problem, the existence of which has been entirely forgotten in this period of rational mechanization.”

1932: House No. 2 for Park Moderne (Blackbird Way, Woodland Hills, California; _____)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200)

published in Lingenbrink (1930)

LA Curbed article

LA Times article

LA Times article

flickr photo and small writeup

Schindler unit in upper left

purported to be Schindler-designed, but I'm not so sure about that... The Calabasas Historical Society makes this attribution (as well as others) that are incorrect (see below).

1932: Art-Music Building Remodeling for the Los Angeles Co-Operative Exchange (233 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California; [the address doesn't appear to exist]_____)

Smith and Darling (2001 p227)

1932: Project for an automobile store for Brown, Smith, and Moore (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx) and Smith and Darling (2001 p228; they restrict project toa storefront)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1932: Project (exhibition room) for Contemporary Architecture (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1932: Project (hotel building for Donnell's Desert Hotel (Twenty Nine Palms, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx))

(Gebhard 1993a)

c.1932: Project (residence) for F. Hanna (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200)

c.1932: Remodel for Henry's Restaurant

As noted in Gebhard (1993)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1932: Project (?) for Horton and Converse Drug Store

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

from Gebhard 1993a

1932: Project (residential) for Miss H. Lierd and Miss Ethel Todd (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

1932: Project (show windows) for May Company Department Stote (with A.R. Brandner and B.P. Paradise)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx+p34-8)

1932: Project (?) for Mrs. Ruth Shep

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

1932: Project (?) for E.H. Shirley

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

as shown in Gebhard (1993 p37)

1932: Project (prototype service station) for Standard Oil Company

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

published in Architectural Record (1933b p144)

via Scheine (1998 p111)

1932: Project (residence) for J. Veissi (Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1932-6]

1932+1935: Project (retail store and olive oil bath) for Lucca Olive Oil Company (Lindsay, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx)

1932: Museum of Modern Art International Exhibition

Show held from February 10th to March 23rd.

Schindler wrote Philip Johnson asking for a place at the show. Johnson's response: plans were "...already completed and it would be impossible to include any more buildings." (Hines 1993 p204)

Johnson to Schindler: "From my knowledge of your work, my real opinion is that your work would not belong in this exhibition." (Marmorstein 2002 p256)

"The story is that Johnson visited Los Angeles prior to the show and was put off by the Kings Road House when he came to Schindler's studio." (Steele 2005)

Schindler to Johnson: "It seems to me that instead of showing late attempts of creative architecture it [the exhibition] tends toward concentrating on the so-called "International Style". If this is the case my work has no place in it. I am not a stylist, not a functionalist, nor any other sloganist. Each of my buildings deals with a different architectural problem, the existence of which has been forgotten in this period of Rational Mechanization. The question of whether a house is really a house is more important to me, than the fact that it is made of steel, glass, putty or hot air." (Gebhard 1972 p116)

"With a close look at the Schindler Frame Schindler's exclusion from the Museum of Modern Art show seems more understandable." (Scheine 1985 p233)

1932-3: Bread Pit Bakery for Fredericks (Los Angeles, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1932-3: Sardi's restaurant No. 1 for A. Eddie Brandstetter (Hollywood, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1972 and 1993c xxshows the dates as 1932-4]

published in Architectural Forum (1933) and Smith and Darling (2001 p228)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p127)

via Scheine (1998 p113)

R.M. Schindler Collection, Architecture and Design Collection, University of California-Santa Barbara (via Treu 2012 p131)

R.M. Schindler Collection, Architecture and Design Collection, University of California-Santa Barbara

from Gebhard (1972 p160)

1937

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

via Scheine (1998 p113)

chair (source):

1932-4: Lindy's restaurant No. 1 for A. Eddie Brandstetter (Hollywood, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92), Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx), and Smith and Darling (2001 p228)

R.M. Schindler Collection, Architecture and Design Collection, University of California-Santa Barbara (via Treu 2012 p132)

via Leerberg (2004 p168)

1933

One-man show at the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco (Scheine 1998 p25)

Double drawer unit (source) Sold for $6,000 in 2007.

Unit cabinet (source) Sold for $7,200 in 2007.

Double shelf unit (source) Sold for $1,800 in 2007.

1933: Remodel and living room furniture for Mr. Perstein (111 Tamalpais Road, Berkeley, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1993c xx)

1933: Project (residence) for Eric Locke (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Steele (2005 1993c xx) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

Schindler’s last domestic design in concrete was his initial design for the Eric Locke house (Gebhard 1972 p119)

First scheme for the house, R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p119)

1933: Project (remodeling for a dance hall) for Orlof K. Farr (Denver, Colorado)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1933: Project (dance-restaurant) for Sid Grauman (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

from Gebhard 1993a

1933: Project (concept) for panel post construction

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201)

Other schemes developed in 1936 and 1938 (Gebhard p201)

via Park 2004 p34

via Park 2004 p36

via Park 2004 p31

(from Gebhard 1993c)

1933: Project (?) for Herman Sachs

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1933: Project for Schindler's Shelters

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p200 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1933-8]

Schindler's Shelters were developed in response to a program for the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior (Park 2004 p29)

Schindler: "The system shall permit individualization of house and garden. Unless a personal relation can be established between a house and occupant, both will become meaningless cogs in a social machine without cultural possibilities." (Park 2004 p29)

Letter from the Homesteads Division to Schindler dated January 10, 1934: "We would however call to your attention the fact that your designs show rather small kitchens. We believe it very important that the kitchens in subsistence homesteads should be the largest room in the house, as this becomes the workshop for the entire family." (Park 2004 p38)

Schindler's response in a January 18, 1934, letter: "I realize the smallness of the kitchen and intended to increase its size for subsistence farm purposes. However I do not agree with the usual plan which makes the kitchen the mainroom of the house. Only the quick meals should be consumed in the kitchen. The evening meal which is of social importance. Should not be taken in an atmosphere of greasy pots and dirty dishes. This is why I made the partition between kitchen and living room removable." (Park 2004 p38)

'[The] original schemes initially utilized Neal Garrett's patented shell construction system, which used concrete, hollow, double-wall construction for the walls, partitions, floors, and roof." (Park 2004 p30)

Garrett's system was based on a five-foot unit model (Park 2004 p31)

"As early as 1935, Schindler replaced the Garrett system with one that he designed himself that was more cost efficient and flexible: the panel-post construction system, which used wood posts and plywood and was based on his standard 4-foot module." (Park 2004 p31)

Schindler: "[The] consequent increase of efficiency and the use of machinery reduces COSTS and furnishes a better product." (Park 2004 p32)

The panel-post system was not explained or published until 1943 in "Prefabrication Vocabulary" in California Arts and Architecture (Park 2004 p32)

"The panel-post construction system was a full-fledged prefabrication process for mass production. All building components were prefabricated in an off-site factory and later assembled on site. To increase mobility, an attempt was made to cut the weight and bulk of the components. According to Schindler, the prefabrication 'permitted easy packing' and was light in weight. Heavy lifting equipment to handle the components was not necessary, and the materials could be loaded into a standard truck. All components and their details were greatly simplified. Assemblage of components onsite was easy and simple, as was the alteration or replacement of components. Thus, there was less need for a highly skilled workforce or special heavy machinery." (Park 2004 p32)

Schindler: "My system for prefabrication [uses] a skeleton of structural posts connected by exchangeable wall panels of various materials including glass. The system achieves permanent flexibility and allows changes in the ceiling heights of the various rooms, allowing better architectural articulation outside and inside." (Park 2004 p34)

"The panel-post construction system was copyrighted in 1936. (Schindler applied for the copyright in 1935.) In a letter to the Bureau of Patents in 1938 (June 20), Schindler inquired about whether he could patent the system and referred to the copyright there, Class 1, No. 13836, April 1936, ADC, UCSB. In it, Schindler said that he developed the scheme in 1935." (Park 2004 p38)

via Park 2004 p30

via Scheine (1998 p120)

(Architectural Drawing Collection, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p118)

via Scheine (1998 p121)

(from Gebhard 1993c)

1933: Project (service station) for Union Oil Company (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx) and Scheine (1998) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1932-4; Scheine shows 1932]

via Scheine (1998 p110)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p163)

1933-4: Residence for W.E. Oliver (2236 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1972) shows 1933 as the date; Gebhard (1993c) shows 1931-4]

"The clients, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Oliver were liberal intellectuals of the 30's, aspiring to surround themselves with a house environment that was supportive of their interests and life styles. Mr. Oiver was the music critic for the Los Angeles Times and Mrs. Oliver is a sculptor." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

Emphasis on internal space and views (Steele 2005 p39)

"On Schindler's advice, the Olivers bought an adjacent lot in order to insure an ocean view and hoped that new houses in their vicinity would respect the ideas inherent in Schindler's design." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

U-shaped plan oriented at an angle with clipped ends to make it fit (Steele 2005 p39)

"The Oliver house was separated into two parts: the house proper and the garage. The garage was located on the street and parallel to it, and the house was turned 45[degrees] to the street in order to take advantage of splendid 15 mile views to the ocean on one side and to the San Gabriel mountains on the other. The site was relatively narrow, so the main rectangular volume of the building had to be cut off in parts in order to fit the actual lot." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

"The house was executed in typical 2 x 4 timber and stucco construction by a father-son team. Steel columns were used at some corners to support the complex roof configuration. The roof was executed as wooden truss. The detailing of the walls of this house marks the beginning of Schindler's experimentation with metal thin wall infill construction. He designed the patio and dinner room walls of steel and glass sliding doors and had them custom fabricated; not a small feat for 1933." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

Cost $6,400 for 1,600 square feet (McCoy 1960 p171)

“...three of his most important houses: the Elliot house (1930), the Von Koerber house (1931) and the Oliver house (1933).” (Gebhard 1972 p117)

"Schindler's complex spatial language has been labeled 'de Stijl' to describe his arrangement of projecting, receding, and intersecting rectilinear volumes as found in the Oliver House, which reflects the de Stijl aesthetic." (Gebhard and Gebhard 1997 p26)

Built for $5,000 (Architectural Record 1936b p496)

published in American Architect (1935) Architect and Engineer (1935) Architectural Forum (1936b) Kokusai Kenchiku (1936) Clarte Art et art decoratif (1936) L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (1937) Sunset (1937)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p127)

(via Southern California Architectural History)

(via Gebhard and others 1997 p26)

photo by A.F. Fog (from Gebhard 1972 p127)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p128)

(via Architectural Forum 1936b)

photo by W.P. Woodcock (from Gebhard 1972 p129)

photo by Marvin Rand (from Gebhard 1972 p129)

photo by Julius Schulman unknown date Getty Research Institute

via Scheine (1998 p117)

via Scheine (1998 p119)

via Steele 1999 p83

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1933-4: Project for unit furniture

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

Unit furniture for the Shep commission (Gebhard and others 1997 p18)

1934

(via Gebhard and others 1997 p172)

Schindler: “Modern Architecture started with Mackintosh in Scotland, Otto Wagner in Vienna and Louis Sullivan in Chicago.” (Gerhard 1971 p12)

The University of California at Los Angeles considered a Department of Architecture; Schindler was proposed for the chairmanship. (Gebhard 1972 p115)

Wrote a letter to Mr. Wrigley, who owned Catalina Island: "Catalina should become the playground of the world, the spirit of play together with the climate and the characteristic landscape of Catalina should be sufficient to develop its own style—unique and delightful." (Leclerc 1997 p91)

1934: Furniture for Mrs. M.S. Kahn (Westwood, California; ____)

As noted in Gebhard (1993a)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1934: House remodel for Mrs. Maria Kipp (1773 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, California; extant but modified)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1934-40]

View via Google Street View, accessed March 12, 2015, by the author

1934+7: Residence for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Buck (805 South Genesee Street, Los Angeles, California; extant and restored)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92), Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx), and Smith and Darling (2001 p228)

"Mr. J. J. Buck was a store designer for 'timely clothes'. His work was mainly in the 'Art Deco' style and he appears to have been considerably concerned with detailing. Certain details and fixture designs in this house are attributed to him (door handles for kitchen cupboards, lettering of front entrance, bathroom cupboards, and perhaps the idea of strip lighting, etc.). (Koulermos and Poyzoides 1975)

"...[Mr. Buck] took a lot of pride in his house which he considered a building done in collaboration with Schindler." (Koulermos and Poyzoides 1975)

"All windows and most doors are in steel and sliding (custom designed) internal doors are in timber and glass." (Koulermos and Poyzoides 1975)

Raises and lowers roof heights to indicate importance of space (Steele 2005 p41)

The cove lights and flush ceiling lights were fabricated from his design (McCoy 1960 p178)

"...most closely prescribed example of a Loosian Raumplan in all of Schindler's work." (Steele 2005 p41)

Carpentry is a precedent to the carpentry seen later in the Case Study houses of the late 1940s and 1950s. (Steele 2005 p41)

The Buck House anticipated certain aspects of work in the late 1930s by the Bay Area School of Wurster, Funk, and Dailey and, in Los Angeles, of Ain, Soriano, and Harris. (Gebhard 1972 p134)

"Like all of Architect Schindler's work, this house is a strongly personal solution and anything but copybook 'modern'." (Architectural Forum 1936c p264)

published in Architect and Engineer (1935) Architectural Forum (1936c) Holme (1938)

(Gebhard 1993a)

View from side street (photo by Julius Schulman, Julius Schulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute)

photo by W.P. Woodcock (from Gebhard 1972 p134)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p135)

photo by Julius Schulman 1937 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman 1979 (Getty Research Institute)

Julius Schulman (source)

photo by Julius Schulman 1979 (Getty Research Institute)

photo by Fritz Block (source)

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

photo by arcspace (source)

1934: Remodel and furniture for H.R. King (10354 La Grange, Westwood, California; house still exists but unknown if remodel still exists)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1972 p201)

1934: Remodel and furniture for E. Pavaroff (1641 North Crescent Heights Blvd., Los Angeles, California; house itself still exists as of March 2015)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1934-6]

1934: House remodel for Mrs. Gail Rheingold (8730 Sunset Blvd., Westwood, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1934: Furniture for Miss F. Aiken (1600 North Edgemont Avenue, Los Angeles, California; _____)

Smith and Darling (2001)

1934: Project (residence remodeling) for A. Eddie Brandstetter

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx) and Smith and Darling (2001 p228)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1934: Project (?) for John J. Buck

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

1934: Project (residence remodeling) for Dondo (Berkeley, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1934: Project (?) for Mrs. C Goodman

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

Gebhard (1993)

1934: Project (?) for Mrs. B. Hunter

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xx)

from Gebhard (1993c)

1934: Project for a house at Leimert Park (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1934: Project (service station) for Mrs. Nerenbaum

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1934: Project (residence) for Ransom (Palm Springs, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1934: Project (?) for Herman Sachs

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1934-5: Residence for Haines (5112 Alicia Drive, Dana Point, California; destroyed in 1981)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

A question on whether the house existed

credit? in Steele's Taschen book

(Gebhard 1993a)

This (crappy lo-res aerial) shows that there weren't that many houses in the Alicia Drive area in 1945.

What the neighborhood looked like back in 1971 (source)

1934-5: Residence for Mrs. Elizabeth Van Patten (2320 Moreno Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1993c xx)

"It's bifurcated, formal response to both an ocean and mountain view seems awkward from the outside, with a symmetric set of ramps and balconies facing in each direction, but the formal schizophrenia is more than justified by the framed views from the interior." (Steele 2005 p45)

Lot restrictions required a sloping tile roof (Ford and Ford 1940 p102)

published in The Architect and Building News (1937) The Architectural Record (1937a) Kokusai Kenchiku (1938) Ford and Ford (1940)

via Scheine (1998 p127)

photo by David Gebhard (from Gebhard 1972 p143)

from Ford and Ford (1940 p102)

via Steele 2015 p44

via Steele 2015 p45

photo by W.P. Woodcock (from Gebhard 1972 p144)

via Steele 1999 p93

photo by Julius Schulman (source)

photo by Julius Schlman (source)

photo by W.P. Woodcock

Unit chair and ottoman (source) Sold for $22,500 in 2012.

Stereo (source) Value estimated at $10,000-15,000

unit sofa (source):

Google Streetview, accessed by the author on December 21, 2017

1934-7: Mountain cabin for Mr. and Mrs. A. Gisela Bennati (Lake Arrowhead, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92), Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx), and Smith and Darling (2001 p227)

Schindler: "Lot restrictions stipulated 'Normandy Style', so I carried the roof down to the ground and filled both gables with glass." (McCoy 1954 p14)

published in Arts and Architecture (1944) Architects' Journal (1946)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p132)

(Gebhard 1993a)

as shown in McCoy (1954 p14)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p96)

(via McCoy 1960 p175)

via Scheine (1998 p129)

1935

Schindler was included in MoMA’s 1935 exhibition “Modern Architecture in California”. The exhibition toured the United States between 1936 and 1939. (Gebhard 1972 p116)

"Modern architecture can not be developed by changing slogans. It is not in the hands of the engineer, the efficiency expert, the machinist or the economist. It is developing in the minds of the artists who can grasp 'space' and 'space forms' as a new medium for human expression." (Schindler 1935a)

R.M. Schindler, 1935; photo by Dorothy Lange; photo from the Oakland Museum of California (via http://socalarchhistory.blogspot.com)

Pauline Schindler, 1935; photo by Dorothy Lange; photo from the Oakland Museum of California (via http://socalarchhistory.blogspot.com)

via Steele 2005 p90

1935: Duplex for John DeKeyser (1911 Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1993c xx)

The owner's unit is on the top floor, the rental unit on the bottom floor; cost $2 per square foot exclusive of architect's fees (Architectural Forum 1936a p170)

Bella Lewitzky: "These units were part of Schindler's genius. He cared about the fact that architecture should serve humanity. Everyone should be able to afford it. These rental units were part of making the homes affordable. Schindler's reputation suffered because of the things he was willing to do to make things affordable." (Chased 1997 p110)

Schindler used what he called the "California Frame": single wall construction with exposed studs on the inside, plywood, and roll roofing as exterior wall surfacing (Chusid 1997 p110)

published in Architectural Forum (1936a)

via Scheine (1998 p135)

photo by Woodcock (via Architectural Forum 1936a p191)

(Gebhard 1993a)

via Scheine (1998 p134)

Entrance doors to both units (via Scheine 1998 p135)

via Scheine (1998 p135)

via Scheine (1998 p136)

via Scheine (1998 p137)

(via Gebhard and others 1997 p110)

photo by Woodcock (via Architectural Forum 1936a p190)

photo by Woodcock (via Architectural Forum 1936a p191)

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1935: House remodel for Lionel Stander (2006 La Brea Terrace, Hollywood, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972c p201 1972c xxi) [Gebhard (1972c p201) lists the house in Los Angeles]

1935: Project (residence) for W.J. Delahoyde (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p135+201 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows W.T. instead of W.J.]

(Gebhard 1993a)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p135)

1935: Project (residence) for Phil Heraty (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1935: Project (reception room) for Mrs. Kerr (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1993c xx)

1935: Projects (mountain cabins and hospital) for Dr. Patrick S. O'Reilly

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx)

1935: Project (residence) for Milton Shep (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p136+201 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1934-5]

"This monumental dresser is one of nearly twenty pieces in LACMA's collection that Schindler designed in 1934 for the Silver Lake house of Milton and Ruth Shep." (Bernstein and Lee 2009)

"Ruth Shep commissioned Schindler to design and build a suite of furniture to fill an entire house, including a dining room, living room, two bedrooms, and a kitchen nook. She also commissioned him to design the home itself. The furniture was made in 1936, but due to various delays and the Sheps' divorce after World War II, the house was never built." (Bernstein and Lee 2009)

"Schindler said, 'The modern architect…sees the house as an organism in which every detail including the furniture is related to the whole.'" (Bernstein and Lee 2009)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p136)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p92)

Furniture for the Shep Commission (Bernstein and Lee 2009)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

dressers (source):

1935: Project (apartments) for Lionel Stander (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p136+201 1993c xxi)

1935: Project for the First Baptist Church of Hollywood (Hollywood, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p201 Gebhard 1993c xx)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1935: Project (?) for Herman Sachs

Noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1935: Project (cottage) for Mrs. Clode Warne (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1993c)

(Gebhard 1993d)

1935: Project (?) for Wheeler and Son

Noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1935: Project (?) for Arthur Whizzin

Noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1935-6: Beach house for Dr. Alexander Sasha Kaun (112 Western Drive, Richmond, California; destroyed; may have been parts of it left as late as 2011)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xx) [Gebhard (1972) only lists 1936; Gebhard (1993c xx) shows 1934-5]

Dr. Kaun lived at the Kings Road House at one time (Southern California Architectural History)

Dr. Kaun was a professor of Russian literature (de Michelis 2005 p8)

"Externally this house follows no stylistic precedent, it is the expression of a thoughtful designed plan." (Architectural Forum 1936d p422)

published in Sunset (1937) California Arts and Architecure (1937a) Architectural Forum (1936d 1937c)

via Scheine (1998 p126)

(via Southern California Architectural History)

(via Architectural Forum 1936d p423)

1935-6: Residence for Ralph G. Walker (2100 Kenilworth Avenue, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1972 p201) only lists 1935; Gebhard (1993c xxi) shows 1935-41]

"A photo of the back facade where the building is raised off the ground on what have been identified as concrete piers may look heroic enough, but the columns turn out to be stucco-covered wood, built to accommodate an open porch." (Scheine 1998 p34)

published in Architectural Forum (1938) Nuestra Architectura (1938)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p145)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p109)

via Scheine (1998 p130)

Julius Shulman (source)

via Scheine (1998 p130)

photo by Julius Schulman 1936 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman (Getty Research Institute)

photo from Scheine (____)

MLS photo from Nate Cole (2016)

1935-6: Residence for Victoria McAlmon (2721 Waverly Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c p47+xx) [the Gebhards (1972 p202 1993c p47) lists date as 1936; Gebhard (1993c xx) shows date of 1935]

"The program stipulated the construction of a new house for Ms. Virginia McAlmon, a university professor, and the remodeling of an older bungalow that already existed on site." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

"The lower house is a wooden bungalow that was moved to its present location by Schindler from its original position at the crest of the hill. Garages were added underneath the unit and a new living room was added to its front. The living room is the dominant space in this house. Not only is it the largest space, but it is also beautifully lit with clerestory natural light and has direct access to a balcony." (Koulermos and Polyzoides 1975)

Incorporates an existing bungalow at the front of the property (Steele 2005 p49)

“...Schindler’s great work of the mid-thirties...” (Gebhard 1972 p148)

History of occupancy: 1935—Victoria m; 1966—Don and Shirley Johnson; 2008—Larry Schaffer (Tylevich 2009 p139)

Eric Lamers on remodeling the house: "The compositions of these houses are so simple you can't cover a mistake with a big piece of molding." (Tylevich 2009 p140)

published in The Architect (1937) Architectural Forum (1937a) California Arts and Architecture (1937b) Ford and Ford (1940 p101-3)

as shown in Gebhard (1993c p48)

photo by Julius Schulman (from Gebhard 1972 p148)

source

photo by Julius Schulman 1936 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman (source)

photo by Julius Schulman 1936 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman (source)

photo by Julius Schulman 1936 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman (from Gebhard 1972 p149)

source

Unit chair (source). Sold for $19,200 in 2007.

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1935-6: Project (residence) for Morris Geggie (Pasadena, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p137+201 1993c xxi)

R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p137)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1935-6: Project (?) for Lionel Stander

Noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1935-9: Residence for Guy C. Wilson (2090 Redcliff Street, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1972 p202)shows 1938]

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p128)

via Scheine (1998 p140)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p171)

via Scheine (1998 p142)

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2014

1936

1936: House remodel and furniture for Mrs. Chayes (Los Angeles, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard also notes remodeling]

(Gebhard 1993a)

1936: Residence for C.C. Fitzpatrick (also known as the Fitzpatrick-Leland House; 8078 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant and restored)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xxi)

L-shaped house with the corner core containing the service functions (Steele 2005 p51)

“The house was meant to be theatrical, for it was built as a come-on for new speculative land development at the top of the Hollywood Hills.” (Gebhard 1972 p149)

"...the Fitzpatrick House and furniture are designed as abstract forms composed of thin, taut, weightless planes. This was the moment in his career when he absorbed the lessons of internationalist abstract composition." (Polyzoides 1995 p211)

published in Architectural Forum (1937b) Holme (1938)

Floor and site plans of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House

via Steele 1999 p105

(Gebhard 1993a)

Front facade of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House from the main street, photo by Julius Schulman 1937 (Getty Research Institute)

photo by Julius Schulman 1937 (Getty Research Institute)

Rear facade of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House from the street of access

photo by Julius Schulman (source)

Living room and entry of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House

Living room of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House

photo by Julius Schulman (source)

Living room of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House

Downstairs game room of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House, photo by Julius Schulman 1937 (Getty Research Institute)

photo by R.M. Schindler (via here)

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1936: Craft workshop for M. Kipp (Los Angeles, California; destroyed)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202)

1936: House remodel and furniture for M. Seff (605 North Arden, Los Angeles, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202)

1936: House remodel for S. Seligson (1761 Orange Grove Drive, Los Angeles; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1936: Project (residence) for William Jacobs (Beverly Glen, California)

As noted by Gebhard (1972 p138+201 1993c xxi)

second scheme R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p138)

via Steele 2015 p6

1936: Project (residence) for Eric Mack (Hollywood, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xxi) [Gebhard 1993c xxi) shows 1935-6]

1936: Project (residence) for Mrs. F. Miller (for Mrs. R. Shep) (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard 1993c xxi) shows 1935-6]

photo by Julius Schulman 1982 Getty Research Institute

1936: Project (residence) for E. Pavaroff (Beverly Hills, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p202)

1936: Project (?) for D. Malloy

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (residence) for Manya Kahn

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (?) for Ken O. Mumford

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (?) for Rodeo Attractions Incorporated

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (residence) for Schuettner (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1936: Project (?) for Snegoff

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (?) for Spaque

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936: Project (residence) for Warshaw (Los Angeles, California)

Noted by Gebhard (1972 p202)

1936: Project (?) for Mrs. Ziegler

Noted by Gebhard (1993 c xxi)

1936-7: Remodel of Sunset Medical Building for A. Garland (6642 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California; destroyed or highly modified)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xxi) [Steele notes this as a remodel; Gebhard does not. Gebhard (1972) only lists 1936; Gebhard (1993c) shows 1936-8]

published in Architectural Record (1937b)

(Gebhard 1993a)

Julius Schulman undated (Getty Research Institute)

Google Streetview for December 2016, accessed by the author on December 22, 2017

1936-7: Modern Creators shopping center for A. Garland (corner of 8766 Holloway Drive, West Hollywood, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1972) and Scheine (1998 p146) list 1936-8; Gebhard (1993c) shows 1936]

Perspective drawing (Architectural Drawing Collection, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara)

via Scheine (1998 p149)

via Scheine (1998 p146)

via Scheine (1998 p147)

via Scheine (1998 p148)

via Scheine (1998 p149)

via Scheine (1998 p147)

Google Streetview accessed by the author on December 22, 2017

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2018

1936-7: Project (residence) for Mrs. Betty Berkoff (930 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California)

As noted by Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) and Smith and Darling (2001 p228)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1936-7: Project (residence) for Fredman (Los Angelese, California)

As noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

(Gebhard 1993a)

(Gebhard 1993a) misfiled?

1936-7: Project (?) for M. Self

As noted by Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1936-9: Beach house remodel for Anna Zacsek (114 Ellen Avenue, Playa del Rey, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p201 1993c xxi) [Steele notes this as a remodel; Gebhard does not. Gebhard notes the dates as 1936-8. Gebhard's address does not register.] [Steele and Gebhard show the spelling as Zaczek; however, Southern California Architectural History uses the spelling shown with supporting documentation; Gebhard (1993c) shows a date of 1936-51]

Gebhard (1972, p175) states that the house was built for Olga Zaczek and that project encompassed 1936-8.

Schindler developed an initial design in 1936. (Park and Ji 2020)

Zacsek was deeply involved with the design of the house: "Please wait on my plans for the house until I can come over with my photographs so that you may see what sort of things I desire." (Mitchell 2011 p21)

Schindler apparently confiscated a decorative frog from the house during a visit; Anna requested its return, upon which Schindler responded that the frog was "in very bad taste and I protest [its] use in a building of my design." (Mitchell 2011 p21)

Ms. Zacsek was born of Hungarian parents and entered the early Los Angeles film industry as Olga Grey, earning early roles in D.W. Griffith movies. She later became an attorney and represented Schindler in his divorce (Mitchell 2011).

Ms. Zacsek acted in "Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance." (Park and Ji 2020)

Zacsek ran a theater company called The Actor's Theater in the 1920s. (Park and Ji 2020)

After the house was built there were contouous additions and alterations until 1951. (Park and Ji 2020)

Demolished (Park and Park 2013 p15)

Demolished between 1970 and 1975 for the airport (Park and Ji 2020)

initial design of the house (1936) (Park and Ji 2020)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p175)

Zacsek beach house (R.M. Schindler Collection, Architecture and Design Collection, University of California-Santa Barbara; via Southern California Architectural History)

via Scheine (1998 p151)

via Park and Ji (2020)

1937

1937: Residence No. 2 for C.P. Lowes (Eagle Rock, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1937: Residence for Henwar Rodakiewicz (9121 Alto Cedro Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p92) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

published in Architect and Engineer (1938) California Arts and Architecture (1940) Los Angeles Time Home Magazine (1941) Pencil Points (1941a) California Plan Book (1946)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p155)

via Scheine (1998 p152)

(via McCoy 1960 p 172)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

photo by W.P. Woodcock (from Gebhard 1972 p154)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1997 p116)

photo by W.P. Woodcock (from Gebhard 1972 p156)

from the Ester McCoy archives at the Smithsonian

Rodakiewicz House (source)

photo by Fritz Block (source)

1937: House remodel and furniture for H. Warren (1115 North Beverly Drive, Hollywood Hills, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93 1993c xxi)

1937: Stores for William Lingenbrink (8750 Holloway Drove, Hollywood, California; _____)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1993c) shows 1937-46]

Additions made in 1946 (Gebhard 1972 p202)

1937: Project (?) for Hudson Market

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

from Gebhard (1993c)

1937: Project (residence remodeling) for Gus Kahn

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1937: Project (?) for Mary McLaren

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1937: Project (residence) for N. Renisoff (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202)

1937: Project (?) for Mrs. H. Rosser-Geggie

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1937: Project (beach colony) for A.E. Rose (identical to the Cabania City project, Santa Monica)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p162)

1937: Project (beach house) for Rupert R. Ryan

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p147+202 1993c xxi)

RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection

1937: Project (?) for Sanders

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1937: Project (?) for Mrs. Rosalund K. Schaefer

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1937-8: Apartment building phase 1 for A.L. Bubeshko (2036 Griffith Park Blvd., Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1972) only shows 1938; Gebhard (1993c) shows 1937-41] and Smith and Darling (2001 p228; shows 1938-41 and "A. and Luby Bubeshko")

R.M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (via Gebhard 1972 p165)

photo by Julius Schulman 19?? Getty Research Center

photo by Julius Schulman 1945 Getty Research Institute

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2014

1937-8: Project (?) for Lockheed Model 27 Airplane

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1938

Pauline returned to the house in 1938 and retained control of the kitchen. (Steele 2005)

1938: House No. 3 at Park Moderne (Woodland Hills, California; _____)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93)

Worked with a friend, William Lingenbrink, on Park Moderne (Gebhard 1972 p117)

1938: Studio-house and furniture for Mrs. Mildred Southall (1855 Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Steele mentions furniture; Gebhard (1972) does not; Gebhard (1993c) shows 1938-53]

Southall was a pianist (Scheine 1998 p23)

Southall was a transitional work, where he used plywood (McCoy 1960 p180)

The bedroom stool in the house was produced commercially in Spain in the 1980s (Gebhard and Gebhard 1997 p35)

published in American Home (1944)

via Scheine (1998 p160)

via Scheine (1998 p161)

(via McCoy 1960 p179)

(via McCoy 1960 p178)

(via Gebhard and others 1997 p20)

photos from a VRBO posting (circa 2017):

1938: Residence for Harry J. Wolff Jr. (4008 Sunnyslope Avenue, Studio City, California; extant and restored)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

photo via Michael LaFetra

1938: House remodel for Peter Yates (1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1993c) shows 1938-47]

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1938: Speculative house No. 3 at Park Moderne (Woodland Hills, California; destroyed)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202)

1938: Project (?) for Artist-Congress Exhibition Room (location unknown)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi) and Smith and Darling (2001 p227)

1938: Project (house and apartments) for Mr. and Mrs. Burke (Newport Beach, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) and Smith and Darling (2001 p228; lists city as Balboa)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1938: Project (residence) for Irving Cummings (Beverly Hills, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1938: Project (residence) for El Djey and M. Aldrich (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1938: Project (residence) for K. Francis (Hollywood Hills, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202)

1938: Project (residence remodeling) for Kay Frances (Hollywood Hills, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1938: Project (residence) for Frank Hanna (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1938: Project (interior) of Lockheed 27, 24-passenger plane (with H. Sachs)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1993c) shows 1937-8]

1938: Project (photography shop) for Morgan (Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1938: Project (studio-house) for Mrs. A. Sharpless (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1938: Project (apartment building) for I. Rosenthal (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1938: Project (residence) for Mrs. Ruth Shep (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1993c) shows 1936-8]

Other schemes in 1935 and 1936 (Gebhard 1972 p202)

1938: Project (?) for J. Sollin

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1938: Project (?) for Jane Storm

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxi)

1938: Project (residence) for A. Timme (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi)

1939

1939: Residence for Selmar N. Westby (1805 Maltman Drive, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxi) [Gebhard (1972) notes 1938; Gebhard (1993c) shows 'Selmer' and 1938-41]

via Steele 1999 p114

photo by Julius Schulman 1986 Getty Research Institute

1939: Remodeling of a house for Goodman (2149 Casitas Avenue, Altadena, California; _____)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p203)

1939: Project for a house for Tibor Balkany (North Hollywood, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p203 1993c xxii)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1939: Project (residence) for Mr. and Mrs. Alfio Bissiri (3896 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p202 1993c xxii)

(Gebhard 1993a)

1939: Project (?) for the Hub Office Building (Los Angeles, California)

As noted in Gebhard (1972 p203 1993c xxii) [Gebhard 1993c shows 1939-40]

from Gebhard (1993c)

from Gebhard (1993c)

from Gebhard (1993c)

from Gebhard (1993c)

from Gebhard (1993c)

1939: Project (?) for K. Kunz

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxii)

1939: Project (?) for Page

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxii)

1939: Project (?) for Perry

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxii)

1939: Project (?) for R.M. Schindler

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxii)

1939-40: Apartment building for Pearl Mackey (1137 South Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, California; extant)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p203 1993c xxii) [Gebhard (1972 1993c) shows 1939 as date]

Used raised planting beds to extend the building's structural language (Steele 2005 p57)

photo by Julius Schulman 1939 Getty Research Institute

photo by Julius Schulman 1980 Getty Research Institute

photo by the author (Robert E. Mace) 2012

1939-40: Residence for Albert van Dekker (5230 Penfield Avenue, Canoga Park, California; extant and restored)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p203) [Gebhard shows a date of 1940]

van Dekker was a stage and screen actor, best known for being in The Wild bunch (Crotta 2016)

House is to the rear of the property (Gebhard 1972 p203)

Represents a full transition to pitched roofs (McCoy 1960 p180)

published in the California Plan Book (1946) Architectural Forum (1947)

via Scheine (1998 p166)

via Scheine (1998 p167)

1939-40: Apartments for Herman Sachs (addition to the Manola Apartments)

As noted in Scheine (1998 p86)

via Scheine (1998 p91)

1939-40: Project (?) for S.T. Falk

As noted in Gebhard (1993c xxii)

1939-41: Stores for William Lingenbrink (12560 Venture Blvd., Studio City, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p203 1993c xxii) [Gebhard 1993c shows 1939-50]

1939-46: House remodel for Anna M. Wong (326 San Vicente Boulevard, Santa Monica, California; destroyed)

As noted in Steele (2005 p93) and Gebhard (1972 p203) [Gebhard only shows 1939 as date]

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