Sunday, August 6, 2023

the rotary house

 

Because The Bride and I are jointly enamored with the Silverlake Neighborhood in Los Angeles, Zillow sends me alerts when houses come up for sale. It's also a way to "tour" the cool moderns when they come up for sale.

This one popped up this last week, and my first thought was: is this a lost Schindler? Not a Schindler, it turns out, but definitely a house influenced by Schindler down to its axiometric drawing. The architect is Robert Nicolais who proudly admits the Schindler influence and is the official woodworker for recreations of Schindler's furniture, including the furniture you see at the Schindler House. I also learned from Googling Mr. Nicolais that he sold a set to Donald Judd for Judd's house in Marfa, which means I saw Schindler's furniture before I knew of Schindler (and had assumed Judd had designed it).

Anywho, this is a dang cool place, built in 1990. It is enormous since Nicolais used the house for his design studio and shop.