
Complex of 12 duplexes (Schindler's only San Diego work), later merged into 6 condominiums. Library of Congress notes significance as 'creative use of site, unique structural system, one of the early expressions of floor plan in which the garden penetrates the house.'
SIGNIFICANCE: San Diego Historic Landmark #117 (1977); Schindler's only San Diego work
NOTE: Some units 'passionately and completely renovated'; owners enjoy Mills Act tax savings. Only one unit relatively intact; two burned; rest altered.
DETAILS
- Year Built
- 1923
- Location
- La Jolla, CA
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Architect
Rudolf Schindler
Rudolf Schindler was an Austrian-American architect and a pioneer of California Modernism. He studied under Otto Wagner in Vienna, then worked for Fra...