CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
Internationally acclaimed masterwork. Living quarters suspended above two massive figure-eight-shaped concrete frames, protecting from sand and surf while creating visual spectacle.
SIGNIFICANCE: One of Schindler's greatest works; National Register of Historic Places (1974)
NOTE: Still owned by Lovell family descendants. Cannot tour interior; exterior viewing from boardwalk between Newport and Balboa Piers. Rare interior tours organized occasionally by MAK Center.
DETAILS
- Year Built
- 1926
- Location
- Newport Beach, CA
- Original Owner
- Philip Lovell
- Current Owner
- Lovell family descendants
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PURCHASE HISTORY
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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...