CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE.
Schindler's own home, built of tilt-up concrete slabs and redwood panels. Rejected conventions of rooms and hallways for open, flexible spaces that flowed into outdoor courtyards. Conceived as experiment in communal living with four rooms (one for each adult), communal patios, shared kitchen, outdoor sleeping porches on roof.
SIGNIFICANCE: Considered birthplace of Southern California Modernism; possibly first modern house built anywhere
NOTE: Later inhabited by photographer Edward Weston and composer John Cage. Restored by Marmol/Radziner in 2003. Operated by MAK Center. Audio tours via Bloomberg Connects app.
DETAILS
- Year Built
- 1922
- Location
- West Hollywood, CA
- Original Owner
- Rudolf Schindler
- Current Owner
- MAK Center for Art and Architecture
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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...