Albert Frey: Newton house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The Harold R. Newton house on Palisades Drive in Palm Springs was a small house perched on the side of a steeply sloping lot. Multiple terraces created a more stable hillside and provided space for an access stairway.
Albert Frey papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Albert Frey: Cree house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The Raymond Cree house was built on the border of Palm Springs and Cathedral City. Cree was a real estate developer who had originally wanted to build a luxury resort on the site; instead a two bedroom house with pool and valley views was constructed.
Albert Frey, architect Clark, Frey & Chambers, architects
Albert Frey: Lyons house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
The J.A. Lyons house was a large (5 bedroom), sprawling house in the Smoke Tree Ranch development in Palm Springs. With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the Lyons house was much more grand than some of Frey's other residences.
Albert Frey, architect Clark & Frey, architects
Roland Coate: Heath house (San Marino, Calif.)
The house for Edward Heath in San Marino (also listed as Pasadena), has some characteristics of a Regency style home, with an unusual double-height porch.
Roland Eli Coate, Sr. papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Roland Coate: Warner house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
This house for Jack Warner (one of the founding brothers in Warner Brothers Studios), was an alteration of and addition to an existing house. The Georgian style mansion with a Greek-style portico featured interior design by William Haines and landscape architecture by Florence Yoch.
Roland Coate, architect Fred Dapprich, photographer
Roland Coate: Battson house (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.)
Oil company executive Leigh Battson was married to Lucy Doheny and living at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills when they commissioned Coate to design a vacation home on Lake Arrowhead. The estate featured steeply sloping roofs which prevented snow from accumulating, and allowed for easier snow removal. Multiple buildings were constructed, including a main house, boat house with dock, entrance gate with guard house, and servants quarters.
Roland Coate, architect George D. Haight, photographer
Roland Coate: Campbell house (Pasadena, Calif.)
The Joseph Campbell house in Pasadena is one of Roland Coate's earliest solo commissions. This Andalusian style home has some Spanish accents.
Roland Coate: All Saints Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
This church was one of Coate's early solo commissions, after leaving the firm Johnson, Kaufmann and Coate. It is also one of his few church commissions. The structure is a very good example of Spanish Colonial Revival style, which was very popular in the early 1920s.
Roland Coate: Allen house (Pasadena, Calif.)
This house for Herbert Allen Jr. is located in the Oak Knoll neighborhood of Pasadena.
Roland Coate, architect W.M. Clarke, photographer
Roland Coate: Armstrong house (Arcadia, Calif.)
This Monterey Colonial style house was designed by Coate for business executive Lionel M. Armstrong.
Roland Coate: Eshman House (Bel Air, Calif.)
The M.G. Eshman house in Bel Air is a very good example of a classic American Colonial Revival style house. Sited on a large flat lot, the house is just down the street from the famous Hotel Bel-Air.
Roland Coate: Coate beach house (Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Roland Coate designed and built this beach house for his family in the Emerald Bay area of Laguna Beach.
Roland Coate, architect George Haight, photographer
Roland Coate: Cotton house (Montecito, Calif.)
This large Spanish Colonial style house was erected on San Leandro Lane for a Mrs. Dorothy D. Cotton.
Montecito, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Calif.
Roland Coate: Hickman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house for Frank Hickman is located near the campus of UC Los Angeles in the "Little Holmby" area of Westwood.
Los Angeles, Calif.; Holmby Hills, Calif.
Roland Coate: Hornblow house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Coate designed this large house for movie producer Arthur Hornblow Jr and his second wife, actress Myrna Loy.
Roland Coate, architect Maynard Parker, photographer
Roland Coate: Johnson house (Downey, Calif.)
This large Monterey-style house was designed for A Parley Johnson and his wife Geline "Gypsy" Johnson. They were citrus growers, and the house was originally surrounded by 50 acres of orange groves. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as Casa de Parley Johnson; the house is currently used by the Assistance League of Downey.
Roland Coate, architect W.M. Clarke, photographer Florence Yoch and Lucile Council, landscape architects
Roland Coate: Leimert Park houses (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The area of South Los Angeles known as Leimert Park was developed in the late 1920s by Walter Leimert, and was one of the first planned communities in Southern California. The neighborhood was landscaped by the Olmstead Brothers, and in addition to Coate, also includes works by Richard Neutra and Sumner Spaulding.
Roland Coate: Liebig house (Bel Air, Calif.)
The house for Rudolph and Caroline Liebig is located on a large flat lot in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles.
Roland Coate: Lippiatt house (Bel Air, Calif.)
Coate built this house for Mrs. H.C. Lippiatt and Mrs. F.M.P. Taylor in a Colonial Revival style, with influences of Spanish, Monterey, and New Orleans styles. The house backs onto the Bel Air Country Club golf course, and is close to the campus of UCLA.
Roland Coate, architect George Haight, photographer A.E. Hanson, landscape architect
Roland Coate: Gabriel house (San Marino, Calif.)
This Spanish Colonial Revival style house was built on a large lot in San Marino for O. Nicholas Gabriel.
Roland Coate: Goldwater house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This large house in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles was built for Lemuel Goldwater, a garment industry pioneer and relative of Senator Barry Goldwater.
Gregory Ain: Daniel / Irons house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house, set on a steep lot overlooking the Silver Lake reservoir, was built for the director of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild Ursel Daniel. She was single at the time the house was built and later married Martin Irons.
Gregory Ain, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gregory Ain: Domela house/studio (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house and studio for Jocelyn and Jan Domela was located in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. Jan Domela was a well-known artist and illustrator for the movie studios.
Gregory Ain: Edwards house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Charles H. Edwards house was Ain's first solo commission after working for Richard Neutra and Harwell Hamilton Harris. The house, sited on a flat lot in the Hollywood Hills, was named House Beautiful Magazine's "House of the Year" for 1938.
Gregory Ain: Eisenstadt house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Ben and Clara Eisenstadt house was built on a hilltop site along Blair Drive in Los Angeles. It now overlooks the Universal Studios lot.
Gregory Ain: Ernst house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The house for Anselem Ernst was built on a sloping hillside lot in the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood. The exterior angles and interior use of space and geometry are very reminiscent of Rudolph Schindler, with whom Ain worked for a time in the early 1930s. It is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #840.
Gregory Ain, architect Fred Dapprich, photographer
Gregory Ain: Goldberg house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.)
The Dr. I. Goldberg house was located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. For this house, redwood siding was used. Ain generally preferred stucco since he did not like that the giant redwood trees were cut down for building materials.
Gregory Ain: Ain home (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Ruth March Ain house was built for Ain's second wife, and is located in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain, architect Harry Hartman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Becker house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Isador and Rosa Becker house presented a slightly Streamline Moderne style front facade, with curved walls on the exterior. Inside, the house featured a 'reverse' floor plan-- the main living areas were at street level, and the bedrooms were one floor below. It is located in the Moreno Highlands neighborhood of the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain, architect George Agron, architect
Gregory Ain: Beckman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The A.O. Beckman house was sited on a flat lot, and Ain configured the house so that many of the rooms had direct access to the outdoors. The house was located in the La Brea neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was featured in both Architectural Record and Arts & Architecture magazines in 1940-1941. At 2100 square feet, and including maid's quarters, this is one of Ain's larger pre-war houses.
Gregory Ain: Byler house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Albert E. Byler house is located near the top of Mt. Washington, with a view towards downtown Los Angeles. The house is small, measuring less than five hundred square feet, with only a main room, kitchen, and bathroom. The exterior was clad in Douglas fir, and the interior walls were redwood. A wood trellis highlighted the wood theme on the outside as well.
Gregory Ain, architect Philip Fein, photographer
Gregory Ain: Hay house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Harry Hay commissioned Ain to design this house for his mother, Margaret Hay. With clearstory windows and a garage at the front of the property and living room facing the private backyard, the house was seen as a perfect place for Harry Hay to conduct meetings of the Mattachine Society (an early gay rights group). The property has been designated Los Angeles Cultural-Historic Monument #981.
Gregory Ain, architect George Agron, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Hural house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Alexander and Flora Hural house featured a dental lab on the upper level. It is located in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles.
Gregory Ain: Mesner house (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
This house for Leo Mesner is in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. The only portion of the house visible from the street is the garage, with the main view of the house is from the backyard. Inside, the house is spread out on four levels, each separated by a half-flight of stairs.
Los Angeles, Calif.; Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Gregory Ain: Museum of Modern Art exhibition house (New York, NY)
The exhibition house Ain designed for the Museum of Modern Art and the Woman's Home Companion magazine was built in New York City in 1950. It was designed to show how modern living could be made accessible to most homeowners, with sliding walls separating the two smaller bedrooms, as well as the ability to open up the living room, dining room, and main bedroom to create a large entertaining area.
Gregory Ain, architect Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects
Gregory Ain: Orans house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Maurice and Alice Orans House was located on a steeply sloped small lot in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. The garage was built at street level with entrance and exit doors; the curved driveway allows for easy entrance and egress, extra parking, and to eliminate the need to back out onto a busy street. The house rises above the garage in four levels- bedrooms, service areas, maid's room, and main living areas. Multiple terraces on different levels provide ample outdoor space.
Gregory Ain: Scharlin house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Scharlin house in Silver Lake was built for the founder of one of the first co-operative nursery schools in Los Angeles, Rose Scharlin. The house sits at the top of the ridge, on a sloping site far back from the street, with views in multiple directions. The children's bedrooms, as well as the living room and den had sliding walls for flexible living arrangements.
Gregory Ain: Tierman house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The house for Samuel and Celia Tierman was sited on a steep lot in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The small house, with a pyramid-shaped roof, stucco walls, and attached garage was part of Ain's philosophy of bringing modern homes to small budgets. The roof with central skylight and fireplace gave the house a monumental feel on the inside, with high ceilings in the main living area. The house was named Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark #124 in 1974.
Gregory Ain, architect Visscher Boyd, associate architect Julius Shulman, photographer
Gregory Ain: Wilfong house (Altadena, Calif.)
This house in Altadena for John C. Wilfong was a long, low, glass-walled house with views towards the mountains. The investment banker Wilfong wanted a house where he and his wife could entertain and raise their child. Ain designed a linear house with formal entertaining areas that could be walled off with a sliding partition from the informal living areas. Unfortunately, the house burned in 1993 and was completely destroyed.
Gregory Ain, architect Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
Hunt & Chambers: Taylor house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Russel Taylor house in Los Angeles is an example of a traditional house, with a Colonial style front facade and a center stair hall. The public rooms at the front of the house lead out to a back terrace, which faces an expansive flat year. Upstairs, three main bedrooms along with maid's rooms and baths occupy the second floor.
Myron Hunt & H. G. Chambers records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Hunt & Chambers: Babcock house (Tenafly, NJ)
While Myron Hunt is known for his houses in the Los Angeles area, he also designed houses in the Chicago area and along the east coast. This house for Mrs. Graham Babcock is an example of Hunt's eastern style.
Hunt & Chambers: Bard house (Hueneme, Calif.)
This Italian Renaissance Revival mansion was designed by Myron Hunt for Senator Thomas Bard, who was an early land developer and founder of the Union Oil Company. The Bard family owned the house until 1944 when it was acquired by the United States Navy, and today the house sits on the base of Naval Base Ventura County.
Hunt & Chambers: Berger house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Leo Berger house in Los Angeles has a Monterey style facade, with second story balcony and tile roof.
Myron Hunt, architect Padilla, photographer
Hunt & Chambers: Biltmore Garages (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parking garages were a new type of building in the 1920s, with the recent invention of the motorized vehicle. Garages of this time period catered to the wealthy, with valet services, fuel stations, and service bays which would work on your car while you stayed in the hotel.
Hunt & Chambers: Boyleston apartments (Evanston, Ill.)
Myron Hunt attended Northwestern University in Evanston, then studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, traveled in Europe for a few years, and finally returned to Evanston to work for the Boston-based firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. In 1899 he designed this Georgian Revival style six-unit apartment building on Clark Street.
Hunt & Chambers: Hotel Belmar (Mazatlan, Mex.)
This hotel for Lewis Bradbury was one of many hotels designed by Myron Hunt. This one is located in the resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico.
Hunt & Chambers: Buick Garage (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This Buick garage and possibly dealership, is an example of the Art Deco style from the 1920s.
Hunt & Chambers: California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.)
Throop Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1891 and changed its name to California Polytechnic Institute in 1920. Throop Hall was damaged in a 1971 earthquake and was demolished in 1973. Some of the decorative elements of the original building were saved and the original building site is now Throop Memorial Garden.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt & Grey, architects
Hunt & Chambers: California Junior Republic (Chino Hills, Calif.)
The buildings for the California Junior Republic, an all-boys school for troubled youth, were designed by Myron Hunt in 1911, with additional buildings by Chambers and Hibbard in 1950. Originally named George Junior Republic, the facility changed its name in 1921 to California Junior Republic, and finally Boys Republic in 1953.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers and Lester Hibbard, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Canoga Park High School (Canoga Park, Calif.)
These renderings for the Cafeteria and Boys Physical Education building at Canoga Park High School were designs by Chambers and Hibbard, the architects who continued the firm after Myron Hunt's death in 1952.
H.C. Chambers and Lester Hibbard, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Chapoton house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Myron Hunt designed this large house for Martha Chapoton, widow of a prominent Detroit doctor, in the gated community of Fremont Place.
Hunt & Chambers: Cochran house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
This house for Guy Cochran was designed in the American Bungalow style, and written about in the Craftsman magazine. It featured large windows overlooking a manicured terrace for indoor/outdoor living.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt and Grey, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Cole house (Pasadena, Calif.)
George Watson Cole was the librarian for the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery from 1915 to 1924. Previously, Cole had studied with Melvil Dewey, and worked at the Newberry Library in Chicago and public libraries on the East Coast. The floor plan hints at Cole's occupation, with an unusual combination dining room/library and a room labelled 'books.'
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Elks Club lodge (Pasadena, Calif.)
The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks (Lodge #672) has been the headquarters of the Elks in Pasadena since 1911. The Colonial Revival style building has been the site of many television and film shoots, as well as a prominent place during the Rose Bowl Parade.
Hunt & Chambers: Emery house (San Marino, Calif.)
This estate for Katherine Sinclair Emery (widow of Frank Emery, who at the time of his death was considered one of the richest men in California) sits on 9 acres in San Marino. The Tudor style house is now known as Thornton Gardens. Hunt worked with landscape architects Florence Yoch, Lucille Council, and Katherine Bashford on the estate gardens. The National Trust for Historic Preservation acquired the house in 2018, along with the Huntington Library, and will preserve the house and grounds.
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects W.M. Clarke, photographer Florence Yoch and Lucille Council, landscape architects Katherine Bashford, landscape architect
Hunt & Chambers: First Congregational Church (Riverside, Calif.)
This church is in the Spanish Colonial style, with a Churrigueresque style steeple. The building is in the shape of a Latin cross, with two-foot-thick walls which are made of reinforced concrete, and a red tile roof that highlights the Spanish Colonial style. Hunt & Grey were chosen as architects for the church after a competition for the design, which included architects Arthur Benton and Lester Moore. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Hunt & Chambers: Flintridge Biltmore Hotel (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
The hotel was built for Senator Frank Putnam Flint, who later sold the hotel to the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels company. In 1931, the building and 30 acre grounds were sold to form the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school for grades k-12.
Myron Hunt, architect Harold Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects W.M. Clarke, photographer
Hunt & Chambers: Flintridge Country Club (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
The Flintridge Country Club was built with thick walls, to block out the hot summer air and retain heat in the winter. The Club maintained separate spaces for women and men-- locker rooms, lounges-- but the center of the main building featured the dining room for all club members. The Country Club closed in the 1940s, and portions of the property were taken over by St. Francis High School.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect Hunt and Chambers, architects
Hunt & Chambers: Fowler house (Chino, Calif.)
This house for Margaret Fowler was adjacent to the Boys Republic property she purchased for the organization. After her death in 1936, the organization donated the home to a polio treatment center, which was named Casa Colina Convalescent Home for Crippled Children.
Hunt & Chambers: Garland house (Balboa, Calif.)
This large beach house was sited directly on the sand. With large balconies facing the water, the house allowed for indoor/outdoor living on the beach. The house sat on a corner lot, and included a long wooden boardwalk through the loose sand dunes to the beach.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect
Hunt & Chambers: Gillespie house (Montecito, Calif.)
Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey were the supervising architects for the design of the James Waldron Gillespie House, for the originating architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Gillespie took Goodhue on a seven month around-the-world tour as inspiration for the design of the house, El Fureidis. The house is famous as a filming location for the movie Scarface.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect Hunt and Grey, architects Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, architect
Hunt & Chambers: Hawks house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Howard Hawks was a director, screen writer, and producer from the 1920s until the 1950s. The house in Benedict Canyon was built with stucco and stone, with a vaguely Colonial style and early California ranch influences.
Myron Hunt, architect H.C. Chambers, architect Hunt and Chambers, architects Florence Yoch and Lucille Council, landscape architects
Hunt & Chambers: Hueneme Bank building (Hueneme, Calif.)
This Neoclassical style building was home to the Hueneme Bank, later served as the Port Hueneme city hall, and is now the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum. It was named a Ventura County Historic Landmark in 1977.
Hunt & Chambers: Hunt house (Evanston, Ill.)
The house for Myron Hunt's family, on Wesley Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, is a vaguely Prairie-style, with some Craftsman and Bungalow influences.
Hunt & Chambers: Hunt house (Pasadena, Calif.)
The house that Myron Hunt designed for himself and his family on North Grand Avenue in Pasadena, California, bears a small resemblance to his previous house in Illinois. The gardens, loggia, and other outdoor areas highlight the difference in climate between the two sites.
Hunt & Chambers: Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
The original buildings are almost completely subsumed and surrounded by new medical facilities, but these original hospital buildings can still be seen from aerial views.
Hunt & Chambers: Huntington Library estate (San Marino, Calif.)
Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey worked for railroad magnate and real estate mogul Henry Huntington to design buildings to house Huntington's extensive library and art collections. The Mediterranean revival style building formed the basis for the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, which first opened to the public in 1928.
Myron Hunt, architect Elmer Grey, architect H.C. Chambers, architect Hunt & Chambers, architects
Lutah Maria Riggs: Black house (Montecito, Calif.)
This house, on San Ysidro Lane in Montecito, for G. Palmer and Louise Black was the second one designed by Riggs for the couple. An earlier house was on Greene Lane in Santa Barbara.
Lutah Maria Riggs papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kem Weber: Christian Science Reading Room (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Kem Weber worked with architect Roy Cheesman to design the Art Deco-inspired Christian Science Reading room on State Street in Santa Barbara. It occupies a prominent corner near the Arlington Theater.
Kem Weber, designer Roy Cheesman, architect
Karl Emanuel Martin (Kem) Weber papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kem Weber: Dabney ranch house (Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.)
For the Dabney ranch house in the Santa Ynez Valley, just north of Santa Barbara, Weber utilized outdoor living areas around the pool and wood tones on the interior.
Kem Weber: Dodds house (Palo Alto, Calif.)
This house for Stanford University English professor John Wendell Dodds sits in the hills above the university. The two-story house with redwood siding and many exterior angles, spread out along the hillside.
Kem Weber: Gisler house (Glendale, Calif.)
Weber designed this house in Glendale for the jewelry designer and painter Eduard Andrew Gisler. The house was sleek and modern, with horizontal lines and nautically inspired railings.
Kem Weber: Gray house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
This house for David Gray was Y-shaped, and included large trusses to create a wide living room. The house was sited on a hilly plot, with many trees and exterior levels.
Kem Weber: Kimball house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
This house for Mrs. D. Kimball was a ranch-style design, with two wings spreading out from a central core. It also featured a unique curved loggia to take advantage of the view.
Kem Weber, designer and architect Paul T. Frankl, interior designer
Kem Weber: Mayfair Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Weber designed the ballroom for the Mayfair Hotel-- a 13-story, 350 room hotel near downtown Los Angeles. Known as the "Rainbow Isle" for its raised dance floor with multi-colored glass tiles (lit from underneath), it was a Modern design success for Weber.
Kem Weber: Oasis Hotel (Palm Springs, Calif.)
This hotel on South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs featured Weber-designed furniture and interiors. Lloyd Wright was the architect.
Kem Weber, designer Lloyd Wright, architect
Kem Weber: Parker house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
In the 1930s, Weber designed the interiors for the Maynard Parker house in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. It is unclear if Maynard Parker was the photographer of these images.
Kem Weber: Peters house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
In the late 1940s, Weber shifted his practice to designing and building houses. The George Peters house in Santa Barbara is one of his earlier houses; a ranch style house with a cantilevered roof.
Kem Weber: Plains hotel (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
Weber designed the interiors for the Plains Hotel in 1945. The "Wigwam Lounge" design was influenced by popular depictions of Native Americans.
Kem Weber: Roos Brothers Shoe Store (San Francisco, Calif.)
The triangle-shaped ''shoe salon" for Roos Brothers in San Francisco featured many different geometric forms.
Kem Weber: Savery Hotel (Des Moines, Iowa)
The dining room interiors for the Hotel Savery were one of Weber's last projects before he retired.
Kem Weber: Sommer and Kaufmann Shoe Store (San Francisco, Calif.)
The interiors for the Sommer & Kaufmann Shoe Store were designed by Weber; he worked with architect Alfred F. Roller on the building design. Additional design elements, under the direction of Weber, were created by sculptor Eugene Maier-Krieg and painter Barse Miller.
Kem Weber: Systems Housing / Precision Built Homes
During World War Two, Weber worked with Otto Eitel and the Douglas Fir Plywood Association in Tacoma, Washington to build a model home using Weber's system. The model home took two carpenters only two days to build the home, after the foundation concrete was poured and set. Unfortunately, the design was never accepted by the government for war housing, and no other units were built.
Kem Weber: Weber house and studio (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Weber and his wife Erika found a plot of land in Santa Barbara's Mission Canyon area in 1946 and built the house in 1948. The sloping, heavily wooded site influenced the design-- a stone walkway leads up from the carport to the entry of the house, which is sheathed in redwood. Weber also design much of the furniture in the house and studio.
Kem Weber: Wedemeyer house (Altadena, Calif.)
The head of the art department at Pasadena Junior College, Archibald Wedemeyer, asked Weber to design a house in Altadena. The small two-story house featured ribbon windows and a trellised back patio for outdoor living.
Kem Weber: Zacho's store (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Weber had first worked on the interior of the Zacho's store in Los Angeles in 1937. For the 1945 alterations, he brought in the Scandinavian Modern style-- smooth ceilings and floors, textured walls, and the use of different materials-- to update the look of the store.
Kem Weber: Art Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Weber taught classes at the Art Center School in Los Angeles for many years; each year he had his students work on a group project to design a multi-building complex. For 1938, the students designed a new campus for the Art Center. Weber also designed a new campus, but the designs were not built.
Kem Weber: Franklin house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Elizabeth Franklin was a teacher at the Art Center School and a friend of Weber's when she asked him to design a house for her in west central Los Angeles. The house was sited on a hilly lot, with the garage placed underneath the main living area.
A.E. Hanson: Calendar landscaping (Los Angeles, Calif.)
The Harry Calendar garden, in the Windsor Square neighborhood in Los Angeles, was one of Hanson's first landscape architecture commissions. In the images above, the bird house holds a spotlight to highlight the lily pond. The colonial style pergola anchors the far end of the garden with statuary.
A.E. Hanson, landscape architect Frederick Martin, photographer
A. E. Hanson papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
A.E. Hanson: Cochran landscaping (Los Angeles, Calif.)
George Cochran, head of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, commissioned Hanson to create a garden on his multi-lot estate between Hobart and Harvard streets in Los Angeles. A long, narrow garden was created, with fully-grown trees brought in to complete the landscape vision.
These two images of Hanson show him at different points in his career. The first one from circa 1927 shows him while he was working on his most famous project, the Harold Lloyd estate. The second image shows Hanson as a well established land developer, circa 1955.
A. E. Hanson papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
A.E. Hanson: Johnson landscaping (Montecito, Calif.)
For the Kirk Johnson landscaping project, Hanson was introduced to the Johnson's by the architect of the house, George Washington Smith. The 8-acre property already contained many mature oak and cypress trees; Hanson utilized the existing trees to frame different garden 'rooms' and to highlight the natural landscape.
A.E. Hanson, landscape architect George Washington Smith, architect Fredrick Dapprich, photographer Wayne McCall, photographer
A.E. Hanson: Hanson landscaping (Westlake Village, Calif.)
Hanson designed this landscape for the backyard of his own home in Westlake, Calif. The design shows how a sculpted landscape can fit into a smaller suburban yard.
A.E. Hanson: Murphy landscaping (Los Angeles, Calif.)
For the Mrs. Dan Murphy garden, Hanson worked with architect Lutah Maria Riggs on the overall design for the landscape. Hanson had worked with Riggs previously on the Johnson estate in Montecito. The garden design was based on an Italian garden, since the Murphy's had two Italian temples reconstructed on the extensive estate grounds.
A.E. Hanson, landscape architect Fredrick Dapprich, photographer Wayne McCall, photographer Lutah Maria Riggs, architect
A.E. Hanson: Young landscaping (Pasadena, Calif.)
George Washington Smith designed the home for Archibald Young in the Andalusian style. Hanson complimented this style with a similar landscaping, by utilizing various fountains and water features to highlight the design.
A.E. Hanson, landscape architect George Washington Smith, architect
A.E. Hanson: Lloyd landscaping (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
The Harold Lloyd estate, also known as Green Acres, was a 15-acre property with golf course, swimming pool, 900 foot long canoe racing area, handball court, and many additional outbuildings and features. Hanson designed all of the landscape features, and worked with architect Sumner Spaulding on the placement of the Tuscany-style house on the grounds. Harold Lloyd was a very famous actor and producer in the 1920s, but whose fortunes declined over the years; he lived in the house until he died in 1971. The estate was then subdivided into multiple lots and sold off.
A.E. Hanson, landscape architect Sumner Spaulding, architect
John Elgin Woolf: Beal house (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
The L. Wayne Beal house in Scottsdale, Arizona highlights the stark contrast between the white house and the darker desert hills. The house is perched on the side of a hill, with a view of the valley.
John Elgin Woolf, designer and architect Max Eckert, photographer
John E. Woolf papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
John Elgin Woolf: Gershwin house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Lyricist Ira Gershwin commissioned Woolf to remodel the house on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills in the Hollywood Regency style. The house was torn down in 2013.
John Elgin Woolf: Petri house (San Francisco, Calif.)
Winemakers Louis and Flori Petri commissioned Woolf to design a house in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Woolf also designed an apartment in San Francisco, a house in Napa, and a condominium in Palm Springs for the couple.
John Elgin Woolf, designer and architect George de Gennero, photographer
John Elgin Woolf: Potts house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
The design work on the Jack and Effie Potts home on Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills consisted of detail work in the living room, and exterior work to the house and front gate.