Kings Road House- details
subject: Southern California Architecture; California Modern Architecture
description: Full size detail construction plan showing typical joints for constructing walls. This drawing shows the exact dimensions of how each piece of wood or other material is connected to form the walls, windows, doors, and frames of the house.
creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953, architect.
source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1922
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relation: Drawer 16 / Flatfile 260
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Kings Road House- blueprint
subject: Southern California Architecture; California Modern Architecture
description: Blueprint showing floor plan and plot plan. This image outlines all of the rooms of the house, the sunken gardens, patios, flower beds, and tree placement in the garden.
creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953, architect.
source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1922
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relation: Drawer 16 / Flatfile 260
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Kings Road House- interior with fireplace
subject: Southern California Architecture; California Modern Architecture
description: Interior view of one of the live/work spaces. The fireplaces were the only heat source in the house. All of the furniture was designed by Schinder specifically for this house.
creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953, architect.
source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1922
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relation: Box 32c/ Folder 6
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Kings Road House- exterior elevation
subject: Southern California Architecture; California Modern Architecture
description: Working drawing of exterior of house, showing the slab walls, garden, horizontal window areas, and 'sleeping basket' on the roof. Drawing also contains original sketching and notes.
creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953, architect.
source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1922
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relation: Drawer 16 / Flatfile260
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Kings Road House- under construction
subject: Southern California Architecture; California Modern Architecture
description: Two men are shown hoisting a poured concrete slab into place using a pulley system on the partially completed house. The tilt-slab construction system was invented by architect Irving Gill, and modified by Schindler so that only two people are needed to hoist the slabs into place. Each slab is separated by 3 inches of glass or wood.
creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953, architect. No photographer listed.
source: R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1921-1922
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relation: Box 32c / Folder 6
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Salet house (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
description: The Salet house was built as a mother-in-law unit on the same property, yet secluded from, the main house. The tadpole-shaped plan has a square, open plan living and dining zone, which separates living spaces from bedrooms. Opposite the entry is an interior garden with three sliding shojis, which allow for different views through the living zone.
creator: Smith and Williams, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1954
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: La Canada Flintridge, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Newport Dunes aerial views (Newport Beach, Calif.)
description: The Newport Dunes development was a planned resort destination in Newport Beach. The rendering and photographic aerial views show contrasting visions of design and reality.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, architects Garth Chandler, photographer Robert Woodruff, renderer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1962-1963
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Newport Beach, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Newport Dunes restrooms and lifeguard station (Newport Beach, Calif.)
description: An associate architect in the Smith and Williams offices, Robert Thorgusen, designed a beach bath house with an undulating wall of sprayed concrete and metal lath. Thorgusen may have also designed the wooden lifeguard station.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1962-1963
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Newport Beach, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Newport Dunes restaurant (Newport Beach, Calif.)
description: The restaurant at Newport Dunes resort was commissioned by the Fred Harvey Company, which was known for hotels and restaurants that were part of train depots in the southwest United States in the early 20th century. The three story circular restaurant was centered around an aquarium as tall as the building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1962-1963
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Newport Beach, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Port Holiday renderings (Lake Mead, Nev.)
description: The Port Holiday resort was never built, but was to be located in the northwest corner of Lake Mead's Boulder Basin, just outside of Las Vegas, on the way to the Hoover Dam. The client, J. Carlton Adair, commissioned the studies and conceptual drawings, but did not secure funding for the project.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1963
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Lake Mead, Nev.; Boulder City, Nev.

Smith and Williams: Port Holiday model and plan (Lake Mead, Nev.)
description: Wayne Williams was the project manager for Community Facilities Planners on this unbuilt project in Lake Mead, Nevada. The development was to include homes, apartments, a mobile home park, hotels and shopping center, sporting areas, all clustered around a lake named after the client, Lake Adair.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1963
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Lake Mead, Nev.; Boulder City, Nev.

Smith and Williams: Mayfair Park (Lakewood, Calif.)
description: Community Facilities Planners produced a master plan for the parks of the City of Lakewood that called for creating four parks over 10 years. Smith and Williams designed the structures.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, planners Julius Shulman, photographer Jeffrey Lindsay, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1956
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Lakewood, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Brea Civic Center (Brea, Calif.)
description: Community Facilities Planners produced comprehensive planning reports for the Buena Park Civic Center and the Brea Civic Center.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Community Facilities Planners, planners
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1970
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Brea, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Anderson house (Loomis, Calif.)
description: The Anderson house is arranged in two sections connected by a hall-bridge that runs between the living house and the sleeping house. The structure sits lightly on the site so as not to disturb the rocks and mature oaks. Decks create separate outdoor rooms for the master bedroom and for dining.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Ernest Braun, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1957-1961
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Hidden Valley, Calif.; Loomis, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Orange County Home Show house (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
description: Robert Thorgusen of Smith and Williams was in charge of this exhibition house for the annual Orange County Home Show. Two identical rectangles—one for living and one for sleeping— are adjacent to a central court and surrounded by decks. Exposed wood elements and the use of shojis provide a Japanese character. The house is 1,000 square feet but the decks nearly double the square footage. After the Home Show, Thorgusen moved the house to property he owned.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Frashers Fotos, photographer Robert Thorgusen, architect
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1957-1958
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Costa Mesa, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Swanson house (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: As in many of Smith and Williams’s houses, the fireplace is set in a window wall. The architects bring nature directly into the house through views and by means of a stone wall that penetrates the living room from outside. A garden court sits at the center of the house. Lawrence Halprin was the landscape architect.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects George Szanik, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1951
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Sun Valley Methodist Church (Sun Valley, Calif.)
description: Whitney Smith, the partner in charge, designed a tent-like structure for a new sanctuary, in deference to the Methodist open door philosophy of worship. The interior furnishings, including the cross, communion table and rail, lectern and pulpit were made by furniture designer Sam Maloof. The pews were made by a furniture company from a Maloof prototype.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Jim Collison- Photographic International, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1973
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Sun Valley, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Smith & Williams office (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The first Smith and Williams office space was a converted structure on a property belonging to a Mrs. Armstrong, on South Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Blue Ribbon Construction Company tract housing (Northridge, Calif.)
description: The great variety of work in the Smith and Williams’s office mirrors the growth of Los Angeles, so it is not surprising that they designed more than 50 tract housing projects. One of the best is a small development of 13 houses in Northridge for the Blue Ribbon Construction Company. Smith and Williams sited the houses diagonally to increase privacy between adjacent houses and to provide longer vistas. Explaining the thinking regarding the design of tract housing, Williams was quoted as saying, “The cost of land has made it impossible for the architect to think of designing a house as a space with four walls.”
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1952-1953
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Northridge, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Divina Vista tract housing (Monterey Park, Calif.)
description: Smith and Williams designed the Divina Vista housing tract for the Security Development Corporation in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Smith and Williams argued that the problem of tract houses— small lots too close together—could be solved by skillful designers. They believed that “the house and lot must be intensively used together to result in a unit of total living.”
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1955-1956
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monterey Park, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Booth house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
description: In the final design for the Booth house, a deck extends all the way across the outside and beyond the edges of the living room, integrating the outside and inside areas into one living space, close to trees. The Booth house is similar to the Crowell house in the steepness of its site, the placement of the deck to extend the living area and vistas, and in the Japanese flavor of the design.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1953-1956
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Beverly Hills, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Crowell house (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The Crowell house site is on a hilltop, at the edge of a ravine. The design won an Award of Merit in 1956 in a contest sponsored by House & Home and Sunset magazine. The A.I.A. judges cited the manner in which the “Japanese-influenced house” adapted “an Oriental idea to the requirements of California living.” Smith wrote an unpublished essay, “Japanese Influence in California Architecture,” in which he said that the fact that “regional, indigenous California houses” look Japanese “is 99% coincidence.” He went on to say, however, that, “Japanese architecture has a strong emotional appeal to California architects.”
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1952-1956
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Wilcox house (Sierra Madre, Calif.)
description: The house for William B. Wilcox was designed by Whitney Smith and described as an adult house for informal living and entertaining. The kitchen cooking unit and the fireplace are back-to-back, making circulation between living, dining, and kitchen fluid. Decks at the same level as the floor carry the living room outside to a stunning view and a pool. The bedroom has a secluded garden.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1953-1955
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Sierra Madre, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Farris house (San Gabriel, Calif.)
description: A central garden room separates living and sleeping zones from the kitchen. The roof is pitched to capture light and views from the hilltop site. The use of concrete block in the garden room may have inspired Smith and Williams’s model house for the 1955 Los Angeles County Fair.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1951
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: San Gabriel, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Siegel house (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The house for Dr. Daniel Siegel and his family uses a strong circulation element, in this case a ramp, to organize the living areas on a deep and steep lot. The entrance to the house is strongly marked with a long covered walk. Cobblestones are used in garden retaining walls and for low steps. In the entrance hall the cobblestones appear again as a waist high wall that runs alongside the ramps and leads down to the dining rooms and up to the living room. The cobblestones are repeated in the living room in a large fireplace surrounded by window wall.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1952-1953
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Blaisdell medical office (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Medical offices became a Whitney Smith specialty; he designed two before 1949 and at least 14 with Smith and Williams. This refined design, perhaps his best, was made of concrete and wood. Patients entered through a landscaped area, now devoted to parking. The waiting room includes a private garden patio and a wooden screen for privacy at the reception desk.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1945-1951
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Royce Children's Clinic (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The exterior is reserved but the inside is full of visual excitement. Wooden screens and colored glass separate reception from waiting areas, and animate the small space. As in their other doctors’ offices, the scale and materials create a domesticated building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1957-1958
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: United Autoworkers Union building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: Of all Smith and Williams’s buildings, the union structures are the most modernistic. The glass, steel and concrete buildings present forthright, transparent façades to their members and communities. The materials also represent the sleek and modern modes of transportation made by their members: automobiles and aircraft.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1958
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.; Inglewood, Calif.

Smith and Williams: CAPSA College Car Wash (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Constructed on Pasadena’s main street, Colorado Blvd., this structure won an A.I.A. award. The jury praised the CAPSA Carwash for possessing lightness and motion. The steel-skeleton structure takes full advantage of its openness to create a visually weightless building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1956-1957
rights: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10) Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
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language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Mobil Service Station (Anaheim, Calif.)
description: The design of this Mobil station solved the requirements for auto maneuverability on a tight site with modern engineering. Smith and Williams hung four canopies of open web steel on poles to shelter gas pumps, the service area, rest rooms, and the office. Equally impressive was its translation of marketing needs into design; the pumps were labeled with large, easily visible lettering; kiosks for selling tires and oil were clustered in a protected pedestrian island. Smith and Williams commissioned the artist Millard Sheets to design a large red Pegasus (the Mobil brand symbol), for the top of the sign. Albert Stewart sculpted the figure.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1955
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Anaheim, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Neighborhood Church (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Prior to 1966, the Neighborhood Church congregation used a sanctuary building at 535 South Pasadena Avenue that had been built in 1887 as the First Congregational Church. In 1946, the church expanded its facilities. Smith and Williams designed a nursery school building called the Children’s House. Following their master plan, Smith and Williams subsequently added the Children’s Chapel and the Religious Education Building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1953-1956
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Armstrong house (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: In a letter dated September 1955 to Dan MacMasters at the Los Angeles Examiner’s Pictorial Living section, Smith described the Armstrong house as having no front or back. All four sides, he wrote, were designed for looking ‘at’ and for looking out ‘from.’ A glass roofed passage connects the house to the terrace and divides the house into three functional buildings: living and dining, kitchen and bath, and bedroom. An interior garden off the dining area and at each end of the passage reinforces the connection of the house to its site.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1951
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Microdot Incorporated (South Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Brick and colored, clear, and painted glass were used to create visually pleasing spaces inside—a lobby and conference room—and read on the exterior as colorful volumes. A preliminary design proposed a façade that resembled a computer punch card, a reference to the company business.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Kent Oppenheimer, photographer Larry Harmon, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1961
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: South Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Monrovia, Calif.)
description: Smith and Williams created, at the time, the longest unsupported plywood vaults for this church. The clerestories under the vaults are lighted at night, which makes the roof appear to float.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Larry Frost, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1960
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Friend Paper Company (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The saw tooth edge of the Friend Paper Company roof creates a distinctive character for the building on the street. What is not as noticeable is the double roof system that Smith and Williams created to modulate the effect of heat and light coming into the building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Lin Cariffe, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1964
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Community Facilities Planning office (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The building on S. Fair Oaks in Pasadena was designed to be four separate buildings housed under one large metal lattice roof, which covers the gardens and offers privacy. The original group of Community Facilities Planners included: Smith and Williams architects; Simon Eisner and Lyle Stewart planners; and Garrett Eckbo, Francis Dean, Robert Royston, and Edward Williams landscape architects. In the early 1960s, they were joined by Richard Selje and Robert Bond, industrial designers.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1959
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: San Gabriel Valley Medical Association building (San Gabriel, Calif.)
description: This medical building comprises four separate structures, connected by stairways and an L-shaped second floor. The round building, closest to Las Tuna Drive, originally was a pharmacy.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer Scott Lowry, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1960
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: San Gabriel, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Goodrich house (San Marino, Calif.)
description: Interior screens separate the functions in the open plan living zone of the Goodrich house and yet still keep the volume spacious. For the Calvin Goodrich house, Whitney Smith designed a "petal" roof: four identical gables, floating above triangular clerestories and supported by posts at the four corners. Smith possibly borrowed the idea of the "petal" roof from his mentor Harwell Harris.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1959
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: San Marino, Calif.

Smith and Williams: George house (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
description: This house was designed for a musician and an artist on a heavily wooded lot that included nearly 50 mature trees, some of which the architects allowed to grow through the eaves, rather than remove. The architects designed the house as two separate buildings—living and sleeping—connected by a short set of stairs flanked by stained glass. The large living room is surrounded by other functions—two studios and a kitchen— that open onto the living room through sliding shojis. A long skylight, visible from the front façade, travels all the way through the house.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1961
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: La Canada Flintridge, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Newton house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: The house for Dr. and Mrs. Bernauer Newton and family is considered one of their boldest designs for integrating inside and outside spaces. The bedrooms for the Newton house are in separate pavilions connected to the living area by covered walkways. The structures of the garage, living area, and bedrooms enclose the garden, making it the central ‘room’ of the house.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1962
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Van Vechten Launders and Cleaners (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The drive-in laundry used the canopy (33 feet wide and 48 feet long) to catch the customer’s eye as well as to shelter customers and the car hops who retrieved and delivered laundry for waiting cars. The triangular space frame truss is accented by globe lights, and a concrete block wall separates the office space from laundry area.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1958
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: United States Post Office (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
description: The post office was designed to anchor a small suburban shopping center. A reproduction of a rendering in the archive shows that the decorative folded detail on the façade was to be carried through onto the fronts of the other buildings in the shopping center to tie the buildings together, literally and visually.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1960
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: La Canada Flintridge, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Scripps College swimming pool (Claremont, Calif.)
description: The pavilion was designed by Smith and Williams in 1958, and contained walls which were inset with milk-white, blue, and translucent glass panels.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Marvin Rand, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1958
rights: © Marvin Rand Estate Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Claremont, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Mulder-Gregg medical building (Covina, Calif.)
description: The wood beams are used in a craftsman mode and contribute to the soothing domestic appeal of this small medical building.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Scott Lowry, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1958
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Covina, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Sunset Canyon Recreation Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: Wayne Williams and Robert Meyerhof, associate partner in the Smith and Williams’s office, designed a multi-level arrangement of decks and stair landings with an elaborate post-and-beam system that gives the impression of a tree house. The University of California, Los Angeles, program requested an open place, with few physical boundaries, to encourage informal meetings and conversations between faculty and students.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Steve Jost, photographer Jim Collison- Photographic International, photographer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1962-1966
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Barr Lumber model house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: In 1944-1945 the Barr Lumber Company invited three architects to design model houses for an unbuilt experiment and engaged landscape architect Garrett Eckbo to create gardens for each of the proposals. For his submission, Whitney Smith wrote an extensive text, accompanied by drawings, that describe the special features and planning reasons behind each room and asserts that his design "defines urban living as an intimate garden out of which the house rises."
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Whitney Smith, architect Garrett Eckbo, landscape architect
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1944-1946
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Mutual Housing Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: In 1946, a group of four friends decided to pool their resources and buy land in the hills above Sunset Boulevard to build homes for their families. The group soon grew to over 400 interested parties, and the group became the Mutual Housing Association, which purchased over 800 acres of hilly land to build on. The group chose Whitney Smith, A. Quincy Jones, and Edgar Contini to design the modern houses, a park, and community center. The project was named Crestwood Hills, and the original architects drew up plans for 29 different house plans- each sited on a lot to provide unobstructed views.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects Whitney Smith, architect A. Quincy Jones, architect Edward Contini, engineer
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1948
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

California City: Aerial renderings
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: California City was designed as a master-planned community, with all of the necessities of life close by: home, work, recreation, and shopping. Smith and Williams were able to start with a blank canvas-- literally the open desert-- to create multiple planned communities within the California City city limits. Aerial renderings show the abundant green space around and between homes and businesses, as well as recreational centers.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1961
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relation: Box 46, Folder 1521
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

California City- Water resources
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: California City was chosen as a building site because of its' proximity to highways, railroads, military bases, and mining. It also was purported to sit on top of an underground aquifer that would never run dry. Smith and Williams, along with landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, designed parks, golf courses, swimming pools, and green spaces into a desert community, based on easily accessible water.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1961
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: Box 46, Folder 1524
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

California City: Central Park
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: The main recreation area at the center of town was the Central Park. It contained golf courses, swimming pools, and a large lake for boating and fishing. Smith and Williams designed this distinctive shade structure for the end of the boat ramp.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1961
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: Box 46, folder 1521
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

California City: Church
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: As city planners, Smith and Williams designed many different types of buildings used by various parts of the community. The Congregational Church in California City utilized the same stylistic roof and shade structure motif of the recreation building in the park to provide continuity to the public spaces.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1961
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: Box 46, folder 1521
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

California City: Neighborhood Plans
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: In order to attract a wide variety and number of prospective home owners to this planned community, Smith and Williams designed a variety of neighborhood plans to fit different demographics. Some neighborhoods featured wide, park-like lots without fences, others were to be standard suburban lots with equal-sized lots, still others were 'atrium houses' which featured an interior courtyard, as well as townhomes, high rises, and senior living facilities. All would be within easy walking or driving distance of work, school, shopping, and recreational facilities.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1961
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: Box 46
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

California City: Advertising Brochure
subject: Southern California Architecture California Modern Architecture Urban Planning
description: Despite all of the city planning and marketing of California City, the population did not increase at the rates hoped for by the investors. The marketing of California City was aimed at people in the greater Los Angeles area who wanted to escape the smog and congestion of the urban city and live in a completely planned and organized city. With gold, silver, and borax mines, as well as a military base, jobs were available. The advertising brochure shows how narrow the marketing focus was on a specific type of homebuyer.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1965
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: Flat File 402
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: California City, Calif.; Kern County, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Spencer house (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Smith had an opportunity in the Spencer house to realize some of the ideas in his Case Study House 12. The Spencer’s property contained a number of garden structures, including a Greene and Greene lath house. Sketches in the Spencer file show Smith trying out various situations for the lath house, including as an entrance space.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1951
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Crawford's Country Mart (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This is a rendering of an unbuilt design for a country market. The use of a metal lath roof easily defines the space of the market and encompasses all its activities and products. A similar roof design was incorporated into the building for Community Facilities Planners, a few years later.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1954
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.?

Smith and Williams: Ralphs Market (South Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Smith and Williams designed several schemes for Ralphs Grocery Stores. For the South Pasadena location, they designed a distinctive frame for the facade that faces the parking lot. The frame is made up of an expressionistic roof edging held up by attenuated pillars or columns, creating an exuberant false front, which acts as a billboard for the store.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1963
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: South Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Buena Park Civic Center (Buena Park, Calif.)
description: Smith and Williams arranged the office spaces in six pavilions connected by covered walkways that carry people from the edge of the site to each of the six pavilions.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1957
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Buena Park, Calif.

Smith and Williams: John Marshall Junior High School (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: Photographs in the Smith and Williams’s files show the students at John Marshall congregating in groups at the edge of the campus. The design for a new cafeteria gracefully accommodates the students’ energetic sociability with a space that is defined but open.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1960
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Dorr-Siegel-Click-Hurley medical building (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: These medical offices have an unusual form and are very difficult to see from the exterior. In the simplified plan, the building is composed of two adjacent circles connected by a diamond- shaped reception vestibule. Patients enter through a small garden, into the reception vestibule that contains garden patios and two receptionist desks. Each of the four doctors occupies one-quarter of a circle; the other quarters are taken up by exam rooms.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1964
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: California State Polytechnic University (Pomona, Calif.)
description: Smith and Williams designed more residential and commercial buildings but produced many master plans and planning studies for public and civic projects. The expansion of the state college and university systems provided work for many architects through the middle of the 20th century.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1967
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pomona, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Welborn Phillips Company housing (Pasadena, Calif.)
description: The Welborn Phillips Company was a developer of tract homes. Smith and Williams created a brochure which illustrated their philosophy on tract housing. They highlighted such details as exterior masonry planter boxes to give a pleasant view from inside the house, sound insulation between bedrooms and main living areas, a breakfast bar along one side of the kitchen for flexible seating, and integrated car shelters.
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
date: 1949
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Smith and Williams: Santa Ana Woods (Santa Ana, Calif.)
description: Whitney Smith described his design for the Santa Ana Woods tract development as one of his best: "a tract of 104 houses, set far apart from other neighborhoods by natural barriers. The exclusive atmosphere further emphasized by the stone entrance."
creator: Smith and Williams, architects
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
date: circa 1956
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relation: adc_175
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Ana, Calif.

Smith and Williams portraits
description: Portraits of both Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams can be found in both the Smith and Williams collection as well as the Wayne Williams collection. Whitney Rowland Smith was born in Pasadena in 1911 and lived there most of his life. He entered the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1929, graduating in 1934. Between 1934 and 1940, Smith picked up drafting and design projects from several different architects and worked as a renderer for Universal Studios. He designed subsistence housing for the Farm Security Administration in 1936 and housing for the war effort with the Public Housing Administration in the early 1940s. Smith considered Harwell Hamilton Harris, for whom he worked briefly, his teacher Kem Weber, and Charles and Henry Greene to be the great influences on his work. He opened an office in Pasadena in 1944, and in 1949 founded Smith and Williams with Wayne R. Williams. Smith taught at USC in 1941-1942 and at Scripps College in Pomona from 1945-1962. In 1973, Smith left Smith and Williams and returned to an individual practice. He died in 2002 in Bend, Oregon. Wayne Richard Williams was born in Los Angeles, October 17, 1919. He attended John H. Francis Polytechnic, a vocational high school that offered drafting classes, and in 1941 entered USC, where Whitney Smith was one of his instructors. When the war ended, Williams worked in Smith’s office while finishing his architecture studies at USC. He graduated in 1947 and probably earned his license in 1949, the year he and Smith formed Smith and Williams. Williams developed an interest and specialty in planning recreational facilities and wrote the book Recreation Places in 1958. It was his idea to form the collaborative Community Facilities Planners in order to compete for large jobs that needed planning, landscape, and architecture. When Smith left the partnership in 1973, Williams retained the firm name, changing it at some point to the Smith-Williams Group. By 2003 he h…
creator: Smith and Williams, architects; Whitney Smith, architect Wayne Williams, architect
source: Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950s - circa 1970s
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relation: adc_175; adc_211
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
identifier: adc_175; adc_211
coverage: Pasadena, Calif.

Santa Barbara College of the University of California-- Mesa Campus Master Plan
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: This master plan of the Leadbetter Mesa campus, assumed to be drawn by Soule & Murphy, shows a large number of buildings built on the mesa and surrounding areas. The Arts buildings were clustered towards the Cliff Drive side of campus, while the Science buildings were closer to the ocean. Dormitories and a student union were in the area of the SBCC west campus, with a large amphitheater and tennis courts along Loma Alta Drive. The football stadium had been built in 1940, and other athletic buildings were added to the area below the mesa, along with 'beach sports' on west beach, and 'yachting' in the harbor.
creator: Soule & Murphy, architects
source: Robert Ingle Hoyt papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: August 1946
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relation: Box 8
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.

Soule & Murphy: bird's eye view of campus
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: In 1950, Santa Barbara architecture firm Soule and Murphy developed a master plan for the campus. Initially, the college was to be a small liberal-arts college (with a maximum enrollment of 3500 students), not a large research university. The Soule and Murphy master plan shows a large semi-circle of buildings facing an amphitheater near the lagoon, with another wide plaza surrounded by buildings also facing south. In addition to these structures, there were recreational fields on the northern end of the mesa overlooking the airport, following an existing running track and adjacent road. Soule and Murphy took advantage of the oceanfront site by orienting the campus toward the ocean in a series of Beaux Arts-style quadrangles and plazas, which were to be surrounded by academic buildings.
creator: Soule & Murphy, architects
source: University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Building records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950
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relation: adc_186
format: Image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.

Science Building -- Webb Hall
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: A watercolor rendering of the second building to be built on the Goleta campus. The Science Building was designed by Santa Barbara architects Windsor Soule and John Murphy, who were the supervising architects for the new campus until 1953. The 1.2 million dollar science building featured 14 laboratories, 100-seat auditorium, offices, classrooms, numerous safety features include storing explosives in a room with an exterior collapsible wall, and a lead-lined radiation chamber in the basement.
creator: Soule and Murphy, architects
source: University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Building records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1952
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relation: oversize box 1
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.; Goleta, Calif.

Campus Landscape Plan -- Soule and Murphy
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: A rendering of the landscape plan for the campus. This plan orients south at the top of the plan, with the lagoon and ocean at the top and left of the image. Three quadrangles (south, east, and northwest) are shown originating from a central point. A semi-circle of residence halls faces the lagoon, with an outdoor theater at the water's edge. The recreational area at the lower right contains baseball diamond, running track, driving range, football field, and general athletic fields separated into men's and women's. Landscaping is highlighted in this plan, including an arboretum and natural landscaping around the lagoon. This plan was not adopted; the only buildings Soule & Murphy built were Webb Hall and Library I (with Chester Carjola).
creator: Soule and Murphy, architects; Ralph T. Stevens, landscape architect
source: University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Building Records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950
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relation: Drawer 56, flat file 14
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.; Goleta, Calif.

SBCAA: Williams house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
description: This house is listed as Demonstration House Number 7 for the Better Homes Committee. Owners were Dr. and Mrs. Allin Williams for this house on East Padre Street.
creator: Soule, Murphy & Hastings, architects Faulding, photographer
source: Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1927
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relation: adc_172
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.

SBCAA: unidentified house (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
description: This house won second prize in the House and Garden Competition in 1927. It was remodeled by Soule, Murphy & Hastings and is located near East Islay and Laguna Street in Santa Barbara.
creator: Soule, Murphy & Hastings, architects P. H. Greene, photographer
source: Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1927
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relation: adc_172
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Exterior presentation board
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: Colored pencil on board rendering of exterior view of hotel. This presentation board shows the view of the front entrance of the hotel, with shops on either side. The asymmetrical "Mayan" stonework is shown above the entrance, and the sage green color of the stucco was meant to portray an aged surface.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: flatfile 205
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Exterior presentation board, side view
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: Colored pencil rendering of exterior side view of hotel on board. This view shows the corner of Foothill Boulevard (old Route 66), and Magnolia Avenue. It features "Mayan" decorative motifs on the corner, and along the side of the building. The view of the San Gabriel mountain range is seen in the background.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: flatfile 205
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Interior presentation board
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: Colored pencil on board. Rendering of interior of lobby; this shows the original design from August 1924. This presentation board displays the full color effect that Stacy-Judd was trying to achieve with his "Mayan Revival" style. The fireplace is on the far right, with the lobby entrance doors center right, and the doors to the restroom at the center of the image. "Mayan" design motifs are shown on the walls, which were hand-drawn by Stacy-Judd.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924
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relation: flatfile 205
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Lobby looking west
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: Photograph of interior of lobby looking towards the fireplace with the front desk to the right-hand side. Cast concrete was used for the "Mayan" forms around the doorways and fireplace. Stacy-Judd painted the murals on the walls and designed the stencil for the ceiling.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: box 10 folder 386
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Lobby looking east
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: Black and white photograph of the lobby looking towards the east. The front desk is on the left, with the entrance to the lobby on the right. The stairway on the far left leads to the outdoor patio area for the restaurant. "Mayan" themed furniture designed by Stacy-Judd can be seen in the middle of the room.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: box 10 folder 388
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Front desk
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: This image depicts the front desk in the lobby of the hotel. The "Mayan" themed furniture and the wall accents (including the drinking fountain) were designed by Stacy-Judd. The short staircase led to the private dining rooms for the restaurant.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: box 10 folder 388
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: First floor plan
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: The original floor plan for the first floor of the hotel. Stores, barber shop, and coffee shop are along the bottom of the image. The lobby and dining room for the restaurant are in the center. In the upper right-hand corner are four one-room apartments. The dotted lines on the upper left-hand portion of the plan denote a future wing of apartments that was never built.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: flatfile 36
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Exterior elevation drawings
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: This original drawing depicts each of the four main elevations: west, north, east, and south. The main entrance facade (south elevation) contains the majority of the cast concrete decorative elements. The west elevation shows the pergola and patio area used as outdoor dining for the restaurant. The caption at the bottom of the drawing: Monrovia Community Hotel for the Community Hotel Corporation of Monrovia, Cal.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: flatfile 36
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Lobby elevation drawings
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: This is a scale drawing of the north and south walls of the Aztec Hotel lobby. The north wall features the detail work on the staircase to the second floor, doorways leading to the restaurant dining rooms, and the front desk. The south elevation includes details around the doorways to the restrooms, the vestibule to the entrance, and outlines of the "Mayan" murals painted on the walls by Stacy-Judd.
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
rights: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. University of California Regents.
relation: flatfile 36
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Aztec Hotel: Exterior photograph with cars
subject: Southern California Architecture
description: The black and white photograph shows the front facade of the hotel, with 1920s era automobiles. The caption at the bottom of the photograph: "First structure ever erected utilizing Ancient Maya Art Motifs throughout."
creator: Stacy-Judd, Robert (1884-1975), architect.
source: Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1924-1925
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relation: box 10 folder 386
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Monrovia, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: In addition to private homes, Abell also designed schools, stores, and other commercial buildings such as this bank on Larchmont in Los Angeles. The clean and simple facade, overhanging roof, and ample off-street parking have survived the 40+ years since its construction. The changing of a few exterior colors and the growth of trees surrounding the building are the main changes to the exterior.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Allan Dean Walker, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1971-1973
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: LeBrun house (Malibu, Calif.)
description: The house was designed for Rico LeBrun, an artist and teacher. LeBrun requested a large art studio with an outside work area, inside work area, drawing room, metal shop, sculpture room, and large studio with darkroom and plentiful storage. The house also originally contained three bedrooms, an office, atrium, and expansive living/dining/kitchen area that opened onto a patio.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1962-1964
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Malibu, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Adelman house (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
description: This house for L.B. Adelman is sited on a portion of the former Charlie Chaplin estate in Beverly Hills (the tennis court on the property is the original Chaplin Estate court). The post and beam design was designed by Abell and O'Neil Ford, a Texas-based architect. In 2019, the house was considered for the Beverly Hills Register of Historic Properties, since it has retained a significant number of its original features.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1955-1958
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Beverly Hills, Calif.

Thornton Abell: CSU Art Building (Fullerton, Calif.)
description: The Art Building complex at California State University, Fullerton is actually a grouping of four buildings connected by courtyards, loggias, and water features. The classrooms in the Art building were designed to be wide and long, to permit many artists to work in the same room. Large windows along the exterior walls provided additional natural light.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
date: 1970
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Fullerton, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Abell office (Santa Monica, Calif.)
description: The Thornton Abell office building in Santa Monica highlights his architectural style for clients. The use of clean lines, indoor/outdoor living, and sliding partition doors were all features showcased in the photos by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1949
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Monica, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Beck house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This house in the Bel Air Hills section of Los Angeles, was built for Dr. William S. Beck. Sited on a steeply upwardly sloping lot in a canyon, the house was placed close to the road to take advantage of the only flat portion of the lot.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1949-1950
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Braddock Street School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This elementary school was one of many schools designed by Abell. Located in the Culver City area of Los Angeles, this school is now a 'gifted magnet' school. The photographs by Julius Shulman were thoughtfully staged.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1952
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: National Home Show model home (Inglewood, Calif.)
description: This house was built for the Los Angeles Seventh National Home Show and Building Exposition. Abell designed a model home named "The Californian."
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1952
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Inglewood, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Charnock Road Elementary (Mar Vista, Calif.)
description: The site plan for the Charnock Road Elementary School shows how additional buildings could be added to the site as enrollment grew during the population boom of the 1950s. This was a project for the Los Angeles City School district in the Mar Vista neighborhood.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: undated
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Mar Vista, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Rich house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: The steel magnate Gustav Rich commissioned this house from Abell in 1966. The steel frame with stucco also contained long walls of glass and interior walls of walnut. The house was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006, after an extensive restoration.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Richard Fish, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1966-1970
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Mt. Vernon Junior High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This commission from the Los Angeles School District for a classroom building at Mt. Vernon Junior High, was located in the West Adams neighborhood. It is now named the Johnnie Cochran Middle School.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect Richard Fish, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1964-1968
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell portraits
description: The Thornton Abell archive contains a number of studio portraits of the architect.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950s
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Valley Center Shopping Center (Van Nuys, Calif.)
description: This rendering for a shopping center was commissioned by M. Russell Davis and Philip Mackay Gordon, builder and business property developers. This early work shows influences of Streamline Moderne as well as a more Modern aesthetic.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1947
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Van Nuys, Calif.

Thornton Abell: KTLA Studio Plant (Hollywood, Calif.)
description: For this axonometric drawing, Abell shows a cut-away of the Paramount Television Productions studio plant on North Bronson Avenue in Hollywood. Klaus Landsberg, a pioneering electrical engineer for the early television studios, is listed as the 'West Coast Director' of this plant.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1948
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Hollywood, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Degnan shopping center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: For this shopping center in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Abell designed the business block for Philip M. Gordon and the Los Feliz Investment Company.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1947
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.; Liemert Park, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Niedringhaus/Reber duplexes (Montecito, Calif.)
description: Abell designed side-by-side duplexes for sisters Mary McKeen Niedringhaus and Christine Reber. Both houses had private views of the mountains and each side of the duplex also contained a rental unit.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1959
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relation: aadc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Montecito, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Bakos house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This one-story house in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles is sited on a flat lot, with a private pool and outdoor living area. Built with a distinctive roof line, the house allows for indoor/outdoor living through glass walls and atriums.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect; Julius Shulman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1958-1959
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Siskin house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
description: This house was built in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles for a young family with many children, live-in maids, and a need to entertain large groups. The International Style house that Abell designed also worked well for the Siskin's need for indoor/outdoor living, a pool, multiple storage and workshop areas, and separate wings of the house for children and parents.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect; Richard Fish, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1965-1968
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still image
coverage: Los Angeles, Calif.

Thornton Abell: Abell house (Santa Monica, Calif.)
description: Thornton Abell designed this house on a very steep lot in the hills of Santa Monica for himself and his family. The three story home featured a rooftop deck, main level terrace, lower level drafting room, and a garden with a pool and guest house.
creator: Thornton Abell, architect; Victor Haveman, photographer
source: Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: 1936-1937
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relation: adc_102
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still image
coverage: Santa Monica, Calif.

World War II Marine base and future site of the UC Santa Barbara campus: view of barracks
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: A view of the World War II barracks, as they existed when the University developed the Goleta mesa site. Barracks like these were turned into classrooms, laboratories, and offices. This photograph appears to have been taken in the current area of South Hall; the buildings pictured would have housed military science department and additional physical education spaces, since the gymnasium would have been located immediately to the west of the row of trees. Currently, buildings of this type house the offices of Arts & Lectures, a portion of El Centro, the Ergo lab, and other offices.
creator: University of California, Santa Barbara
source: University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Building records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa 1950
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relation: Box 4, folder 2
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.

World War II Marine base and future site of UC Santa Barbara: aerial view of site and coastline
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: An aerial view of the Goleta mesa campus site, with Campus Point in the foreground and the Santa Barbara Airport in the distance. World War II era buildings can be seen both inside and outside of the line of eucalyptus trees used as a windbreak. This photograph was taken before any buildings were constructed for the University, and clearly shows the layout of the Marine Buildings. The two-story buildings within the eucalyptus treeline were converted into classrooms and offices for the University; the long row of one-story buildings closer to the airport were originally enlisted men's barracks and became the residence halls for the collegiate men.
creator: University of California, Santa Barbara
source: University of California, Santa Barbara Campus Building records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
publisher: Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
date: circa early 1950s
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relation: Box 4, Folder 2
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Still Image
coverage: Santa Barbara, Calif.; Goleta, Calif.