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The Harlan Lee House, 1961.
Jones & Emmons, FAIA
Originally commissioned for developer Harlan Lee and featured as the Good Housekeeping Model House, this residence epitomizes a “dream house with young ideas” that defined the era’s innovative spirit. Behind iconic sky-blue double doors lies a secluded garden courtyard, a central design element that allows the house to breathe and provides direct access to multiple wings of the house. Classic post and beam construction with soaring high ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling glass walls seamlessly connects the interior to the lush landscaping and swimming pool.
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The Andrew Neff House.
Wallace Neff, Architect, 1946
Live Boldly! The Andrew Neff House, 1946, is the only remaining example in the United States of architect Wallace Neff's futurist Airform constructed residences. While the structure was wildly controversial in conservative Pasadena when it was built, it has stood the test of time, and continues to provide a warm, comfortable and contemporary living environment.
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The Galka Scheyer House
Richard Neutra, Architect, 1934
Second story addition in 1936 by Gregory Ain, Architect. Dubbed the "Maven of Modernism" and given the nickname "Galka" (inquisitive crow) by Alexej von Jawlenski, Scheyer broke the proverbial glass ceiling in the art world long before the term was used. Overwhelmed by Jawlensky's "hunchback" painting she first saw at a 1915 exhibition in Lausanne, Switzerland, the pair developed a close friendship that lasted until just before her death in 1945.
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Rodriguez House
Rudolph Schindler, Architect, 1941.
City of Glendale Historic Monument #24 with a Mills Act property tax reduction. This property is located within the sylvan Niodrara Drive Historic District (see attached nomination in Docs Folder). Designed for celebrated musician and classical radio commentator Jose, June, and their two sons, Rodriguez House is an early example of Mid-century post and beam construction, with wood trusses that cantilever over spacious living and dining areas.
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The Jack Lucas Residence.
Eric Black, Architect, 1947
Restoration and improvements by Tony Unruh, AIA.
An early example of California modernism is classically expressed in this dramatic and private ridgetop residence. The original owner reportedly remarked that he wanted a house that would "always look modern."
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Kubly House
Craig Ellwood, Architect, 1965.
Working in wood and glass, Ellwood rendered a transparent horizontal box and elevated it like a pavilion amidst the massive gum and oak trees shading the site. The resulting post and beam structure proved fitting for the Pasadena neighborhood where his contemporaries, several of them also Case Study architects, practiced their craft.
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Coldwater Canyon Dr
Robert Kennard, FAIA, 1954.
First offering since 2001. This custom built residence is the exception, and is reputedly the first project completed by Robert Kennard FAIA after he left Richard Neutra's office. In 2001-2002, architects Marmol Radziner performed a major renovation, including adding a swimming pool.
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The Roxy Roth House, 1946.
R.M. Schindler, Architect.
Commissioned by a screenwriter and actor, the Roxy Roth House has been cared for by only four owners across nearly eight decades, all creatives themselves. Critic Reyner Banham observed that Schindler "designed as if there had never been houses before," a sentiment fully realized here in the inventive choreography of light, space, and privacy. Living here feels less like inhabiting a traditional house and more like inhabiting a work of art.
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The Earthquake House
David Ming-Li Lowe, Architect, 1990
As part of the A.I.A. centenary celebration, this project was selected as one of the nation's 100 most important, receiving accolades for its design. Assumably the first in America built on visco-damper base isolators to protect it from earthquakes, along with steel as the major structural framework.
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Central California Country Retreat
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, 1961.
Sited on 76 acres of land in California's Central Valley that Buck Fawcett characterized to Wright as the most fertile agricultural land in the world, the residence and surrounding gardens afford an island of peace rising from the crops and merging with the distant mountains on the far horizon.