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Schindler/Chase House

Visual Documentation
Image File: 
Schindler-Chase house (Rudolf Schindler), 1922
Flickr Image- http://www.flickr.com/photos/kid_pro_quo/241701920/
2006
Location
Location: 
835 N. Kings Road
Los Angeles, CA 90069
United States
34° 5' 11.058" N, 118° 22' 19.7616" W
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Los Angeles
California
90069
Identity of Building / Site
Variant or Former Name: 
Schindler House
Primary Classification/Typology: 
Residential (RES)
History of Building/Site
Dates: Commission / Completion: 

Commission 1921(e), completion 1921-2(e).

Architectural and other Designer(s): 

Rudolph M. Schindler, architect
Clyde Chase, Pauline Schindler, Richard and Dion Neutra (residents from 1925-7)

Current Use: 

MAK Center for Art and Architecture, exhibition/historic site

Current Condition: 

In 1995 the Museum for Andevante Kunst (MAK) Center assumed financial responsibility for restoration efforts begun by Friends of the Schindler House (FOSH) in 1987. The building sustained structural damage from the January 1994 Los Angeles earthquake. The restoration effort is to return the house to its appearance during first occupation in the 1920s. Original furnishings (on loan from the Schindler Family) are supplemented with replicas.

Evaluation
General Assessment: 

An early experiment in two-family housing with live/work space for each adult. Rooms open to private terraces and gardens for integrated indoor/outdoor living. Experimental tilt-up concrete construction, outdoor fireplaces, sliding doors of canvas and glass, custom furnishings, open-air sleeping porches and free flow of space create the quintessential California house.

Authoring
Recorder/Date: 
DOCOMOMO US Register committee, July 1999
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2007-09-04 01:43
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