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Walk Homps in Ojai

SAH/SCCTour The SAH/SCC has organized an architectural tour celebrating the architectural May 22nd, legacy ofHodney Walker, featuring five of his later designs, all in the Ojai Valley. Much has already been written about Walkers Case Study houses and his 10AM-5PM pioneering architecture in the Los Angeles area; this event will showcase his later Ojai residential work, designed during the years he lived in Ojai.

Walker's Homes in Ojai will be an exciting one-day tour to be held on the building process, not only designing and supervising, but actually participating in the construction of most of Saturday, May 22nd. This exclusive house tour is $55 for members; $70 for his buildings with his workmen. non-members, and will include lunch. Space is limited to the first 40 paid "Walker insisted on calling himself a 'designer' rather than an architect (even after the AIA offered to confer reservations; see form on the back page. If you have any questions or would this latter title on him without the fulfillment of the usual requirements) because he refused to give up the build• like additional information, please call tour organizer, SAH/SCC Board ing process that he felt was crucial to the perfection of the final architectural product." Member John Berley at 310.587.1577. Walker's eldest son Bruce put it this way, "1 think he was one of the few Case Study designers who really Our intent is to open a dialogue about Walker's structural expressive• tried to take the program's objectives seriously His places were usually artistic in a practical way rather than ness, spatial ideas, use of materials, and constant search for economy. As exotic for its own sake. He latched on to excellent products like Weldwood, Weldtex, and Novoply from U.S. with all of our tours, we will provide our members the unique opportunity Plywood and used them to excellent advantage. He did a lot of his own structural engineering and kept a Marl(s to experience the spaces firsthand, something we believe is essential to Handbook on his desk. He would then take the plans to a PE (engineer) to have them signed off." cultivating a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the work. Additionally, Bruce's brother (and SAH/SCC Board Member) Craig remembers, "My father liked to explore In her book Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of novel structural details and material usage, which often triggered heated debates at the Building Department!" the Case Study (houses (MIT Press, 1989), Elizabeth A.T Smith writes On the day of the event, tour goers will be asked to drive to a staging area in Ojai where we will start the of Rodney Walker: day at 10AM with a brief slide presentation that will set the stage for and provide context about the work. "Throughout his architectural career, Rodney Walker remained true to Afterward, shuttle buses will take participants to the various houses and return to the event staging area by 5PM. the goals of experimenting with new cost-saving materials in aesthetically Come join us for a comprehensive regional study of the work of architect Rodney Walker and spend the after• innovative, modern structures. He was an architect who entered fully into noon experiencing springtime in the delightful Ojai valley.

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After great anticipation, I finally found the time to enjoy "My Architect: A Son's Editor: Julie D. Taylor Journey" the film about . which has been nominated for an Associate Editor: Elizabeth Meyer Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary Feature (at press time, Assistant Editor: Anne Dickhoff the envelopes were still sealed). Internet Editor: Brent Eckerman As you surely know, it is more than a simple documentary about the Art Director: Svetlana Petrovic architect; it is an intensely personal process of discovery by Kahn's son Administration: Arline Chambers Nathaniel, who knew his father only fleetingly When Kahn died at New York's Penn Station in 1974, Nathaniel was only 11 years old. Information and ads for the newsletter should be sent three weeks before the issue date. Moreover Nathaniel rarely saw his father because the architect secretly Issue Deadline: May/June 2004 April 10. 2003 harbored three families while maintaining a grueling work schedule and Please send all ad materials, notices of events, exhibitions and news to the attention of the editor: frequent international travel. Kahn visited Nathaniel and his mother just once Julie D. Taylor. Editor SAH/SCC News Newsletter telephone; 310.247.1099 a week, often arriving after dark and stealing away before dawn. PO. Box 56478 Newsletter fax: 310.247.8147 Of course the built-in dramatic tension is enormous: Kahn, whom we Sherman Oaks, Newsletter e-mail: [email protected] know as a philosopher an idealist, and a perfectionist, somehow managed to lead a messy personal life of entanglements and deceits. CA 91413 During the course of the film, Nathaniel assembles the full dimension of SAH/SCC Executive Board his father's character from fragments: pictures, film clips, family members, Jean Clare Baaden Alex Meconi colleagues, cab drivers. (Kahn never drove, and he was compulsively social, Anthony Denzer (President) John Berley Hal Meltzer so he obtained a special license from the city of Philadelphia to ride in the front Sian Winship (Vice President) John Ellis Cara Mullio seat of taxicabs, in order to talk with the drivers.) Merry Ovnick (Membership) Craig Walker Interviews with family members and colleagues are quite naturally full of Rina Rubenstein (Treasurer) Ted Kane sentiment. It is a testament to Kahn's personal charm and the power of his Brent Eckerman (Internet) vision that his employees, who were sometimes treated quite poorly adored him. Three decades after his death, the women he betrayed remain curiously SAH/SCC Advisory Board reverent and perhaps even moonstruck. In a heart-wrenching moment. Ted Wells, Ted Bosley, Ken Breisch, Stephen Harby. Elizabeth McMillian, Rochelle Mills, Nathaniel and his two half-sisters nervously discuss whether they are. in fact, Claire Rogger, Richard C.Rowe, Nancy Smith, Robert Winter a family But the film's unique strength is that the buildings share center stage. Nathaniel, quite brilliantly decides from the outset that an understanding of SAH/SCC members the (private) behavior of his father should be balanced by an understanding of his (public) architectural ideas. And so we are treated to a tour of his most LiFe Members: important works, an illustrated primer, seen through the eyes of the DANIEL T. MUNOZ GWYNNE GLOEGE abandoned child. GRANT BARNES MARK NICHOLS GEORGE L. GORSE KATHLEEN BIXLER Though educated in art history at Yale. Nathaniel takes an innocent ELLEN HOFFMAN DESIGN MARY DUnON BOEHM PETER A, NIMMER JOHN M NISLEY DWAYNE HOWARD approach to these buildings: he is searching. And surprising truths emerge. MARIE BOTNICK PETER NORTON JACQUELINE JUSTMAN The workers at the Richards Medical Laboratories, for example, find their BILL BOWLING REGINA O'BRIEN PAUL & SAMARA LARSON environment barely usable, despite the fact that MoMA christened the RUTH BOWMAN THOMAS O'CONNOR ALVIN Y LEE KEN BREISCH structure one of the most important of the 20th century. The builders of the ANNE OHERSON AIMEE & RAY LIND LYNN MARIE BRYANT recall Kahn's chronic fastidiousness, criticizing his RAHLA HALL LINDSEY BENTE & GERALD E. BUCK FRANCIS PACKER HELEN PALMER ARTHUR LIU inability to make timely decisions. BONNIE BURTON VITUS MATARE Perhaps the most moving passages were filmed in Bangladesh, where PAMELA BURTON C. E PARKER GEORGE PENNER CHRIS MENRAD Kahn designed the nation's capital building shortly before his death. In the MIRIAM & SAM CAMPBELL STANDISH K PENTON IRIS & MAHHEW MINK WENDY CARSON poor Asian country, Nathaniel finds ordinary workers whose lives are clearly TOSHIKO MORI ROBERT JAY CHATTEL AUDREE PENTON LAWRENCE & CAROL PLAH enriched by his father's work; upon discovering they are speaking with the STEVE CONNER MARK PIAIA JOHN AUGUST REED RON RADZINER architect's son. they instantly become animated with joy Later, a Bangladeshi JEFFREY COOK REAL ESTATE ARCHITECTS architect is moved to tears as he explains the building's significance as a ELIZABETH COURnER CLAIRE ROGGER RICHARD CAYIA ROWE TOM & PEGGY REAVEY BILL DAMASCHKE symbol of the country's aspirations to democracy Kahn's son discovers, and STEVE & SARI RODEN CROSBY DE CARTERET DOE JEFFREY B SAMUDIO accepts, that his father showed a greater love to the Bangladeshi people than JOHN TERELL LINDA SOLLIMA DOE STEVEN SAUTE LAWRENCE SCARPA GUSTAV H. & BEHY M ULLNER he was able to demonstrate to his own kin. HEINZ E. ELLERSIECK LYNN VAVRA Before seeing the film. I felt I had a good grasp of what I considered J. RICHARD FARE ANN SCHEID DONALD ZIEMER CAROL FENELON JAMES M SCHWENTKER III Kahn's best and most significant works: the Kimbell Museum and the Salk JULIUS SHULMAN STEVEN ZIMBELMAN DONALD R FERGUSON DR. PETER J & MARGOT ZWERVER Institute. And although I still consider those buildings to be his highest GILBERT & SUKEY GARCETTI PATRICIA SIMPSON achievements, the Bangladesh project, invested with tremendous feeling, CECILIA SINGER DR. & MRS, KENNETH GEIGER New Members: MARK SLOTKIN now looms large in Kahn's oeuvre. So does the modest , ROBERT GELINAS GIBBS M. SMITH which Kahn's co-designer discovers to be a modem ruin in a truly GORDON & JOY GILLIAM Russell D Averv NANCY & KYLE SMITH haunting sequence. RAYMOND GIRVIGIAN. FAIA Adam Blackman PROF PAUL GLEYE JANANN STRAND Ann Christoph VERN SWANSEN One image more than any other. I think, will stay with me forever We are ANDY & LISA HACKMAN Kim Detby at the Salk Institute, overlooking the complex from the distant position of an BRUCE & BETH HALLETT REGINALD THATCHER Bryan R Forward accidental witness. The middle-aged Nathaniel, with rollerblades. skates STEPHEN HARBY RAUN THORP Ron S Galperm M. BRIAN TICHENOR, AIA ELIZABETH HARRIS Michael J Gibson figures all over the central plaza as if he is reliving a lost childhood, or taking A TISCHLER EUGENE 8. SHIRLEY HOGGATT Kathenne Hough MAGGIE VALENTINE possession of a little bit of his father's singular life. JAMES S ANNELIESE HORECKA Carole Katleman Tony Denzer DANIEL VISNICH ELAINE K SEWELL JONES Dawid S Kelly ROBERT D WALLACE REBECCA KAHN Victoria Whyte Mohler QUINCY WARGO DIANE KANE Real Estate Architects JOHN S LORIWARNKE STEPHEN A. KANTER, MD ZacharyR Shapiro DR. PATRICIA A WARREN VIRGINIA ERNST KA20R Rob Tyler ERIC & KAREN WARREN JUDY KELLER David Vessey RON WATSON MARILYN KELLOGG Christopher Waterman DAVID R WEAVER LAMAR KERLEY LOUIS Wiehle JOHN WELBORNE. ESQ i THEODORA KINDER Bill Wilkman DON & SALLY KUBLY TED W WELLS CHARLES A LAGRECO DR. ROBERT WINTER Honorary LiFe Member: RUTHANN LEHRER TERI SUE WOLF ROBERT PIERSON PAMELA LEVY MR & MRS DAVID YAMADA ROBERT LOWER BOB YOUNG JOYCE ZAITLIN JOYCE P LUDMER ANNE ZIMMERMAN RANDELL L MAKINSON CHRISTY JOHNSON MCAVOY Patron Members: JOHN MCILWEE

JUDY MCKEE BROOKE ANDERSON ELIZABETH MCMILLIAN RUSSELL D AVERY LE ROY MISURACA DON BENSEN SUSAN W, MONTEITH RUTH DENAULT DOUGLAS M MORELAND STEVE & MARIAN DODGE SARA G MULLER CHERNOFF LISA GIMMY

ICourtesy Louis Kahn Project. Inc.! 1, Monday 6, Saturday 18, Thursday 20, Saturday William Morris Festival. Real Estate 2004. Home Tour and Reception. Bamboo Style. Celebration of the arts and crafts of Real estate conference with Trammell Tour of three Craftsman homes in the Lecture, display, and book signing with William Morris with demonstrations by Crow Company CEO Robert Sulentic early suburban neighborhood of Inspired Creations With Bamboo author local artisans. The Huntington Library. and Morgan Stanley managing director Mission Hills. SOHO Craftsman- Gayle Beth Goldberg. Pacific Design Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Owen Thomas as keynote speakers. Spanish Revival Weekend; 6PM-9PM; Center. 8687 Melrose Ave., West 1151 Oxford Rd. San Marino; Real Estate Conference Group; Century $30-45; res. req. 619.297.7511 Hollywood; 11AM; res. req. 10:30AM-4:30PM; $5-12.50; Plaza Hotel. 2025 Avenue of the Stars. sohosandiego.org. 310.657.0800. pacificdesigncenter.com. 626.405.2100. huntington.org. LA. 7Af\/l-6.30PM; S295-335; res. req. 310.271.1276. realestateoutlook.com. 6-7, Saturday-Sunday 18, Thursday 20-21, Saturday-Sunday Craftsman and Spanish Art Talks: Nancy Troy 1, Monday Revival Weekend. Discussion of the MOCA exhibit "From Modern Times. Show and sale with furniture and The Aging Eye. Home tours, show and sale, and House to Home: Picturing Domesticity" accessories in Art Deco, '50s, and Program on lighting and the design lectures featuring San Diego's historic with use Art History Chair Nancy Troy. Modeme styles. Glendale Civic environment. Designers Lighting Forum; Spanish Revival and Craftsman homes. MOCA; Pacific Design Center, 8687 Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Rd., 6PfVl.310.535.0105.dlfla.org. " SOHO; res. req. 619.297.7511. Melrose Ave., West Hollywood; sohosandiego.org. 6:30PM. 213.621.2766. moca-la.org. Glendale; 11AM-6PM Sat.. 11AM-4PM 3, Wednesday Sun.; $1-8; 310.455.2894. 7, Sunday 18, Thursday modemtimesla.com. Servo. The Moveable Musical Feast Lecture witti Servo principals David Historic Home Tour 21, Sunday Brentano String Quartet Erdman and IVIarcelyn Gow. SCI-Arc, Trolley tour of six homes in the early CMHS at Southwestem University William Morris: 960 East Third St.. LA; 7:0GPrv1. suburban community of Mission Hills. Law/Bullocks Wilshire (John and Yesterday and Today. 213.613.2200. sciarc.edu. SOHO Craftsman-Spanish Revival Weekend; 11AM-5PM; $25-35. Donald Parkinson, 1929). The Da Lecture on the life and achievements of 6, Saturday 619.297.7511. sohosandiego.org. Camera Society; Los Angeles; lecture- William Morris with Stanford 7:15PM. concert-8PM; $38-42; res. req. University professor of history Peter Hidden in Plain Sight LA History 9, Tuesday 213.477.2929. dacamera.org. Stansky. The Huntington Library, Art Through the Built Environment. Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Experiencing the Landscapes Conference examining LA history 18-21, Thursday-Sunday Friends' Hall. 1151 Oxford Rd. San of George Inness. through its buildings. Historical Society Marino; 2:30PM. 626.405.2100. Lecture with art historian Michael Stories From the Source: Design of Southern California; Autry National huntington.org. Excursions Out of the Ordinary. Center. 4700 Western Heritage Way, Quick. San Diego Museum of Art, James S. Copley Auditorium, 1450 El Conference on the cross-disciplinary LA; 8:30AM-5PM; $25-45; res. req. 22-24, Prado, Balboa Park; 11AM and 6PM; process of invention with keynote 323.222.0546. socalhistory.org. $16-38; res. req. 619.696.1946. speaker and 1975 Nobel Prize winner Monday-Wednesday David Baltimore, and leading design 6, Saturday sdmart.org. Understanding and Preserving professionals. Art Center College of Historic Buildings. Requa Walking Tour. Design. 950 S. Raymond Ave.. 10, Wednesday Seminar examining the effects of Tour of Craftsman and Spanish Revival Pasadena; $750-1.000; major and minor maintenance on designs by architect and preservation Curator's Tour: William Morris. res. req. 626.396.4229. leader Richard Requa. SOHO Tour of "The Beauty of Life: William Craftsman-Spanish Revival Weekend, Morris and the Art of Design" with San Diego; 9AM-11AfVl; $10-15; res. curator Diane Waggoner. The req. 619.297.7511. sohosandiego.org. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. 1151 Oxford Rd. 6, Saturday San Marino; 4:30PM-5:30PM; $20-30; res. req. 626.405.2146. huntington.org. FEATURED Bungalow Court Tour Tour of the grounds and interiors of San 10, Wednesday Diego's 1915-1955 bungalow courts. EVENT SOHO Craftsman-Spanish Revival Peter Noever. Weekend, San Diego; 9A(VI-12PM; Lecture with MAK's CEO and artistic $20-25; res. req. 619.297.7511. director Peter Noever SCI-Arc. 20, Saturday sohosandiego.org. 960 East Third St.. LA; 7:00PM 213.613.2200. sciarc.edu. William Morris Festival 6, Saturday Huntington Library 11, Thursday See listing for details. Tapestry Through the Ages. Class on tapestries with art historian Zaha Hadid. and education specialist Constantin Lecture with London architect Zaha Andronescu. UCLA Extension, 1010 Hadid. UCLA School of the Arts and Westwood Center, Westwood; Architecture; MacGowan Hall Freud 9AIVI-4PIV1; $70-85; res. req. Playhouse. 405 Hilgard Ave.. 20, Saturday historic buildings with architectural 310.825.9971. uclaextension.org. Westwood; 6:30PM. 310.267.4704. Claremont Colleges Walking Tour conservator Alfonso A. Narvaez. aud.ucla.edu. Walking tour of the six Claremont National Preservation Institute; 6, Saturday colleges covering history, architecture, San Simeon; 9AM-5PM; $525; 12, Friday and people. Claremont Heritage; res req. 703.765.0100. npi.org. The Bungalow Court Seaver House. 305 N. College Ave.. Lecture with period-style interior Japanese Woodblock Prints. Claremont; 9:30AM-12PM; $8; 23, Tuesday designer and author Paul Duchscherer Lecture on the art of Edo-period res. req. 909.621.0848. SOHO Craftsman-Spanish Revival woodblock prints with Tucson College The Wood Beyond the World: Weekend, San Diego; 2PM-2:45PM; professor of art history Laurie Petrie Photography as Art 1900-1920. $5-10; res. req. 619.297.7511. Rogers. San Diego Museum of Art. 20, Saturday Lecture with independent art historian sohosandiego.org. 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park; 10AM; $10; Desert Edge: Architecture from and curator Susan Ehrens. Friends of res. req. 619.696.1966. sdmart.org. Desert Hot Springs to the Salton Sea. the Gamble House; Neighborhood 6, Saturday Symposium and motor coach tour of Church, 2 Westmoreland Place, 13, Saturday desert architecture with SCI-Arc Pasadena; 7:30PM; $20; The Wider Impact of Spanish professor Michael Rotundi. res, req. 626.793.3334, ext. 10. Revival Architecture. Textiles From the Arts and Architecture and Design Council; Palm gamblehouse.usc.edu. Lecture on San Diego architecture's Crafts Period. Springs Desert Museum. 101 Museum impact on tourism with historian Parker Workshop with fabrics from the Arts Dr. Palm Springs; 9:30AM-6:30PM; Jackson. SOHO Craftsman-Spanish and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco 23-24, $150; res. req. 760.325.4490. Revival Weekend, San Diego; 3PM- eras with antique textile dealer Paul E. Tuesday-Wednesday psmuseum.org. 3:45PM. $5-10; res. req. 619.297.7511. Freeman. UCLA Extension. 1010 Identification and Evaluation of sohosandiego.org. Westwood Center, Westwood; Mid-20th-Century Buildings. 9:30AM-1:30PM; $60-75; res. req. 20, Saturday Seminar examining modern buildings 310.825.9971. uclaextension.org. 6, Saturday Antoni Gaudi: A Visionary Architect for listing on National Register with Bungalow Bathrooms. Lecture on Gaudi's work in architectural architectural historian James C. Lecture on bungalow bathroom design 17, Wednesday and interior design with Santa Monica Massey and historic preservation and renovation with author and House f[/lichael Worthington. College professor and SAH/SCC Patron consultant Shirley Maxwell. Dressing principal Jane Powell. SOHO Lecture with Worthington Design Member Eleanor Schrader Schapa. National Preservation Institute; Craftsman-Spanish Revival Weekend. principal and CalArts graphic design UCLA Extension. 1010 Westwood San Diego; 9AM-5PM; $375; San Diego; 4PM-4:45PM; $5-10; res. co-director Michael Worthington. Center. Westwood; 10AM-2PM; res. req. 703.765.0100. npi.org. req. 619.297.7511. sohosandiego.org. SCI-Arc. 960 East Third St.. LA; $60-75; res. req. 310.825.9971. uclaextension.org. 7:00PM, 213.613.2200. sciarc.edu. march continues

SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER march continued party in the An Deco penthouse of the Center, Westwood; 9AM-4PM; $70-85; 28, Sunday Oviatt Building. ASID and the Los res. req. 310.825.9971. Wallace Neff: 24, Wednesday Angeles Consen/ancy; NeoCon West; uclaextension.org. 3PM-9PM; res, req. 800.677.6278, An Architectural Legend. Examining the Museum's Role. asidla.org, 27, Saturday Tour featuring five privately-owned Conversation with SCI-Arc Faculty, homes designed by Wallace Neff, Los Angeles Metro Art Tour SCI-Arc Kappe Library. 960 East Third 26, Friday Pasadena Heritage; 9AM-4PM: St., LA, 7:00PM. 213.613.2200. Tour of the Metro Red Line and its $27,50-32.50; res. req. 626.441.6333. Doheny Soiree: Artis String Quartet. sciarc.edu. stations with members of the Metro pasadenaheritage.org CMHS at the Doheny Mansion (Hunt An Decent Council. American Society 24-25, and Eisen, 1899). The Da Camera of Interior Designers; NeoCon West; 29, Monday Society; 8 Chester Place, Los Angeles; 10AM-2PM; $40; res. req, Wednesday-Thursday lecture-7:45PM, concen-8PM; $56-79; 800.677.6278. asidla.org. Enrique Norten. Lecture with Ten Arquitectos: Mexico WesTweel( 2004: LA Style. res. req. 213.477.2929. dacamera.org. City/NYC principal Enrique Norten, Speakers, programs, and exhibitions at 27, Saturday PDC celebrate the future of design. SCI-Arc, 960 East Third St., LA; 7PM; 27, Saturday Pasadena: Then and Now. Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose 213,613,2200. sciarc.edu. Porcelain Through the Ages. Walking tour of the historic Arroyo Ave., West Hollywood; 9AM-6PM: Lecture tracing the historic use of Terrace neighborhood. South Campus res. req. 310.360.6419 31, Wednesday porcelain by Far East and European of An Center, and Pasadena Museum pacificdesigncentercom potters with an historian and education of Califomia An. Architours; NeoCon Peter Testa. specialist Constantin Andronescu. West; 10AM-4PM;$75;res. req, Lecture with Testa principal Peter 25, Thursday UCLA Extension, 1010 Westwood 323.294.5821. architours.com. Testa. SCI-Arc, 960 East Third St., LA; Housing. Housing, Housing! 7:00PM, 213,613.2200, sciarcedu. Tour of three new housing properties in Downtown LA, Downtown Center Business Improvement District; NeoCon West; LA Mart, 1933 S, Broadway, LA. april 9.30AM-11:30AM, $40; res. req. 800.677.6278. merchandisemart.com. 1, Thursday Historic Preservation Act with writer 25, Sunday Thomas F King or presen/ation 25, Thursday Inaki Abalos. consultant Claudia Nissley. National Art and Architecture Tour Tour of Lecture with Madrid-based architect Downtown Revitalized: Preservation Institute; San Francisco; Contemporary. Mediterranean, and Inaki Abalos. Otis College of An + LA's Hope for the Future. 9AM-5PM; $525; Italiante homes in Brentwood and Design; Otis Forum Ahmanson Building, Tour highlighting the revitalization of res. req. 703.765.0100. npi.org. West LA. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Downtown LA, including the Disney 9045 Lincoln Blvd., LA; 7PM. LA; 10AM-4:30PM;$125; Concert Hall. Cathedral of Our Lady of 310.665.6867. otis.edu. 15, Thursday res. req. 323.857.6287, lacma.org. the Angels, and other developments along Grand Avenue. LA Architours; 5, Monday The Preservation Follies: 25, Sunday NeoCon West; LA Mart. 1933 S. Inventing the Near Distant Past. Oliver Lang. The Moveable Musical Feast: Broadway. LA; 1:30-3:30PM; $40; Critique of the historic preservation Lecture with University of British Violin and Piano. res. req. 800.677,6278, movement with architecture critic and Columbia assistant professor of CMHS at Sadowsky House (Margaret merchandisemart.com. historian Ada Louise Huxtable. The architecture and LWPAC principal Griffin, 2001). The Da Camera Society; Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Dr, LA; Oliver Lang. SCI-Arc, 960 East Third St., Pacific Palisades; 2PM and 3:30PM; 7PM; res. req. 310.440.7300. getty.edu. 25, Thursday LA; 7:00PM. 213,613.2200. sciarc.edu, $88; res. req. 213.477.2929, Modernizing Modern: dacamera.org. Updating Historic Houses. 7, Wednesday Panel discussion on updating modem Josep LIuis Mateo. houses hosted by author Michael Lecture with chair of architecture Webb, LA Architect; NeoCon West; LA and design for the Swiss Federal Mart. 1933 S. Broadway. LA; 4PM-5PM; Institute of Technology, Zurich, SAH/SCC TOUR 800.677,6278. merchandisemart com. Josep LIuis Mateo, SCI-Arc; 960 East Third St., LA; 7:00PM. 3, Saturday 25-26, Thursday-Friday 213.613.2200. sciarcedu. NeoCon West. Exposition and conference for 8, Sunday commercial interiors and the built The Moveable Musical Feast: environment. NeoCon West; LA Mart. East Meets West. Palm Springs 1933 S. Broadway. LA; 10AM-7PM CMHS at Silver Lake Society of Weekend Thurs.. 10AM-5PM Fri,; 800.677,6278, Authentic Arts. The Da Camera Tour of residential merchandisemart.com. Society; Los Angeles; 4PM; $30-39: architecture in 4 res. req. 213.477.2929. dacamera.org. Palm Springs, 25-28, Thursday-Sunday See page 3 for details. CA Boom: A Festival of 12, Monday Contemporary Residential Design. Beyond the Bulb. Exhibition featuring the work of LA Program on lamps and lighting furniture manufacturers, designers, technology. Designers Lighting Forum, architects, and interior designers, CA Pasadena; 6PM. 310.535.0105. 18, Sunday 28-May 1, Boom; Santa Monica Civic Center, 1855 dlfla.org, At Home With History. Main St., Santa Monica, 310.306.6677. Wednesday-Saturday Self-driving tour of five Los Angeles caboomfest.com. California Preservation Conference: 12, Monday Historic Preservation Overlay Zones, Building Bridges. Michael Horsham. including one house in each zone. 26, Friday Educational sessions on architecture, Lecture with Tomato. British Design Los Angeles Conservancy and HPOZ cultural landscapes, law and planning, Architecture of the Belle Epoch. Consortium's Michael Horsham. UCLA Alliance; 10AM-4PM; $25-30; res. req. and heritage tourism. Califomia Lecture with architect Marc Tarasuck. School of the Arts and Architecture; 213.430.4219. laconservancy.org. Preservation Foundation; Presidio of San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Decafe. Perloff Hall. Westwood; San Francisco and Golden Gate Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego; 10AM; 6:30PM. 310.267.4704. aud.ucla.edu. 18, Sunday National Recreation Area, $10, 619.696.1966. sdmart.org. Eccentric LA: Our Politics. San Francisco; $200-250; 13, Tuesday Lecture on LA politics with councilman res. req. 415.495.0349. 26, Friday Forging Art from Metal: Designs Tom Labonge. The Los Angeles City californiapreservation.org. The Architecture of Brands. from the Blacksmith's Studios. Historical Society; Central Library, Mark Lecture on how companies are using Lecture with Samuel Yellin Metalworks Taper Auditorium, 630 West Fifth 30, Friday buildings as a marketmg resource with president and owner Clare Yellin. Street, LA. 213.228.7000. Iapl.org. Doheny Soiree: Corporate Design Foundation chairman Friends of the Gamble House; San Andreas Players. Peter Lawrence. NeoCon West; LA Neighborhood Church. 2 Westmoreland 24, Saturday CMHS at the Doheny Mansion Mart, Outdoor Pavilion, 1933 S. Place. Pasadena; 7:30PM; $20; The Neon Cruise. (Hunt and Eisen, 1899). The Da Camera Broadway, LA; 12PM; 800.677.6278. res. req. 626.793.3334. ext, 10, Guided tour of contemporary neon art Society; lecture-7:45PM, concert-8PM; gamblehouse.usc.edu. merchandiseman.com. in Los Angeles. Museum of Neon Art, $56-79; res. req. 213.477.2929, 501 W, Olympic Blvd., LA; 7PM; $35-45; dacamera.org. 26, Friday 13-15, Tuesday-Thursday res. req, 213,489.9918. neonmona.org. Oviatt Penthouse Soiree and Section 106: An Introduction. Downtowti Discovery. Seminar examining project review Four downtown tours, followed by a under Section 106 of the National SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER Palm Springs It's time to venture to the desert again! Weekend Join us for SAH/SCC's third tour of residential architecture in Palm Springs, scheduled for Saturday April 3rd, start• ing at WAM. SAH/SCC Tour Cost per person is Saturday April 3rd, 10AM $150 for members: $165 for non-members. This day-long tour traditionally fills up fast, so send in the form on the back page to

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Organized by SAH/SCC Board Member and former Chairman of the City of Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board Hal Meltzer, the day promises to be one of fun in the sun along with truly inspired and inspiring architecture. Most of the homes have not been included on our previous tours for those of you have participated before. On this year's impressive list of residences welcoming our small group are examples by such varied architects as William Cody Stewart Williams, Don Wexler, Buff & Hensman, and John Lautner There's also a stunning example of a fairway home at Canyon Country Club, as well as a rare example of the work of Grenzbach and Associates in Thunderbird Cove. The tour will be broken up midday by a relaxing three-course gourmet luncheon on the patio at LeValluris. itself an historic site. Tour price includes morning coffee, tour, bus transportation within Palm Springs, as well as the luncheon. A packet of souvenir postcards of various Palm Springs homes will also be included for tour goers. Transportation to Palm Springs is not included. Details of meeting point will be forthcoming upon confirmed participation. So please take this opportunity to see some very impressive homes that are rarely open for public viewing, and enjoy this wonderful day with the SAH/SCC in Palm Springs!

The first photos in this grand, pictorial This is an impressively presented book book are of the shore and out to the that finally puts an end to anyone's East sea—perfect views of the Pacific, and Coast or Parisian insecurities so far as exactly what one savors at The Sea LA's Modernist cred is concerned. Ranch. They immediately put you there We've got it. We've earned it. Read it if you've never been, and bring you right here. In three distinct sections (whose back if you've been lucky enough to spirits are obviously related), Ms Early experience this special speck of the Modems looks at the conditions that planet. Texts by Lyndon, Donald Canty, shaped the worlds of art, architecture, and original planner Lawrence Halpnn and photography in the early 20th delve into the history of The Sea Ranch, centun/. The architecture section is by from its founding vision in the 1960s, Natalie Shivers, an architect and through some controversial times, to architectural historian who directs the example of hannonious planning campus planning at UCLA. The section that it continues to be today Chades is an excellent primer on the context, Moore, William Turnbull, Lawrence the history, and personalities that Halprin, and Joseph Esherick are produced the residential (and for a The Sea Ranch synonymous with The Sea Ranch, and welcomed addition, the commercial) are beautifully represented here. Some architecture we've come to appreciate. by Donlyn Lyndon and Jim Alinder 50 stmctures are described in text and The emphasis on personality original plan sketches, early photos, throughout the essays is noted as and recent color and black-and-white particularly apt for Los Angeles, the photos by Alinder The buildings date land where personalities are created mostly from the mid '60s to the mid LA's Early Moderns: and re-created. •90s, with the last project a 2001 Art/Architecture/Photography Balcony Press: paperback: rebuilding of Halprin's own home (after by Victoria Dailey Natalie Shivers, and 325pages: $34.95. the original one perished in fire) Michael Dawson. designed by Moore Ruble Yudell, bringing The Sea Ranch story full circle. Princeton Architectural Press: hardcover: 304 pages; $65.

march april ^ 0 rd g r F I B piihlir.^tion COME VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW STORE For those of you who missed out on recent SAH/SCC tours, or would like NOW OPEN ON more information for your reference, here's an opportunity to get your WILSHIRE BOULEVARD HENNESSEY hands on the publications printed especially for SAH/SCC events. + INGALLS Don't let another chance pass you by

Beyond the Bauhaus: 32-page illustrated booklet with plans, photos, and essays based on HENNESSEY + INGALLS Boston tour ART AND ARCHITECTURE BOOKS at $10 each Soriano: Man oF Steel: 12-page illustrated booklet w/ith article by Neil Jackson 214 WILSHIRE BLVD. at $10 each SANTA MONICA CA 90401 Palm Springs Postcards: seven postcards of homes visited on "Shelter Under the Sun" Tour 310 458-9074 FAX 310 394-2928 photographed by John Ellis www.hennesseyingalls.com at $10

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