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FAREWELL TO GOOD FRIENDS
DAVID GEBHARD ROBERT JOHN PIERSON
Noted architectural historian and former National Society of Architectural Bob Pierson was member-at-large of the board of the Society of Historians president, David Gebhard passed away Sunday, March 3, at the Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter. An educator, age of 68. He had a heart attack while riding his bicycle near the Santa preservationist, urban designer and writer, Pierson died Thursday, Barbara home he designed in 1967. March 21, from complications from AIDS. He was 41. Among the 50 books on architecture Gebhard penned or co-authored As an active member of SAH/SCC, Bob organized many tours and are such California titles as A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles and events, most notably the Wilshire Walks, which took participants from one Southern California and A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and end of the Miracle Mile to the other. Northern Ca//forn7a. He had a fondness for Los Angeles, as he explained to Pierson taught public administration at USC,where he directed the The Los Angeles Times in 1981: "It is much like an English garden. You School of Public Administration's Los Angeles Semester Program, which make a turn and you never know what you will see next. From West Los concentrated on urban neighborhood field work. Angeles, Hollywood, through Beverly Hills and Bel-Air to Pacific Palisades, He was co-author of Labyrinth: A Student's Guide to Los Angeles, and it is a delight." the author of The Beach Towns: A Walker's Guide to Since 1961, Gebhard has been a professor of LA'S Beach Towns. He contributed articles to the architectural history at the University of California, i.os Angeles Times, and wrote several publications on Santa Barbara. After only three years of teaching, he self-guided walking tours of Southern California. was awarded the campus's highest honor for an Besides his involvement with SAH/SCC, Pierson assistant professor. "He was probably our greatest has a long history of community activity. He magnet for attracting graduate students in this founded and directed the Neighborhood Place department," said Ulrich Keller, chairman of UCSB's Project, which offers urban explorers and department of the history of art and architecture. adventurers walking tours that survey diverse, Gebhard developed the Architectural Drawing historically and architecturally rich neighborhoods Collection at UCSB, a repository of original drawings throughout the Southern California urban region. and archive of supporting architectural documents. Pierson was also a founding member of the West In 1981 the collection became a special unit of the Hollywood Urban Conservation League, was active University Art Museum, which had been under in the Los Angeles Conservancy, and with the Gebhard's direction for 20 years. California Historical Society. His contribution to the University extends to In an effort to take his concentration and the campus itself. He helped secure Charles Moore dedication to neighborhoods to another level, to design the Faculty Club in the late 1960s, and Pierson ran for office—although unsuccessfully— joined the Academic Senate's Committee on aiming for a seat on the West Hollywood City Architectural Planning and Environment, which Council. His goal was to create a network of resulted in new campus buildings by Michael Graves neighborhood councils as a strategy to restructure and Robert A.M. Stern. the city commissions. As a West Hollywood resident, The preservation of Santa Barbara's architectural and historical he also felt the city was "dysfunctional" in its administration and programs. integrity was a major focus of Gebhard's. He served for more than 20 years Pierson studied at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, where he on the Historic Landmarks Commission. He lent his efforts to numerous received his undergraduate degree in sociology and religious studies. He other community organizations: The County of Santa Barbara's holds a master's in theology and urban studies from Fuller Theological Architectural Board of Review; Citizen's Planning Association; Montecito Seminary in Pasadena, and a doctorate in social ethics from USC. Association; Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara; Freeway Design He is survived by his father, Robert; his mother, Patricia Walters; two Committee. brothers, Stephen and Edward; a sister, Katherine Gundersen; and a half- Gebhard was born in Cannon Falls, Ml. He graduated from the brother, Ronald Walters. University of Minnesota in 1958 with a Ph.D. in art and architectural history. His interest in architecture began as a teenager, when he apprenticed in his uncle's architecture firm. He is survived by his wife Patricia and his daughters, Ellen and Tyra. t M U •> r •
UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITA8 VENUSTAS UTICITAS FIRMITAS VCMUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS Aloha From Hawaii! UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VFNDnTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS On January 2, a small, but congenial, group of SAH/SCC! meml^ers flew into Honolulu on the SAH/SCC NEWS is published bi-monthly by Hawaiian island of Oahu. The next five days the Society of Architectural Historians/ would prove a carefully orchestrated exploration of Hawaii's unique history through its Southem California Chapter. Subscription architecture, natural beauty, native sites and museums. Ably led by architects Gerry Takano is a benefit of membership. and Jeff Samudio, the tour provided many opportunities not available to the casual tourist. Beginning with a private reception and overview orientation in the exclusive Honolulu Plaza Editor: Julie D. Taylor Club in a downtown Honolulu high rise, the group would explore Hawaii's many different Newsletter Committee: periods—ancient islander settlement, missionary influx, monarchy, U.S. annexation, Barboro Lamprecht, Rebecca Kahn plantations. World War II, U.S. statehood, and modern-day issues and opportunities. Executive Assistant: Grace Samudio We visited many landmark buildings in the Stale Capitol District, which bridges the period Information for the newsletter should be from the 1820s missionary and religious influx, through the fascinating Hawaiian monarchy to sent three weeks before the issue dote, the corporate and bureaucratic ascendancy following statehood in 1959. Local architects /ssue Deadline showed us Honolulu's Chinatown and many different residential neighborhoods. In Manoa July/August 1996 June 10 Valley, Mary Cooke graciously invited us into her family's historic 1912 home. Her family was Sept./Oct. 1996 August 10 and is still involved in one of Hawaii's noted companies. Castle & Cooke. At Waipahu, we Nov./Dec. 1996 October 10 were guided by a granddaughter of Japanese immigrants to the former major sugar plantation. Jan./Feb. 1977 December 10 Their Cultural Garden and Plantation Village is an award-winning glimpse of history through its architecture. We visited Ewa Plantation, where proud members of a non-profit showed us Please send all notices of events, exhibitions their restored plantation housing, now providing updated housing. and news—plus photographs—^to the >/> (Ti (n (e n < « < The U.S. Navy gave us a rare tour inside the Pearl Harbor base, where we noted well-kept •- 1- t- attention of the editor: Craftsman-era officers' housing as well as buildings of historic merit related to the W.W.II >- f- t- - 2 3 3 r surprise attack and all that followed. In typical SAH/SCC fashion, we shared wonderful meals Julie D. Taylor, Editor in interesbng places, such as Honolulu's YWCA, designed by Julia Morgan, and the Boettcher SAH/SCC News Estate on an idyllic beach on the north side of Oahu. Appropriating, our hotels were in the P.O. Box 92224 heart of Waikiki, Honolulu's famous tourist center. Several of those who attended went on to Pasadena, CA 91109-2224 other islands to extend their exploration of Hawaii, while others returned to California. But all telephone: 800.9SAHSCC who went learned much as they've come to expect from an SAH/SCC tour. Upcoming fax: 213.257.8966 SAH/SCC tours to Japan and Australia promise to continue the commendable tradition. SAH/SCC News welcomes reviews and articles by chapter members. If you are interested — /Richard C. Kowe in writing for the News, please call the editor.
SAH/SCC Board Members PWA/WPA IN LA: CALL FOR PAPERS President: Jeffrey B. Samudio Vice President: Rebecca Kahn At the SAH/SCC Annual Meeting in August, in conjunction Secretary: Jennifer Minasian with an upcoming tour, members will have the opportunity to Treasurer: John Berley share completed or in-progress papers that discuss the Preservation Officer: Grant Taylor PWA/WPA in Los Angeles. Funds from federal relief programs Membership Secretary: Rochelle Dynes Mills had a great impact on the cityscape in the 1930s, and kept Internet Editor: Barbara Lamprecht much of the building industry afloat. Publicity: Alison Cotter Between 1933 and 1939, federal money built 361 Member at Large: Nancy Smith government buildings, post offices and schools in California, most of them in Southern California. Stripped Neo-Classical and Life Members: Moderne public buildings defined the 1930s cityscape, and the ervalory, Grant Barnes Le Roy Misuraco PWAJWPA pro/erf Irom 79.1S style, known as PWA Moderne, was widely adapted for private Kathleen Blxler Susan W. Monteith (Photo luliu^ ' UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS (special interests/experience) UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS Send to Rebecca Kahn, 11728 Wilshire Blvd., #B312, LA, CA 90025. 310.479.7936. UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS Auditorium, LA Central I ibrary, 6.30 W. 5th 12-18, Sunday-Saturday 18, Saturday St., LA; 2-4PM; res. req. 213.936.2912. /avers of Time. California Archaeology Week Historic fast Village. Walking tour sponsored offering lours, exhibits, lectures, sponsored by by I ong Beach Heritage Coalition. Meet at 5, Sunday the Society for California Archaeo ogy WPA Mosaic, 3rd St and Long Beach Blvd., Art Talk: Social Documents. 1 alk and lour of Beth Padon, 714.733.3369. LB; 10AM; $3; res. req. 310.493.7019. may exhibition with co-curator Connie Butler. Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. CJrand 13,14, IMonday, Tuesday 18, Saturday Ave., LA; 3PM. 213.621.1757 foday's OSHA; A Compliance Update Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tours. Tours 1, Wednesday One-day seminar at two locations: 5/13, of Palaces of Finance, Union Statksn, Art Deco, The American City: What Works Whal Doesn 't 5, Sunday (Ontario; 5/14, LA. American Management Broadway Theaters, Pershing Square. LA Annual meeting of LA Conservancy features Chamber Music in Historic Sites Lionheart. Association; $159; res. req. 800.821.3919 Consen/ancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. talk by author Alexander Garvin. Harry Concert reconstructinga 1507 memorial 213.623.2489. Chandler Auditorium, Los Angeles Times service, spnsored by Da Camera Society. St. 15, Wednesday Building, LA; 7PM. 213.623.2489. lames Episcopal, LA; organ sounding 3:15PM; Structural Mock Exam. AIA/OC, 3200 Park 18, Saturday show 4PM; $23-27; res. req. 310.440.1351. Center Dr.. Ste. 110 Costa Mesa; 7PM. The Best of Historic Inlands. Walking tour. 1-June 19, Wednesdays 714.557.7796. Neightxjrhood Place Project. Meet at Redlands Capital Campaigns. Six-meeting fundraising 5, Sunday City Hall, Orange St; 1-5PM; $10; res. req. course for nonprofit organizations embarking ART 5'5-96 Party and Drawing. Art raffied 15, Wednesday 909.982.3225. on facilities work. UCLA Extension, 4660 off to support Santa Monica College of Design. Mission 7rai/s Regional Park and More lour Geology, LA; 7-IOPM; $160. 310.825.9971. Art and Architecture, and New Roads School. with San Diego Historical Society. Res. req. 18, Saturday BergaiTjot Station, SM; 6-1IPM; raffle Bob and lean Axthelm, 619.440.7466. AFiE Seminar. Session on Architect Registration 2, Thursday drawing, 9PM; raffle tickets $100; entry Exam, Division B. AIA/LA, 8687 Melrose Ave., Appraising High-tnd Residential Property. without raffle ticket $10. 310.838.1.304. LA; 6PM; fee. 310.785.1809. slide lecture jy real-estate appraisers. UCLA Lxtension, UCLA Faculty Center, LA; 6, Monday 19, Sunday QAM-lPM; $95. 310.206.1409. you Can Spec It. But Will You Cel Itf How the Public Art/IJrban Design. Walking tour series Industry' Works. Program sponsored by visits Bunker Hill, Historic Core in downtown 2, Thursday Designers Lighting Forum. Pacific Design LA. Urban Art, Inc., 1436 Mt. Pleasant St, LA; Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town Center. 8687 Melrose Ave., LA; 6PM, 10AM; $5; res. req. 213.975.1721. open house with special events, artists, refreshments, product display; 7PM, program; refreshments. The Armory Center for the Arts; $5-10. Barbara Hirsch, 310.476.9200. 19, Sunday 6-10PM. 818.792.5101. Summer 7996 Open House. Otis College of 7, Tuesday Art and Design Continuing Education info 3, Friday Contracts and Profitability. AIA/LA professional open house and registration. Otis, Main Great Cities of Europe. Armchair Adventures development seminar. AIA/IA 8687 Melrose Classroom Building, 2401 Wilshire Blvd., LA; travel film narrated by Doug Jones. CalTech, Ave., LA; 5:30PM; fee. 310.785.1809. 1-3PM. 213.251.0550. Beckman Auditorium, Michigan Ave.. Pasadena; 8PM; $7-9. 818.395.4652. 8, Wednesday 19, Sunday Su/7d/ng Design Critique. AIA/OC, 3200 Park Aft Talk: Ea Moses: Talk and tour of exhibition 4, Saturday Center Dr., Ste. 110, Costa Mesa; 7PM. by artist Ed Moses. Museum of Contemporaty 8u(7d/ng Design Mock txam. AIA/OC, 3200 714.557.7796. Art 250 S. Grand Ave., LA; 3PM. Park Center Dr., Ste. 110, Costa Mesa; 213.626.6222. 8AM-8PM. 714.557.7796. 9, Thursday 7hi$ Altadena home, included in the May 5 tour, waj ARf Seminar. Session on Architects 21, Tuesday used as the haunted house in the movie 'Hell Ni^f' Registration Exam, Division A. AIA/LA, 8687 Masters of Architecture. Lecture tjy Peter 4, Saturday WTth Linda Blair. iPhoio: Florence Photography) Accessing Environmental Resources on the Melrose Ave., LA; 6PM; fee. 310.785.1809. Eisenman, FAIA, sponsored by AIA/LA, Internet. Workshop includes live, on-line LACMA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Internet demonstrations. UCSB Extension, 9, Thursday 16, Thursday Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 6550 Hollister Ave., Goleta; 8:30AM-4PM; The Restoration of Two rooms at Waddesdon AIA/OC General Meeting. AIA/OC, 3200 Park 6:30PM; $5-12; res. req. $145. 805.893.4200. Manor. Lecture with Selma Schwartz, curator Center Dr., Ste. 110. Costa Mesa; 5;30PM. 213.857.6010 or 310.785.1809. of furniture, Waddesdon Manor, England. The 714.557.7796. 4, Saturday j. Paul Getty Museum, 17985 Pacific Coast 21-June 8, Tuesday-Saturday Malibu: Three Special Gardens. Tour of Hwy., Malibu; 8PM; res. req. 310.458.2003, 16, Thursday City Summit. Unitec Natksns Conference on Malibu, including J. Paul Getty Museum The Book, the Sox and the Body Lecture with Human Settlements in Turkey. Trip sponsored and the Adamson House, led by landscape 10, Friday Marcia Reed, curator of rare books, Getty by United Nations Association, Pasat ena/ architect Lee Adinolfi. UCLA Extension, G33W Interior Landscapes: Reinventing Interior Center. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 17985 Foothills Chapter, and is led by professor Brice UCLA Extension Building, LA; 9AM-5PM; Design After the fold. Carol Soucek King Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu; 8PM; res. req. Harris. $2,700. 818.449.1795. $55-85. 310.825.9971. Lectureship in Design features symposium with 310.458.2003. Christian HuEwrt, Sylvia Lavin, Sanlord Kwinter 23, Thursday 4, Saturday and Robert Somol. Woodbury University, 17-19, Friday-Sunday Shame/ess Potters and Ravagers of Kilns: C/aremon( Walking lour. Given by Claremont University Auditorium, 7500 Glenoab Blvd., Grading and Drainage: An Intensive Review. Athenian Pots and Topography. Lecture with Heritage of village area, historic Victorians, Burbank; 1-5PM; res. req. 818.767.0888. Advanced course taught by landscape architect |ohn Papadopoulos, associate curator of college and commercial buildings. Jerty Hastings. UCLA Extension, UCLA antiquities, Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Meet at Sumitomo Bank, 102 Yale Ave.; 10, Friday Extension Buikling, LA; FrkJay, 12-7PM; Museum, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu; lOAM-Noon; $5; res. req. 909.621.0848. Architectural Dedication Reception, Weekend, 9AM-4PM; $290. 310.825.9971. 8PM; res. req. 310.458.2003. celebration of architecture department 17-19, Friday-Sunday 4, Saturday accreditation, expansion, appointments. 24-26, Friday-Sunday Venice Art Walk. Three days of art to benefit Downtown Los Ance/es Walking fours. Tours Woodbury LJniversity, 7500 Glenoab Blvd., SAH/SCC TRAVEL TOUR Venice Family Clinic. Design highlights: of Art Deco, Broadway Theaters, Little Tokyo, Burbank: 6-8PM. 818.767.0888. Pittd3urgh Purity. Tour featuring two fyxent fours include houses by Chait, Gehty, Pershing Square. LA Conservancy; 10AM- homes by Wright, including Lautner, Loeb, Lubowick'Lanier. Lotety, Moss, Noon; S5. 213.623.2489. 11, Saturday Failingwater, as well as other historic Old Pasadena Walking Tour. Given by Niles, Kappe, lanaka, Wright. Silent Art Auction includes designs by Dei, Krohn, buildings in Pittsburgh by Bunshoft, 4, Saturday Pasadena Heritage. Meet at Arroyo Seco Morphosis, Trout. Children's Art Center Kahn, Meier, Mies, Richardson, Historic Santa Paula Town Center. Tour of Building, 117 E Colorado; 9-11:30AM; $5; includes "Children Experimenting With Venturi and others. $200 (not Ventura County town, led by Elderhostel State res. req. 818.793.0617. Architecture' by Kids' Studio. Venice Family « «• .V Director Jiggj Gallagher. Neighborhood Place including transportation and Clinic, 604 Rose Ave., Venice. 310.392.9255. H r Project. Meet at Glen Tavern Inn, 133 N. Mill 11, Saturday accommodations). 800.9SAHSCC. M -J: -J: St.; 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 909.982.3225. Dovk^tovvn Los Angeles Walking Tours. Tours V. z 18, Saturday W :v of Biltmore Hotel, Marble Masterpieces, Art 25, Saturday A Day in florence. Seminar taught by art 4,11,18,25, Saturday Deco, Broadway Theaters, Pershing Square. Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tours. Tours gallety director Irini Vallera-Ric person. UCLA luristorica Walking Tours. Given bf Citizens LA Conservancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. of City Hall, Mecca for Merchants, Art Deco. :xtension, 147 Dodd Hall. LA; 9AM-4PM; Planning Foundation of Santa Barbara and 213.623.2489. Broaaway Theaters, Pershing Square. LA 5 S X 5 $45-65. 310.825.9971. ? K -fi if. Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. Conservancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. U U u! V.' Meet at City Hall Steps, De La Guerra Plaza, 11, Saturday 213.623.2489. SB; lOAM-Noon; $5. Treasures of China: Beijing. Shanghai. Xian 18, Saturday The Law ano I tie Landscape. Course focusing 805.965.3021 or 805.965.6037. and Guilin. Illustrated program with writer and 25, Saturday on contemporaty landscape development designer jody Greenwald. UCLA Extension, 39 American Teas of the 7920s. Lecture and tea taught by landscape architect Kenneth 5, Sunday Haines Hall, LA; 10AM-4:30PM; $45-65. reception. Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch Kammeyer. UCLA Extension, 175 Dodd Hall, Malibu Home Tour. AIA/LA Home Tour 310.825.9971. & Gardens. 6400 Bixby Hill Rd., Long Beach; LA; 9AM-5PM; $55-85. 310.825.9971. includes houses by Goldman and Firth, Gray, 12-2PM; $15; res. req. 310.431.3541. Niles, and others. AIA/LA, 8687 Melrose Ave., 11, Saturday LA; 10AM-4PM; $20-25; advanced fickef Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Children's 18, Saturday 28, Tuesday purchase only. 310.785.1809. Concert. Celebration of classical music with Feng Shui Principles for Interkxs. Workshop on New Graduates Reception. AIA/LA wekxjmes classic cars, sponsored by Da Camera Society. Chinese art of placement, taught Ejy Bill arid recently graduated architecture students. 5, Sunday Petersen Auto Museum, LA; 1:30PM and Davina Cox. UCSB Extension, 6550 Hollister AIA/LA, 8687 Melrose Ave., LA; 6:30PM; Hollywood Comes to Altadena. Home Tour 3PM; $10-18; res. req. 310.440.1351. Ave., Goleta; 9AM-5PM: $115-130. res. req. 310.785.1809. with The Altadena Guild of Huntington 805.893.4200. Memorial Hospital featuring homes that have 11, Saturday 29, Wednesday been used for movie and television shoots. AH5LAC Mini-Conference. Associated 18, Saturday How to Avoid Being Sued. AIA/LA pnsfesswnal 10AM-4:30PM; $17-19. 818.666.0316. Historical Societies of Los Angeles County The Greening of Architecture. Lecture by Lynn development seminar. AIA/LA, 8687 Melrose meeting at Henninger Flats and museum, Froeschle. architect, sponsored by Frierids of Ave., LA; 6-8PM; $20-30. 310.785.1809. 5, Sunday LA Co. Fire Dept. site, San Gabriel Mt. San Diego Architecture. New School of Art and Architecture, 1249 F St.. SD; 9:30AM; $3. fiacing Toward the Millennium: Voices from 818.792.1048. 30, Thursday 619.235.4100. the American West. Reading series with "The Collecting and Recollecting Classical Antiquity. Best of Young American Novelists." Museum 12, Sunday Lecture with Claire Lyons, special collections of Contemporary Art, Ahmanson Auditorium, 74/h Annua/ Mother's Day Old Homes Tour. 18, Saturday curator, Getty Center. The j. Paul Getty 250 S. Grand Ave., LA; 2PM; $6. Vintage homes, crafts demonstrations, antique Historic Downtown Long Beach. Architectural Museum, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., fvalibu; 213.626.6828. cats, entertainment. Monrovia Old House walking tour sponsored oy Long Beach 8PM; res. req. 310.458.2003. Preservation Group; 10AM-4PM; $5-15. Heritage Coalition. Meet at Breakers. 210 E. Ocean Blvd.. LB; 10AM; $3; res. req. 5, Sunday 818.358.7822. 30-|une 2, Thursday-Sunday 310.493.7019. Los Angetes and Its Environs in the Twentieth CPE's 21st Annual Preservation Conference. Century: A Bibliography of a Metropolis Sponsored by the California Preservation 1970-1990. Book reception sponsored by the Foundatwn. San jose. 510.763.0972. Los Angeles City Historical Society. Mark Taper ..I ; i;. I : ,\i ; H',M "T'.'5. \ I.-ft 1>f. V;« r^'^ • •...•.._(.-.• i . R./.y-.S .•£,':i.-3T»3 .Ji;^^ lJYl:.rfi«.f> (••KWiV.-NS vV.r.'l.-S f »'i MTL^TT'; ^ ,•: 22, Saturday Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tours. Tours of City Hall, Mecca for Merchants, Art Deco, Broacway Theaters, Pershing Square. LA Conservancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. 213.623.2489. 22, Saturday Baldwin Park. Walking tour of the re• development region. Neighborhood Place Project; 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 909.982.3225. - t 29, Saturday y; « Larchmonl Village/Hancock Park. Walking tour. Neighborhood Place Project; 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 909.982.3225. 29, Saturday Colorado Street Bridge Party. Annual event " - — 1- with entertainment and food on historic Colorado St. Bridge. Pasadena Heritage; 6-1IPM; call for prices. 818.793.0617. july £ £ ^ > V t/oyd Wright's Henry Botlman house of 1922 is included in the (our of homes during the Taliesin Mlom Wrighf and Wright celebration weekend, lune (preview) 2, Sunday 15, Saturday Racing Toward the Millennium: Voices from Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tours. y. >: July 26-August 10 the American West. Reading series Tours of Palaces of Finance, Union Station, exploring diversity of life in Western U.S. Art Deco, Broadway Theaters, Pershing Summer Courses Benefit SAH/SCC with writer Ethan Canin, moderator Irene Square. LA Conservancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. By registering for USC Summer Borger, sponsored by Museum of 213.623.2489. programs in Historic Preservation, j u n e Contemporary Art. Central Library, Mark SAH/SCC members will enable 10% of Taper Auditorium; 2 PM; $6. 15, Saturday the tuition to be donated to SAH/SCC to ' 1, Saturday 213.626.6828. Historic Downtov^ Long Beach. support the chapter. The Garden as a Healing Place. Course on Architectural walking tour sponsored by ' he Short Courses in Historic people-plant interaction, taught by landscape 3, Monday Long Beach Heritage Coalition. Meet at Preservation take place at seven different architect Shelley Sparks. UCLA Extension, The Past Revisited: Tour of the Hollyhock Breakers, 210 E. Ocean Blvd., LB; 10AM; historic sites around Southern California, 2250 Public Policy Building, LA; 9AM-4PM; $3; res. req. 310.493.7019. House. Program sponsored by Designers and are popular with local, as well as $55-«5. 310.825.9971. Lighting Forum. Barbara Hirsch, national and international, participants. 310.476.9200. 15, Saturday 1, Saturday Historic East Village. Art and architecture Thirteen courses are designed for Archaeology on the Internet, introduction to 6, Thursday walking tour, sponsored by Long Beach professionals and public of icials in on-line resources, taught by professor Karen Asian Culture Design Theory and Heritage Coalition. Meet at WPA Mosaic, architecture, construction, landscape Saenz. UCLA Extension, UCLA Extension Application. Program with Pamela 3rd St. and Long Beach Blvd., IB; 10AM; architecture, planning, preservation and Building, LA; 9AM-4:30PM; $95. Edwards-Kammer at Association for $3; res. req. 310.493.7019. public policy. 310.825.9971. Women in Architecture Scholarship AlA/cES credit or university course Dinner. 213.389.6490. 15, Saturday credit may apply, and classes may be 1, Saturday Downtown LA. Walking tour featuring taken separately or grouped together. Be The Ma/cing of The Dinner Party.' Day-bng 6, Thursday Gateway Center and Linion Station area. sure to register through SAH/ScC so the conference includes slides, films, lectures and Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town Neighborhood Place Project; 1-4PM; $10; organization will receive the 10% credit. talk with artist Judy Chica^ (at 3:30PM) open house with special events, artists, res. req. 909.982.3225. about work. UCLA Extension, Moore Hall, refreshments. The Armory Center for the Courses offered under the theme of LA; 9AM-5:15PM; full conference $45; Judy Arts; 6-10PM. 818.792.5101. Preserving the Recent Past : Chicago lecture only $15. 310.825.9971. • Computers in Preservation 6,13, 20, 27, Thursday • Contract Documents and Supervision 1, Saturday Summer Nights at MOCA. Free admission, • Fundamentals of Preservation f (ne Art ana Good Conversat/'on. Artist Diana jazz music, tours and art talks. MOCA at • Historic Designed Landscapes Smith discusses recent work; artist Nan Rae the Temporary Contemporary, 152 N. • Historic Intenors and Finishes demonstrates Chinese brush painting Central Ave., LA; 5-8PM. 213.621.1749. • Historic Site Curatorship sponsored by Architectural Foundation of LA. • Historic Site Documentation Offices of Art Consultant Dee Ann Preis, 8-9, Saturday-Sunday • International Preservation 14011 Ventura Blvd., Sle. 212W, Sherman Taliesin fellows Present Lloyd Wright. Oaks; 10AM; $8-15; res. req. 213.389.6490. Home tour on Saturday of Lloyd Wright's • Interpretation and Cultural Diversity work from 1922 to 1960, many never • Materials Properties and ConservatK^n 1, Saturday before seen. Sunday annual celebration of • Preservation Economics Downtown i.os Angeles Walking lours. • Preservation Law and Planning Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday. In the Cause The historic 'Pink Lady'—the Durfee Mansion—is the Tours of Art Deco, Broadway Tneaters, Little of Architecture*, with symposium, subject of a tour and benefit, lune 2. • Structure and Performance Tokyo, Pershing Square. LA Conservancy; exhibition and Taliesin-style picnic with For more information on course lOAM-Noon; I 5. 213.623.2489. entertainment and activities. Taliesin 17-|uly 26 specifics, call Jeffrey M. Chusid, AIA, Fellows, P.O. Box 25796, LA 90025. Tour: Los Angeles/Latin America. Summer course cirector, Preservation Short Course 1, Saturday June 8, 10AM-3PM; $25 student, $40 on relationship of architecture and Program, School of Architecture, OxnardfVentura Coastal Region. Walking tour. member, $50 general. Symposium: June 9, expression in LA and Latin America, taught University of Southern Californid, Neighborhood Place Project; 1-4PM; $10; 2PM; $25 stu< ent; $40 member and by Teddy Cruz and Hector Perez. SCI-Arc, res. req. 909.982.3225. general. Combo: $40 student; $65 5454 Beethoven, LA. 310.574.1123. 213.740.2723. member; $75 general. Advanced ticket Remember to register through 1, a, 15, 22, 29, Saturday purchase only. 310.477.5917. 20, Thursday SAH/SCC, so the chapter benefits. Call Turistorica Walking Tours. Given by 7996 Mid-Year Real Estate forecast 800.9SAHSCC for registration info. Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara 8, Saturday Conference: Trends and Opportunities in and Citizens Planning Foundation of Santa Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tours. the California Market. Program led by Thad Barbara. Meet at City hiall Steps, De La Tours of Biltmore Hotel, Marble W. Seligman, senior VP, Crubb & Ellis. Guerra Plaza, SB; lOAM-Noon; $5. Masterpieces, Art Deco, Broadway UCLA Extension, Century Plaza Hotel, LA; Become a Member of 805.965.3021 or 805.965.6037. Theaters, Pershing Square. LA 8:30AM-5PM; $195. 310.206.1409. SAH/SCC. Conservancy; lOAM-Noon; $5. 2, Sunday 213.623.2489. 20, Thursday Oeate Your Interactive Portfolio: The Ultimate Summer Evening House Tour. Picnic, Basic Membership: $35 Statement of Your Work. Hands-on workshop, 8, Saturday music, tour. Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Student Membership: $20 taught by Mary Duda. UCLA Extenswn, 301 Making Effective Presentations. AIA/LA Site, 4600 Virginia Rd., Long Beach; Westwood Village Center, LA; 9AM-5PM; professional devetopment seminar. AIA/LA, 5-8PM. 310.570.1755. Patron: $100 $175. 310.825.9971. 8687 Melrose Ave., LA; fee. Life Member: $500 310.785.1809. 20, Thursday 2, Sunday Art 7a/k: fd Moses. Talk and tour of Friend: $750 West Side Home 7our. AIA/LA Home Tour 9, Sunday exhibition with art history professor DonakJ includes houses by Abramson, Ehriich, family Day at MOCA Celebration of Kuspit. Museum of Contemporary Art 250 Corporate Sponsor: $1,500 Rockefeller Hricak, Tanaka, and others. Museum of Contemporary Art's S. Grand Ave., LA; 6:30PM. 213.626.6222. AlA/LA 8687 Melrose Ave., LA; 10AM-4PM; Contemporary Art Start program for school $20-25; advanced f/ckef purchase only. children and teachers; fami^ activities, 20-23, Thursday-Sunday Call SAH/SCC for details: 310.785.1809. tours, workshops. MOCA at the Temporary Conference of California Historica/ Society. Contemporary, 152 N. Central Ave., LA; Lancaster, CA. 415.357.1848. 800.9SAHSCC. 2, Sunday 1-3PM. 213.621.1751. Durfee Mansk>n Tour. Tour of the 1880s Los 22, Saturday Angeles Histork:-Cultural Monument known 13, Thursday Los Ange/es; Pop Icon or America's Most Send name, address, phone number as ^the Pink Lady," kxated in SL James Park Masters of Architecture. Lecture by John M. Intriguing City? Discussions about Los and check to Historic Distnct, sponsored by North Angeles Ted by Buzz columnist Sandra Tsing Johansen, FAIA, sponsored by AIA/LA, SAH/SCC, P.O. Box 92224, University Park Community Association and LACMA. Los Angeles County Museum of Lo 1. UCLA Extension, 147 Dodd Hall, LA; Adams Dockweiler Heritage Organizing Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 9AM-4:30PM; $50-60. 310.825.9971. Committee. Durfee Mansion, 1007 W. 24th 6:30PM; $5-12; res. req. SL, iA; 11AM-4PM; $35; res. req. 213.857.6010 or 310.785.1809. 213.748.1656. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego PlooO, Linda Hudson, Jean Lowe, Pepon 700 Prospect St., U Jolla. 619.4543541. Osorio, Buster Simpson, George Stone, Allan John Baldessari: National City, through Wexler. June 30. San Diego native Baldessari presents early phototext paintings featuring National Southern California institute City, as well as newly created works Of Architecture (SO-Arc) commemorating his return to San Diego. 5454 Beethoven St, LA. 310J74.1123. Cordoba Studh, through August. Website Inside/Out: Court, Garden, Wall, through exhibitran of student work from projects in Decemt)er. Series of new installations Cordoba, Spain, http://www.sciarc.edu. celebrating museum reopening in La Jolla featuring installations by Mel Chin, Gabriel The Bike Stops Here, permanent installation. Orozco, Regina Silveira and Edward Ruscha. Site-specific bike-rack sculptures designed by SCI-Arc students at 10 kxations throughout Orange County House of Design downtown: Grand Hope Park, LA Times 714.5533422. BuikJing, Grand Central Maritet, City Hall East. Through May 19. Showhouse benefits music Pershing Square, LAPD Central, ChiWren's education for children through the Onnge Museum, ARCO Plaza, Temporary County PhilharrrKjnic. Tuesday-Sunday, Contemporary, and Alpine Recreation Center 10AM-4PM; Thursday, 10AM-8PM. $14-17. and Chinatown Branch Library. Project sponsored by Community Redevelopment San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Agency and Department of Transportation. £ffc Owen Moss proposes a preliminary study (or an ard)itectural revolution in Cuba, shown in The Havana 151 3rd St, San Francisco. 415357.4000. Pro;ect: Architecture A^in,' af the MAK Center (or Art and Architecture, LA. New Work: Richard Hamilton, Stte Rekrential UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Historical Society's Designers Showcase Paintings, through May 5. British pop artist Of Art and Cultural Center 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. 619J232.6203. Hamilton explores interiors, fusing realities 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA. 310.443.7020. 310.278J673 May 5-June 2. Showhouse benefits San Diego and interpretations. Sexual Politics: judy Chicago's 'Dinner Party' Film Architecture: Set Des/gn from 'Metropolis' FHistorical Society. Monday-Sunday, in Feminist Art History, through August 18. to 'Blade Runner,' through June 9. Sketches, 10AM-4PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM. $15. Tina Modotti, through June. Photographs by Re-examinatk5n of the Dinner Party, Chkago's models, photographs and film clips of the exiled Italian artist who settled in Mexk». installation tribute to 1,038 women, featuring legendary nx)vie sets. Istituto Italiano di Cultura/ triangular table with ceramic plate settings, Italian Cultural Institute The Gelman Collection of Mexican Modernism, needlework and tiling, abng with feminist art Autry Museum of Western Heritage 1023 Hilgard, LA. 310.443.3250. through September. Fifty-five paintings by from the early 1960s. 4700 Western Heritage Way, LA. 8ofta and Cucchi: Capella del Monte Tamaro, 213.667.2000. through May 3. Sketches, drawings, models modernists, including muralists Diego Rivera Covering fhe West: The Best of Southwest Art and photographs of Capella del Monte and Jose Clemente Orozco. UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture Magazine, through May 27. Emblematic Tamaro, a chapel designed by Mario Botta UCLA, Perioff Llall, Gallery 1220, LA. perspectives of the West are on view In this with alter pieces by Enzo Cucchi. Show travels Paul Klee: Themes and Variations, ongoing. 310.825.6335. traveling exhibition featuring original art from to San Francisco nexL Exhibition is made Prints and drawings spanning 30 years of the Rf; /nterpretat/on of Gallery, through May 21. Southwest Art Magazine covers. possible by Istituto Italiano di Cultura/ltalian Swiss-born artist's work focusing on recurring Full-scale installations by winners of annual Cultural Institute, Consulate General of subjects, styles and techniques. student competition. California Heritage Museum Switzerland, Italian Heritage Culture 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. 310.392.8537. Foundation. Selections From the Permanent Collection of Current Projects: SOM. May 28-June 21. Model Trains and the Southern California Architecture and Design, ongoing Chairs by Worb by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Railroad Fxperience, through July 7. History Helen Lindhurst Architecture Gallery such designers at Fames, Gehry, Kane, Mack, reviewing current projects in the 60-year-old of the Santa Fe, Union Pacific and the Pacific USC School of Architecture, Watt Hall, LA. Flectric Railroad through vintage photos, 213.740.2097. Morphosis and Schindler. architecture practice, including urban designs, posters, ads, models, signs, signals and (./SC Architecture Final Presentations, through airports, embassies, convention centers, equipment. May 9. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum libraries, arenas, high-rises and showrooms. 653 Paseo Nuevo, SB. 805.966JS373. Celebrity Design House MAK Center for Art and Architecture, LA Home Show^ through June 2. Ten site-specific Watts Towers Greer Carson Manor House, Bel-Air. Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Rd., installations plus gallery exhibition focusing on 1765 E. 107 St, lA. 213.4833433. 310.314J2570. West Hollywood. 213.651.1510. a range of sociological, psychological and Weekend viewing of Watts Towers of Simon Through May 12. Showhouse presented by The Havana Project: Architecture Again, economic issues surrounding the kiea and Rodia is from the outskie only, while site is Pacific Design Center, and benefiting The through july 26. Inaugural exhibition features reality of "home" in contemporary culture. under repair. Wellness Community, displays 15 rooms architectural proposals designed for the Cuban decorated in honor of celebrities. Tuesday and capital by C.P.P.N., Thom Mayne/ Morphosis, Exhibited artists: Vito Acconci, Margaret Crane Wednesday, 10AM-.5PM; Thursday and Eric Own Moss, Carme Pin6s, Wolf Prix/Coop and Jon Winet. Dan Graham, Haha (Richard Friday, 10AM-7PM; Saturday and Sunday, Himmelblau and Lebbeus Woods. House, Wendy Jacob, Laurie Palmer, John 10AM-5PM. $21. The Garage Project, through July 26. 'Mexican Sombrero with Hammer and Sickle. 1927' is included in the Tina Modotti exhibition at SFMOMA. Craft and Folk Art Museum Installations inspired by the garage spaces at 5800 Wilshire Blvd., lA. 213.937.5544. Schindler's Mackey House are presented by nX) In the Sun. Art by the Yard, through artists Peter Kogler and Heimo Zobernig from june 2. Surface design exhibition of 100 pieces Vienna, and Liz Earner and Paul McCarthy of patterned textiles by .33 contemporary from LA. artist/designers. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The J. Paul Getty Museum 250 S. Grand Ave., LA. 213.626.6222. 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu. Out of Order: Franklin D. Israel, through 310.458.2003, res. req. May 26. Exhibition with site-specific Doris Ulmann: Photography and Folklore, installation by Israel, photo review, models through july 7. Photographic portraits, and videos of Israel's projects. landstapx's, still lives and architectural studies from 1916 to the early 1930s. Social Documents: MOCA's New Photography Collection, through May 26. Selections from The ). Paul Getty Trust the newly acquired collection of 2,100 prints 401 Wilshire Blvd., SM. 310.458.9811. of American documentary photography by Sites of Surrealist Collaboration: Books, Arbus, Brassai, Clark, Frank, Friedlander, txhibitions and Performances, through May 30. GoWin, Levitt, Lyon and Winogrand. I etters, brochures, sketches and photos by Magritte, Man Ray, Duchamp and Masson, fd Moses; A /?efrospect;Ve of the Paintings and and contemporary artist Charles FHobson. Drawings, 1951-1996, through August 11. First major retrospective of California artist Greystone Mansion Moses, showing 60 paintings and drawings. 905 Loma Vista Dr., Beverly Hills. 310.285.2537. Kienholz: A Retrospective, June 30-November Built on a 12-acre site, by Cordon B. 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