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Rumpus Room for Walter Edwin Bixby, Sr., Residence by Kem Weber. (Architeaure and Design Colleaion. University An Museum, UCSB; gih of Erika Weber) FROM MODERNE TO MODERN: KEM WEBER IN SANTA BARBARA SAH/SCC TOUR: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD
This day-long, self-driving tour celebrates the design legacy of Kem Weber (1889-1963), one of Southern California's pioneering Modernists. We will meet on Saturday, February 3rd, at 10:30AM at the University Art Museum at University of California, Santa Barbara. From Moderne to Modern, is limited to 20 people and will cost $35 per person. Due to limited space, this tour is only open to SAH/SCC members. Reservations must be pre-paid by mail; orders will be processed based on the postmark date. See order form on Page 8. We will look at work by Weber, designed from his Los Angeles studio, that demonstrates his profound influence on American Art Deco and Moderne design during the 1920s and 1930s. We'll also examine his more vernacular post-1945 work created in Santa Barbara, with its unique and sympathetic melding of modern design within the region's natural and historic environment Weber achieved national prominence during the 1930s when he was singled out by critics as the first on the West Coast to bring a tradition- Exterior view of Kem Weber's Studio/Residence in Santa Barbara (7945/ free, machine-age creativity to American interior (Architecture and Des/gn Colleaion, University Art Museum, UCSB; gift ol Erika Weber) design. Architectural historian David Gebhard The exhibition focuses on 12 elaborate designed sites in Santa Barbara, including his own showcased Kem Weber as the centerpiece of his interiors that Weber created for the Walter Edwin studio/residence (1945) on the grounds of the 1969 exhibition at the University Art Museum, Bixby, Sr., Residence in Kansas City, MO. The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens and the Christian UCSB—the first exhibition in the United States Bixby Residence (1935), by local architect Edward Science Reading Room (1951). to evaluate Art Deco and the Moderne as a W. Tanner, was Kansas City's only major Trained as a furniture designer in Berlin design movement. Streamline Modern home. during the first decade of the 20th century, Weber We'll begin the day on the UCSB campus Together we'll walk across the way to the moved to Los Angeles in 1921. He established a with Kurt Helfrich, curator of the University Art Museum's Architecture and Design Collection successful design practice creating luxurious Museum's Architecture and Design Collection. Study Center for a private viewing of the Kem furnishings based on contemporary French Art Helfrich will guide us through the current Weber archives' collection of historic drawings Deco examples. He later served as the first chair University Art Museum exhibition "Designing and photographs relating to Weber's work in of the Department of Industrial Design at Art the Moderne: Kem Weber's Bixby House," which Santa Barbara after 1945. Center School. features original drawings, historic photographs, After a simple catered lunch on the University The tour will be led by Kurt Helfrich, and is and actual furnishings. campus, the afternoon will be filled with Weber- organized by SAH/SCC board member John Ellis. UTILITAC- FIRMITAE VENUETAS ITILITAE Fl •••(MITA;-.- VENU.STA.-i-^-I IL.I-A!:, t I Ix M i 1 A VLSl.'- l VENUSTA S 'TIL IT
VENUSTAft SAH/SCC NEWS is published bi-monthly by the Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter. Subscription is a How do architects become famous? What makes one a legend and another a footnote? benefit of membership. Talent, of course helps. But talent alone is not enough. Bottom line, it takes a concerted effort of Editor: Julie D. Taylor promotion and reinvention of a public persona. Architects are usually uncomfortable acknowledging, Associate Editor: Linda Won let alone taking part, in this process during their lifetimes. Then, when they're gone, it's up to Executive Assistant: Grace Somudio someone else to continue, or create, a flow of information to publications, academics, and historians. In the past decade we've seen a wave of information about—and the subsequent popularity of— Information and ads for the newsletter should be sent three weeks before the issue date, the careers of Richard Neutra, R.M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Charles and Ray Eames. Each of /ssue Deadline these architects or designers has a company or foundation actively involved in keeping the work and March/April 2001 February 10th name of these individuals in the public eye. May/June 2001 April 10th But what about the architects who do not yet have someone so interested in their careers as to devote themselves to telling the world about the architect's talents? Have we heard of Carl Maston, Please send all ad materials, notices of events, Raymond Crites, or Mario Corbett? And what about those names we've heard of but aren't familiar exhibitions and news—plus photographs—to the attention of the editor: enough with their work—A. Quincy Jones, William Beckett, William Pereira, Lutah Riggs, Frederick Emmons, Kem Weber? Julie D. Taylor, Editor This coming year, we'll have some events to discover—or rediscover—architectural careers we feel SAH/SCC News are worthy of your time. In February we look at the career of Kem Weber (story on cover). We'll visit P.O. Box 92224 his archives, see a current museum show of his work, and visit some of his projects in Santa Barbara. Pasadena, CA 91109-2224 800.9SAHSCC (800.972.4722) In the process, we'll be planting seeds of knowledge and recognition about the career of an Newsletter telephone: 310.247.1099 unfamiliar architect. There's a joy of discovery in all this and we hope you'll come along with us this Newsletter fax: 310.247.8147 year. A decade from now, when Kem Weber is famous, you can say you were part of it at the start. Newsletter e-moil: [email protected] And speaking of legends, I also must mention, on behalf of our entire Executive Board, our deepest
U) t;^ Ul U) appreciation to former board member, and SAH/SCC Life Member, Rebecca Kahn. Rebecca retired Tour and Event Information: 1.800.9SAHSCC < < «i < 1- I- H H' from the board in November after serving longer than any current board member. She has been a I) _j Zi Ij SAH/SCC Executive Boord tireless volunteer and supporter of SAH/SCC. Most of you know her as our docent coordinator. She President: Ted Wells, [email protected] contracted, trained, and coordinated all the volunteers for our events. This was not an easy task, and Vice President/Secretary: Anthony Denzer, since her efforts took place seamlessly in the background, she often didn't share the spotlight with the [email protected] tour organizer, just to understand the scope of her volunteer service, a couple of years ago she Membership: Merry Ovnick gathered and coordinated 250 volunteers for one tour alone—and hand-wrote thank-you notes to all Development Officer: Sion Winship, of them after the event She was an integral part of every major tour we have conducted for almost [email protected] 10 years. We owe much of our reputation for superb architectural events to her efforts. We'll miss Treasurer: Rina Rubenstein her on the board, but we look forward to seeing her at events in the future. Thank you, Rebecca! Preservation: Ezequiel Gutierrez Members-ot-Large: Jean Clare Baaden; John Beriey; — TedWelh John Ellis; Alex Meconi; Cora Mullio; Mark Nichols
SAH/SCC Advisory Board SAH NATIONAL CONFERENCE PREVIEW Ted Bosley, Ken Breisch, Stephen Harby, Elizabeth McMillian, Rochelle Mills, Claire Rogger, Richard C. Practice in Modern Architecture; Selling Spaces: Rowe, Nancy Smith, Robert Winter The Society of Architectural Historians will hold The Architecture of Commerce; Modernism and its 54th Annual Meeting at the Fairmont-Royal the Neo-Baroque in Central Europe, 1890-1930; Life Members: York Hotel in Toronto, April 18-22, 2001. Signs of Time: Historical Reference in Medieval Members of local SAH chapters are invited to Grant Bomes Elizabeth McMillian Architecture; Digital Teaching; New Research in Kathleen Bixler Le Roy Misuroco participate in the Annual Meeting at the early the Social History of Baroque Architecture, 1550- Mary Dutton Boehm Susan W. Monteith Douglas M. Moreland registration rate of $215, which includes a one- 1750; Reappraising North American Religious Marie Botnick year membership in the national SAH. (Note: Bill Bowling Sara. G. Muller Chemoff Architecture; Aesthetic Legislation; Cataclysm or Ruth Bowman Daniel T. Munoz members of local chapters, such as SAH/SCC are Catalyst? Architecture and War in the 20th Lynn Marie Bryant Mark Nichols noi automatically national members.) Century; Computer Technology and the Gerald & Bente Buck Peter A. Nimmer The 54th Annual Meeting is an international Bonnie Burton John M. Nisley Globalization of Architecture; Postmodernism Pomelo Burton Thomas O'Conrxir gathering of university professors, museum Reconsidered; Medieval "Revival" Architecture in Miriam & Sam Campbell Anne Otterson professionals, preservationists, architects, and North America: Modernism Thwarted? Spirituality Robert Joy Chattel Fro.tcis Packer Helen & David Palmer independent scholars who come together to share Congealed?; Frank Lloyd Wright in the 21st Steve Conner Jeffrey Cook C.E. Parker recent and ongoing research in architectural Century; Toronto and the Future of the North Stephen P. Donforth Storxiish & Audree Penton history. Paper sessions provide the focus of the American City. Astrid & Heinz Ellersieck John August Reed meeting, although attendees also participate in There will also be a meeting of members of local J. Richard Fore Cloire Rogger receptions, roundtable discussions, and Donold R. Ferguson Richard Coyio Rowe chapters from all around the country on Friday, Gilbert & Sukey Garcetti Jeffrey B. Somudio architectural tours as well as a pre-conference April 20th, from Noon to 1:30PM. This will be an Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Geiger Ann Scheid preservation colloquium. opportunity to learn about the diverse activities Robert J. Gelinas WoHer B. Silber Gordon & Joy Gilliam Patricio Simpson Paper sessions for the 54th Annual Meeting are offered by other chapters, discover their Raymond Girvigian Cecilia Singer scheduled on the following topics, plus three newsletters and programs, and share ideas about Paul Gleye Mark Slotkin additional open sessions: Utopia: Theory and Janonn Strand expanding membership and pursuing outreach Andy & Lisa Hockmon Vem Swonsen Practice; Imperialism and the Countryside in the efforts toward students and your community. This Stephen Horby Reg Thatcher Pre-Modern Period; East Meets West in American Eugene & Shirley Hoggott event is organized by SAH Chapter Liaison Isabelle M. Brion Ticherxjr James & Anneliese Horecka Landscape Architecture; The Visual and Functional Adolphe Tischler Cournay, who teaches at the University of Elaine K. Sewell Jones Maggie Volentine Role of the Orders in Roman Urbanism; The Maryland School of Architecture. To reach her Rebecco Kohn Daniel Visnich Vernacular as an Aesthetic Category for Diane Kane about this event, call 301.699.9418 or e-mail to Robert D. Wallace Stephen A. Kanter, MD Architecture; Colonial, De-Colonial and Post gournay(S)wam.umd.edu. John & Lori Womke Virginia Ernst Kozor Colonial: Middle Eastern Perspectives in a Dr. Patricio A. Warren For additional information about the national Marilyn Kellogg Ron Wotson Transnational Context; Travel, Space, Architecture; Theodora Kinder meeting, or for a complete conference brochure, Dovid R. Weaver Neighborhoods in Late Medieval arni Early Charles A. Logreco contact the SAH office at 312.573.1365 or visit John Welbome, Esq. Ruthonn Lehrer Modern Italy (1300-1700); Surrealist Thought and Dr. Robert Winter the website at www.sah.org. Pomelo Levy Mr. & Mrs. Dovid Yomodo Joyce P. Ludmer Robert Young Rondell L. Mokinson Joyce Zoitlin SAH/SCC is saddened by the passing of architect and Life Member Lorenzo Tedesco, and long• Christy Johnson McAvoy time member and friend Bettie E. Wagner. Suzonne W. McCarthy Honorary: Robert Pierson MODERN PATRONS: JACOBSON BY FICKETT SAH/SCC SATURDAY TALK: MARCH 24TH, SILVERLAKE
The very successful Modern Patrons series begins the City of Beverly Hills its second season on Saturday, March 24th with a for almost 10 years, visit to Miriam Jacobson's house, designed in 1965 and was involved in the by Edward H. Fickett, FAIA, in Silverlake. The design of the original event is held from 2:30PM to 4:30PM. Sands Hotel in Las Modern Patrons is reserved for a limited Vegas, the La Costa number of SAH/SCC Patron-level members. (If Resort, and nearly there is space leftover, then regular members may 40,000 homes. attend.) The talk is $10, and must be pre-paid by He was also lauded mail; orders will be processed based on the by LA Mayor Tom postmark date. See order form on Page 8. Bradley and California This home is the second ordered and built for Governor Gray Davis. the Jacobsons by Fickett, and achieved Historic- It was perhaps the Cultural Monument status from the Cultural ultimate compliment, Heritage Commission in February 2000, just nine that architecture critic months after Fickett's death. Aaron Betsky lived in a Fickett-designed Known as an architect of "firsts"—the first apartment building prefab house for manufacture, the first hotel with before joining the San private kitchenettes and patios, the first open Francisco Museum of kitchen designed as part of the living or family Modern Art as room—Fickett was the only architect to be architecture curator. recognized with the Presidential Merit of Honor "I live in a 1954 Award. He was the architectural commissioner for building that reflects all the faith in the future, love of the landscape,
and weakness for snazzy indoors and outdoors (low seamlessly together at the jacobson Residence, designed in 7965 imagery that makes me by Edward Fickett, FAIA. (Phao: LJP M 11 .5 PIRMtTAS VENUSTA UTIL TA M I 'I FIRMCTAS VENUSTAS UTILIT TAS S FIRMITAS VENUSTAS in 11 r ! - rvWSTA^J^UlT^ riRMITAS VENUSTA UTILITY l/l 1/! IT I/l 20, Saturday 6,13,20,27, Saturday 13, Saturday Historic Downtown long Beach. Walking tour. Coog/e Tours. Choice of The San Gabriel Center for Land Use Interpretation Bus Trip. I/) ifl in in Long Beach Heritage Coalition; Historical Valley, Behind the Orange Curtain, Coffee Bus tour of California's high desert, including Society of Long Beach, 418 Pine Ave., LB; Shop Modern and More, Cocktails 'N' a curated video program about the high 10AM; $4-5; res. req. 562.493.7019. Coffee Shops with preservationist John desert region, several desert location stops, English. $34; res. req. 213.980.3480. and a picnic lunch. MOCA at The Geffen Contemporary, 152 N. Central Ave., LA; 20, Saturday 9AM-6PM; $20-25; res. req. 213.621.1767. The Miracle Mile: A Walking Tour. Two-hour 6,13,20,27, Saturday tour of the Wilshire district with stories behind Historic Downtown Walking lour. Tour of its development and Art Deco buildings. The downtown Santa Barbara. Architeaural 13, Saturday Art Deco Society of Los Angeles; 10AM; Foundation of Santa Barbara; City Hall, De Old Pasadena. Walking tour. Pasadena $5-10; res. req. 310.659.3326. La Cuerra Plaza, Santa Barbara; 10AM; $5; Heritage; 9AM; $5; res. req. 626.441.6333. res. req. 805.965.6307. 13, Saturday 21, Sunday Anthony Vidler. Lecture with department 6,13,20,27, Saturday £nn/s-Brown House Public Tour. Tour of the chair and art history professor at UCLA Turistorica. Walking tours with Architectural last and largest texlile-Wock concrete Anthony Vidler on the Paul McCarthy Foundation of Santa Barbara and Otizens structures architea Frank Lloyd Wright built exhibition. MOCA, Geffen Contemporary, Flanning Foundation of Santa Barbara. City in 1924 in the Los Angeles area. Trust for 152 N. Central Ave., LA; 3PM; $4-6; Hall Steps, De La Cuerra Plaza, SB; 10AM- the Preservation of Cultural Heritage; LA; res. req. 213.626.6222. Noon; $5. 805.965.3021 or 805.965.6307. 11AM-3:30PM; $5-10; res. req. 323.668.0234. 7, Sunday 21, Sunday Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Anthony 13,20, Saturday Chamber Music in Historic Sites: La Pietk. Wilson Trio. Jazz performance by guitarist Feng Shui in (he Garden. Two-day Ensemble of 11 Canadian string soloists Anthony Wilson at the Southwestern workshop with landscape architect Shelley performs Vivaldi concerti and Hoist's St. Paul University School of Law's Perfume Hall, Sparks on the basics of feng shui in Suite at St. John's Episcopal Church, designed by John and Donald Parkinson landscape and the garden. UCLA Extension, designed by Pierpont & Walter S. Davis (1929). The Da Camera Society; 1270 Public Policy BIdg., LA; 9AM^PM; (1922-23). The Da Camera Society; SL A performance by ofgan/sf Kob Richardi will be held al Southwestern University School of Law, $100-125; res. req. 310.825.9971. John's EpiscopI Church, 514 W. Adams the tl Cap/fan Iheaire during the Wurlitzer Weekend 3050 Wilshire Blvd., Perfume Hall, LA; Blvd., LA; 4PM; $32-39; res. req. 2007, lanuary 19th-2nh. (Photo: Courtesy of £/ Cap/ian 3PM; $27-34; res. req. 310.954.4300. 310.954.4300. TJipairp Company) ^ . . 14, Sunday Catherine Mulholland. Discussion and booksigning with author of William 23, Tuesday ifl m in ifl Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles Virginia Robinson and UCLA Japanese Gardens. Catherine Mulholland. Canoga- Van tour of UCLA-owned Hannah Carter Owensmoulh Historical Society and Japanese Garden at the Bel-Air Country Club H 1- I- t- Museum, 7248 Owensmouth Ave., Canoga and Virginia Robinson's garden in Beveriy January Pari<; free. 818.882.8375. Hills. Neighborhood Place Project; meet at Will Rogers Memorial Park, BH; 10AM- 15, Monday 2:30PM; $20; res. req. 626.448.4022. 2,4,6, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 7,14, 28, Sunday Los Angeles: Through the Lens Darkly and Coronado Touring. Walking tours every Made in CeJifornia: Landmarks and f\jblic Lightly. A film series, including a five- 25, Thursday Tuesday, 1 hursday, and Saturday. Art. Family Sunday activities that explore minule documentary of LA's archileaure Museum of Contemporary Art/ASLA Lecture Clorietta Bay Inn; 11AM-12:30PM; $6. art, including a tour of the Made in Chris Nichols: The Coogieman that is Series: Carol Johnson. Lecture with landscape Gerry MacCartee, 619.435.5892/Nancy California exhibition and art galleries, produced and directed by Sven Berkemeier architect Carol Johnson on her 41 years of Cobb, 619.435.5993. music, and storytelling. LACMA, 5905 and Rich Samuels. LAC Modcom; Ivar practice in landscape architecture and urtan Wilshire Blvd., LA; 12:30PM; $5-7. Theatre, 1605 Ivar Ave., Hollywood; 8PM; planning including award-winning projects, 3,10,17, 24, 31, Wednesday 323.857.6000. members, free; non-members, $10; such as McArthur Center at the Harvard City Observed C<>mmentary by author of res. req. 818.754.4510. Business School. Museum of Contemporary M Lost and Found: An Architeaural 8, Monday Art, San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla; History of Los Angeles and Emmy-Award- Lighting Jeopardy: How the Came Gets 16, Tuesday reception, faPM; lecture, 7PM; $5-7; winning reporter and producer at Fox Played. Discussion with lighting designer New York and Paris: A Context. Lecture on res. req. 858.454.3541. Television News Sam Hall Kaplan on Bruce Leibert of Vortex Lighting Design, New York and Paris with art professors John architecture, planning, and design. KCRW electrical contraaor Tim Kovnat of Custom Welchman of UC San Diego and JoAnne 25, Thursday 89.9 FM. 3:55PM. Electric, and lighting fixture representative Berellowitz of San Diego State University. California Underground: Water, Power and Bob Mitchell of Total Lighting Concepts on San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Land. Film program features director Pat 4, Thursday the ins and outs of the lighting business, Balboa Park; 7PM; $9; res. req. O'Neill's Wafer, Power and Land and director Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town with tips on how to avoid some of the 619.232.7931. James Benning's f/ Va//ey Centra with a special open house. The Armory Center for the pitfalls within the local residential market. appearance by both directors. LACMA, 5905 Arts; 6-10PM. 626.792.5101. Designers Lighting Forum; DWP BIdg., 111 18, Thursday Wilshire Blvd., LA; 7:30PM; $5-7; res. req. N. Hope St., Lot #6, LA; reception and Photo LA 2001 Opening. Opening night 323.857.6010. 5, Friday displays, 6PM; program, 7PM; $5-15; reception and preview hosted by renowned Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Pacifica res. req. 310.535.0105. actor, director, and photographer Dennis 26, Friday String Quartet. String quartet performs Hopper to benefit the Photography Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost LA. works by Mozart and Dvorak at the 9, Tuesday Department of LACMA. Onview.com; Documentary on Los Angeles' freeways by Doheny Mansion, designed by Eisen and Meet the Masters: Robert Irwin. Lecture with Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main director Morgan Neville, Harry Pallenberg Hunt (1899); Alfred F. Rosenheim (1905); artist and designer of the Getty Museum St., SM; 6-9PM; $35; res. req. with Buddy Collette, Mike Davis, Joan Didion, Parkinson and Parkinson (1934). The Da gardens Robert Irwin on the nature of 323.937.5525. James Ellroy, Buck Henry, David Hockney. Camera Society; Doheny Mansion, 8 abstraction. San Diego Museum of Art, LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 7:30PM; Chester Place, LA; lecture, 7:15PM; Copley Auditorium, SD; 11AM and 19-21, Friday-Sunday $5-7; res. req. 323.857.6010. performance, 8PM; $45; res. req. 5:30PM; $13.50-34; res. req. Photo LA 2001. Exhibit from photo galleries 310.954.4300 619.696.1966. across the country, along with seminars on 27, Saturday colleaing and lectures with noted Waterstained Landscapes: Seeing and Shaping 6, Saturday 11, Thursday photographers. Santa Monica Civic Regionally Distinctive Places. One-day course SOMA-Yerfaa Buena Gardens. Walking tour Museum of Contemporary Art/AIA Lecture Auditorium, 1855 Main St., SM; $5-50; with professor and graduate coordinator at Cal with the Foundation for San Francisco's Series: Rick Joy. Lecture with architea Rick res. req. 323.937.5525. Poly Pomona Joan Woodward on a pattern- Architectural Heritage. California Joy on his achievements and projects, based approach to designing regionally Historical Society, 678 Mission St., SF; including the Arizona home that won an 19, Friday distinctive landscapes. UCLA Extension, 1270 10-11AM; $3-5; res. req. 415.441.3004. AIA Honor Award for Home of the Year. Los Angeles River Walk and River Center Public Policy BIdg, LA; 9AM^PM; $90; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Museum. Jour of the LA River and Elysian res. req. 310.825.9971. 6, Saturday 700 Prospect St., La Jolla; 7PM; $5-7; Village led by art writer Jim Cavener. Village Walking Tour. Tour of the downtown res. req. 858.454.3541. Neighborhood Place Project; 570 W. Ave. 27, Saturday village area of Claremont, historic 26, LA; 1-4PM; $10; res. req. Children's Concerts in Historic Sites: Japanese- Victorians, college and commercial 12, Friday 626.448.4022. American National Museum. Tour of the buildings. Claremont Heritage; Historic KCET Studio Tour and Neighborhood museum's new stone, steel, and glass pavilion, Claremont Metrolink Depot, 200 W. First Exploration. Jour of the produaion areas, 19-21, Friday-Sunday designed by Gyo Obala (1999), and its St., Claremont; $5; res. req. 909.621.0848. sound stages, film writers' cottages and Wurlitzer Weekend 2001—A Theatre Organ garden, designed by landscape architect outdoor courtyards, and structures from the Odyssey! Five concerts in five venues Robert Murase, in addition to family 6, Saturday era when the East Sunset Boulevard facility feature instrumental performances by entertainment and Japanese music. The Da Civic Center Public Art Tour. Tour of works was the home of Marathon Studios, makers organist Rob Richards, pianist Jelani Camera Society; Japanese-American National by French sculptor Augusle Rodin, British of the old Roy Rogers, Vera Hruba Ralston, Eddington, and others. Los Angeles Theatre Museum, 369 E. 1st St., LA; 1:30PM and artist Henry Moore, Welsh artists Barry and Gene Autry movies. Neighborhood Organ Society and Orange County Theatre 3PM; $12-18; res. req. 310.954.4300. Flanagan and Eduardo Chillida, and many Place Project; KCET, 4401 Sunset Blvd., LA; Organ Society; $12, single events; $60, full others. Beveriy Hills Art and Culture; Civic 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 626.448.4022. package includes five concerts plus one 27, Saturday Center, City Hall, 450 N. Crescent Dr., bonus performance; res. req. Symposium. Panel discussion with artists Gavin West Lawn, BH; 1PM; free. 310.288.2201. 12, Friday 888.528.6744. Hipkins and Matt Coolidge; Singapore-based Superflat Gala. Opening celebration of the art critic and curator Lee Weng Choy; 6, Saturday new MOCA Gallery and preview of the 20, Saturday sociology professor at the University of Santa Monica's Adelaide Drive/Oon exhibition. Pacific Design Center, 8687 What is Max Thinking: Volume III. Lecture Chicago Saski Sassen; and urban planning Bachardy Studio. Tour with art writer Jim Melrose Ave., MOCA Gallery, West with urban planner Max Schmidt on the professor at UCLA Edward W. Soja on how Cavener of Adelaide Drive and eariy 20th- Hollywood; cocktail reception, 6PM; problems and possibilities of the city's technology increased travel and the speed of century residential designs from Santa dinner, 7:30PM; $300-500; res. req. decisions. Friends of San Diego culture altered global and regional Monica Canyon through the Malibu Coast. 213.621.1772. Architeaure; Newschool of Architecture, geographies. MOCA at California Plaza, Neighbortiood Place Project; 1 -4PM; 1249 F St., San Diego; 9:30-11:30AM; Ahmanson Auditorium, 250 S. Grand Ave., $10; res. req. 626.448.4022. $3. 619.287.0050 or 619.235.4100. LA; 2-5PM; $4-6. 213.626.6222. 9, Friday 18, Sunday Woodbury LJniversity/Upper Burbank. Irving all and the Architecture of Tour of Woodbury University's school of Community. Leaure with architect Paul architecture and its fashion and design Johnson on architect Irving Gill's work in studios. Neighborhood Place Project; San Diego during the first decades of the february Burbank; 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 20th century. San Diego Historical Society 626.448.4022. Friends of ttie Marston House; Museum 1, Thursday 3, Saturday of San Diego History, Thomton Theatre; The Huntinffon Library's New Boone Renaissance Splendor in Mantua. Lecture 10, Saturday Balboa Park; 2PM; $12-15; res. req. Gallery and Mausoleum. Tour of the new with Jane Friedman, Ph.D., on Mantua's A Day in Greece. One-day program with 619.298.3142. Gallery structure that was formerly a garage churches and palaces, including the art museum director Irini Vallera- or carriage house located behind the Ducal Palace with Andrea Mantegna's Rickerson on new images of Greece 24, Saturday Virginia Steel Scott Galleries, and the new frescoes and Giulio Romano's from a recent trip, including the islands H;7/ Drive in f ag/e Rode. Tour with art Boone Gallery made possible by a gift from architectural masterpiece, the Palazzo del of Crete and Thera, the Acropolis of writer Jim Cavener of Eagle Rock's history George and MaryLou Boone. T^. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Leo S. Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Vergina, Pella, and residential area along Hill Drive. Neighborhood Place Projea, The Bing Theater, LA; 1PM; members, free; and Deion in Macedonia. UCLA Neighborhood Place Project; Eagle Rock; Huntington Library, Art Collections, and non-members, $5-7. 323.857.6512. Extension, 121 Dodd Hall, LA; 9AM- 1-4PM; $10; res. req. 626.448.4022. Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., 4PM; $50-75; res. req. 310.825.9971. Entrance Pavilion, San Marino; 1-4PM; 3,10,17, 24, Saturday 25,Sunday $10; res. req. 626.448.4022. Downtown M. Walking tours of various 10, Saturday Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Adaskin downtown landmarks, L.A. Conservancy; Old Pasadena. Walking tour. Pasadena Siring Trio. Canadian ensemble performs 1, Thursday 10AM-^4oon; $8; res. req. Heritage; 9AM; $5; res. req. Beetiioven, Schubert, and Romanticism of Rontgen's Trio on Ashkenazic themes at Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town 213.623.2489. 626.441.6333. Guasti Villa in Los Angeles. The Da open house. The Amiory Center for the Camera Society; Guasti Villa, LA; $46; Arts; 6-10PM. 626.792.5101. 3,10,17,24, Saturday 11,Sunday 2PM and 3:30PM; res. req. Coogie Tours. Choice of The San Gabriel Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Love 310.954.4300. 1,3,6, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday Valley, Behind the Orange Curtain, Spirit. Gospel music fierformance by Coronado Touring. Walking tours every Coffee Shop Modern and More, Cocktails Love Spirit at McCarty Memorial Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday. Glorietta 'N' Coffee Shops with preservationist John Christian Church, designed by Barber Bay Inn; 11AM-12:30PM; $6. Gerry English. $34; res. teq. 323.980.3480. and Kingsbury (1931). The Da Camera Conference of California MacCanee, 619.435.5892/Nancy Cobb, Society; McCarty Memorial Christian 619.435.5993. 3,10,17,24, Saturday Church, 4101 W. Adams Blvd., LA; Historical Societies Historic Downtown Walking Tour. Tour of 3PM; $29-33; res. req. 310.954.4300. 2, Friday downtown Santa Barbara. Architectural Awards of Merit Wednesday Designer Series. Lecture with Foundation of Santa Barbara; Gty Hall, 13, Tuesday Deadline February 1st author and consultant Fred Bums on how De La Guerra Plaza, Santa Barbara; The Arts and Crafts Tradition. Lecture to set and get higher fees for design 10AM; $5; res. req. 805.965.6307. with public historical studies specialist Awards of Merit will be presented in services. Pacific Design Center, 8687 Victoria Kastner on San Simeon's history Melrose Ave., West Hollywood; 10- 3.10.17.24, Saturday and the relationship between architect seven categories at the Annual 11AM; free. res. req. 310.360.6408. Tur/stonca. Walking tours with Julia Morgan and client William Meeting of the Conference of Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Randolph Hearst in the history of California Historical Societies. These 3, Saturday and Gtizens Planning Foundation of American architecture. The Gamble Undiscovered Los Angles: Water and Steel. Santa Barbara. City Hall Steps, De La House, 4 Westmoreland Place, awards recognize individuals and On-site study tour with architea Robert Guerra Plaza, SB; lOAM-Noon; $5. Pasadena; 7:30PM; $10-15; res. req. organizations with outstanding Chattel and architectural historian Francesca 805.965.3021 or 805.965.6307. 626.793.3334. G. Smith on the history of Los Angeles that accomplishments who have served grew out of the turn-of-the-century arrival of 4, Sunday 15, Thursday the interests of California. Southem Pacific railways and water from the SAH/SCC EVENT Los Angeles Times 2001 Real Estate Owens River Valley, including stops at Forecast. Conference focuses on the Categories for awards include: Nader Khalili: Earth, Water, Air, future of real estate and the new railroad Tunnel 25 in San Fernando Valley, • Commercial General Phineas Banning Residence, Watts and Fire. Discussion with teacher, economy in Southem California with Towers, and Olvera Street. UCLA. 10945 Le author, and architect Nader industry leaders and innovators. UCLA • Preservation Conte Ave., Ueberroth BIdg., Westwood; Khalili on lunar and spatial Extension; Beveriy Hills Hotel, 9641 • Scholastic/Authorship 8:30AM-5:30PM; $125; res. req. habitation at Sundays at La Sola. Sunset Blvd., Beveriy Hills; 7:30AM- 4PM; $275; res. req. 310.825.9971. • Individual Merit Recognition 310.825.9971. La Solo Auditorium, San Juan • Governmental Merit Recognition Capistrano Library, 31495 El 3, Saturday 16-18, Friday-Sunday • Rockwell D. Hunt Young Home Buyers C//n/c. Seminar with president Camino Real, San Juan Conference of California Historical of A. Scott Herd Associates, Inc., realtor Capistrano; 4PM; $3-5; res. req. Sodet/es; Spring Symposium. Conference Historian Alan A. "Scotty" Herd on 25 areas of 949.366.9660. hosted by Bloomington Preservation • Waddingham/Doctor Award misconception, common mistakes, and Foundation, Etiwanda Historical Society, little-known opportunities in the home- Fontana Friends of Preservation, and 4,Sunday All nominations must be buying process. UCLA Extension, 2242 Rialto Historical Societv, including Chamber Music in Historic Sites: The accompanied by a nomination form Public Policy BIdg., LA; 9AM-3PM; $135; executive committee meetings, walking Chamber Music Society of Lincoln res. req. 310.825.9971. tours of historic sites, and bus tours to and two letters of recommendation Center. Grammy-nominated violinst Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga. Cho-Liang Lin and Van Qibum-winning Conference of California Historical from third parties not related to the 3, Saturday pianist Andr^ Michel Schub perform the Societies; Best Western Empire Inn, 475 U) U) l/J Center for land Use Interpretation Bus nominee. D Z! 3 Brahms Violin Sonata in A, Op. 100, and W. Valley Blvd., Rialto; $20-35 per day; z z z Trip. Bus tour of California's high desert, U UJ ul are joined by Shubert's "Trout" Quintet res. req. 909.823.6163. For more information, call Chuck including a curated video program about > > > at Patriotic Hall, designed by Allied the high desert region, several desert Tichenor at 818.882.8375. Architects (1925). The Da Camera t- h t- location stops, and a picnic lunch. MOCA 17, Saturday Society; Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa 2 Z S at The Geffen Contemporary, 152 N. Arcri/tecture to See in San D/ego. Tour of St., LA; 4PM; $33-39; res. req. Central Ave., LA; 9AM-6PM; $20-25; architectural sites in San Diego with 310.954.4300. res. req. 213.621.1767. architect at Quigley Associates Catherine HerbsL Friends of San Diego Architecture; 4.11.18.25, Sunday 3, Saturday South Chula Vista Branch Library, 379 Pacific Heights Walking Tour. The Orange Ave., Chula Vista; lOAM-Noon; SAH/SCC EVENT Foundation for San Francisco's $3. 619.287.0050 or 619.235.4100. From Modeme to Modem: Kem Architectural Heritage; 12:30PM; $5. 415.441.3004. Weber in Santa Barbara. Tour of 17, Saturday modernist architect Kem Weber's The Miracle Mile: A Walking Tour. Two- 7,14,21, 28, Wednesday work and designs, including hour tour of the Wilshire district with City Observed. Commentary by author stories behind its development and Art original drawings, photographs, of LA Lost and Found: An Archif eaura/ Deco buildings. The Art Deco Society of and furnishings organized by History of Los Angeles and Emmy- Los Angeles; 10AM; $5-10; res. req. SAH/SCC board member John Award-winning reporter and producer at 310.659.3326. Ellis and curator of the University Fox Television News Sam Hall Kaplan on architecture, planning, and design. 18, Sunday Art Museum Kurt Helfrich, for KCRW 89.9 FM. 3:55PM. Pomona Valley Adobes and Other Historic members only. Santa Barbara; Sites. Tour with art writer Jim Cavener of 1/) in u) 10:30AM-4PM; $35, res. req. 8, Thursday structures from the Ranch era of early < < 800.9SAHSCC. Sec Page 1 for Museum of Contemporary Art/AIA California and historic sites, such as the details. Lecture Series: Anne Fougeron. Leaure 1830s La Casa Primera and the 1840s with architect and founder of Fougeron Palomares Adobe. Neighborhood Place Architecture Anne Fougeron on the Project; Pomona Valley; 1-4PM; $13; 3, Saturday firm's residential, healthcare, and res. req. 626.448.4022. Civic Center f\iblic Art Tour. Tour of works commercial projects. Museum of Projeas by architea Irving OH (the Paul Miltmore by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, Contemporary Art, San Diego, 700 House, 1911, is shown above) are featured at a leaure British artist Henry Moore, Welsh artists Prospea St.; La Jolla; 7PM; $5-7; by architea Paul lohnson at the Museum of San Diego Bany Flanagan and Eduardo Chillida, and res. req. 858.454.3541. History on February 18th. (Photo: Marvin Rand) many others. Beverly Hills Art and 'i . T • Culture; Civic Center, City Hall, 450 N. UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENU UTILITAS FIRMITAS VEN Crescent Dr., West Lawn, BH; 1PM; free. UTILITAS FIRMITAS VEM^^ STAS 310.288.2201. UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENU rrAS UTILITAS fIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILIT rrAS UTILITAS URMITAS VENUSTAS UTU..IT TAS UTILITAS FIRMITAS VENUSTAS UTILIT :AS UTILITAS riRMlTAS VENUSTAS Paul Klee: Conduaor of Color, through LACMA The MOCA Gallery at the April 3. Exhibition of Swiss artist Paul 5905 Wilshire Blvd., lA. 323.857.6000. Paciflc Design Center Klee's paintings and works of paper that www.lacma.org. 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. experiment with color, and its Made in California: Art, Image, and 213.626.6222. relationship to line and the visual Identity, through February 25. Exhibit www.moca.org. expression of music. that addresses the relationship between Superflat, January 14-May 6. Exhibit the arts and popular culture and organized by artist Takashi Murakami on 070707; Art /n Technological Times, California's evolving image throughout Japanese art, animation, fashion, and January 1, online. Exhibit of new the past century. graphic design tha« tends toward two- dimensionality through work by 19 artists, developments in contemporary art, architeaure, and design influenced by The Max Palevsky Collection of Japanese including ChihoAoshima, Bome, Hiro digital media and technology. Woodblock Prints, February 8-May 15. Sugiyama, Koji Morimoto, and many Exhibition of 47 works from Palevsky's others. Santa Barbara Museum of Art colleaion of woixJblock prints during 1130 State SL, SB. 805.%3.4364. the Golden Age of Japanese printmalcing Museum of Contemporary Art, SD Piauring the Past: Piranesi to Pearlstein. from the late 18th to the mid 19th 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. through January 21. Exhibition of more century. 858.454J541. Against Design, January 21-May 20. than 50 prints, drawings, and photographs by artists who were Made in California: Now, through Exhibit of work by artists from the United influenced by classical Greece and September 9. Original interactive works States and Europe, including Kevin Appel, of art by n contemporary artists, Roy McMakin, Jorge Pardo, Joe Scanlan, Rome, such as 18th-century engraver including Eleanor Antin, Michael Asher, Pae White, and Andrea Zittel from the and architea Giovanni Battista Piranesi Viaor Estrada, Jacob Hashimoto, and United States; Tobias Rehberger from and contemporary American figurative others, are geared toward children. Germany; Angela Bulloch from Great painter Philip Pearlstein. Britain; Atelier van Lieshout from Holland; •I < < "Sdnid Barbara Mission" (1920) photographed by W. and Clay Ketter from Sweden. Dual Visions of the American West: I- I- l- A Century of fashion, 7900-2000, Edwin Cledhill is part of 'Made in California: Alt. Photographs by Macduff Everton and 10 > > showing how fashion mirrored society that capture moments in time, including California Heritage Museum and shaped the image of the ideal 626.449.6840. 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. from Pans to Pasadena: An Overview of Everton's views of broad plains and 7. J 310J92.8537. Color Lithography, through January 15. mountain passes after a storm, and Muench's vistas of rocks and desert The fabulous Fifties—Furniture, fDecorative Long Beach Museum of Art Exhibition features 85 years of color 1/1 I/! Ift Arts and Fine Art of the 1950s, through lithography from the museum's permanent sands. < < < 2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. I- I- >- January 28. Exhibition of post-war 562.439.2119. collection, including prints by artists Pierre • furnishings produced in the 1950s by Rooms With a View, through March 18. Bonnard, Richard Diebenkorn, Pablo Southwest Museum at LACMA West : Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Paul Klee, and others. 6067 Wilshire Bkd., LA. 323.933.4510. Isamu Noguchi, Arne Jacobson, Russell international artists, such as Alexej ivww.southwestmuseum.org. Wright, and others. Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Sculptural Motives; Works on Paper and Santa Clara Portraits: A Proud Tradition, Feininger, Laszio Moholy-Nagy, and Sculpture by Henry Moore, through through January 2. Exhibition of 51 Fowler Museum of Cultural History Oskar Fischinger. January 15. Exhibit of two series of rarely black-and-white portraits of Santa Clara UCLA Campus, LA. 310.825.4361. seen prints by artist Henry Moore, Pueblo potters photographed by Neil www.uclanews.ucla.edu. MAK Center for Art and Architecture including lithographs, etchings, and Chapman. Gifts of Pride and Love: The Cultural 835 North Kings Rd., West Hollywood. sculptural forms. Significance of Kiowa and Comanche Lattice 323.651.1510. Southwest Landscapes by Eugene Lally, Cradles, through January 14. Exhibition of Frederick ). Kiesler: Endless Space, Oakland Museum of California through January 7. Exhibit of color 40 colorful Kiowa and Comanche historic through February 25. Exhibition of 1000 Oak St., Oakland. 510.238.2200. photographs by engineer and resident of lattice cradles. architea Frederick J. Kiesler's work, Secret World of the Forbidden City: Lake Forest, CA, Eugene F. Lally on including the Endless House (1959). Splendors from China's Imperial Palace. Southwest landscapes and the Native The J. Paul Getty Center through January 24. Exhibition of art from American people. 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA. Corridor, September 21-February 13, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) that has 310.440.7300. res. req. 2002. Exhibition of the Corridor projects never been exhibited in North America. Southwest Museum at ML Washington www.getty.edu. in airports in LA and Vienna, which focus 234 Museum Dr., LA. 323.221.2164. Raphael Drawinp from Windsor Castle, on various issues, such as the erosion of Orange County Museum of Art from Earth, Fire, and Spirit: Historic through January 7. Exhibit of 66 drawings the boundaries between art, 850 San Clemente Dr., Newport Beach. Pueblo Pottery, through June 17. selected from Old Master drawings and architecture, and design. 949.759.1122. Exhibition features 100 masterworks by watercolors on loan from Her Majesty www.ocma.neL the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico in various styles. Queen Elizabeth II. Mingei International Museum Chris Burden: A Tale of Two Cities, through Plaza de Panama, 1439 El Prado, February 11. Exhibit consists of a miniature Mexico: From Empire to Revolution, through Balboa Park, SD. 619.239.0003. reconstruction of two city-states at war, Sullivan Goss January 21. Exhibition of photographs that Ceramics of Tatsuzo Shimaoka—A using more than 5,000 war toys from the 7 E. Anapamu SL, SB. 805.730.1460. portray Mexico's past between the 1860s Retrospective of a Living National United States, Japan, and Europe. Lockwood de Forest, through January 26. and 1910s. Treasure of japan, through February 4. Exhibit of furniture designer and painter Exhibit of more than 120 pieces with Edward S. Curtis: Sites and Struaures, Lockwood de Forest's paintings, Shaping the Great City: Modern works by Tatsuzo Shimaoka representing January 13-ApriI 1. Exhibition of including landscapes from Egypt, Syria, Architeaure in Central Europe, 1890-1937, Japan's 5,000-year-old, unbroken photogravures by Edward Curtis that Korea, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and February 20-May 6. Exhibit of the political, tradition of the art of pottery making. documents his exploration of the throughout the US. social, and cultural tensions that shaped the domestic environments and native Austro-Hungarian Empire during the turn- MOCA at California Plaza architecture of North America. UCLA Hammer Museum of-the-century when the demands of 250 S. Grand Ave., LA. 213.626.6222. 10899 Wilshire Bh/d., LA. 310.443.7000. modernization and urbanization coincided www.nHx:a.org. San Diego Historical Society Museum www.hammer.ucla.edu. with the empire's aspirations for cultural Stan Douglas, through April 1. Exhibit of and Research Archives The Un-Pfrvate House, through January innovation. Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas' Wells Fargo and North Galleries 7. Exhibition of 26 contemporary homes work, including three recent film and 619.232.6203. by a diverse group of international Irvine Museum video installations and a series of edweb.sdsu.edu/sdhs. architects, including Neil Denari, Shigeru 18881 Von Karman Ave., photographs on the Utopian ideals of the We;rd San Diego: Capturing the Public's Ban, and many others. Tower 17 BIdg., 12th Floor, Irvine. modern world. Eye, through June 30. Exhibition of the 949.476.2565. Society's colleaion of photographs, Live Dangerously, through January 7. El Cam/no Real: California Missions in Art, The Archrteaure of R. M. Schindler, documents, and other artifacts that Exhibit of models and drawings of design through January 20. Exhibition of works by February 25-June 3. Exhibition of illustrate weird glimpses of San Diego, projects by UCLA faculty members Dana California's Impressionist painters active Vienna-born architect R. M. Schindler's including Sausage-Eating Plant, Parade Cull, Wes Jones, Greg Lynn, Thom from about 1890 to the mid 1930s, early years in Vienna, his experiences in of Twins, Water-skiing Santa, Elephants Mayne, Dagmar Richter, Robert Somol, including Franz A. Bischoff, Maurice Braun, the office of Frank Lloyd Wright, and his at Tea, the Zoro Gardens nudist colony, and Anthony Vidler, curated by Sylvia Benjamin C. Brown, and others. mature work, including the Schindler- and more. Lavin. Chace House and the Lovell Beach A Woman's View, January 27-May 19. House in California. San Francisco Museum of Modem Art Exhibit of paintings by women artists in 151 3rd SL, SF. 415357.4000. University Art Museum Alfred Moir Collections Focus Gallery California during the early part of-lhe 20th MOCA at The Geffen Contemporary www.sfmonia.org. University of California, Santa Barbara. century, including works by Eleanor 152 N. Central Ave., LA. 213.626.6222. Selections from the Permanent Collection Colburn, Mabel Alvarez, Meta Cressey, www.moca.org. of Architecture and Design, through March 805.893.2951. Helen Forties, and Donna Schuster. Paul McCarthy, through January 21. 4. Exhibition of about 100 examples of Des/gn/ng the Moderne: Kem Weber's Exhibit of more than 100 works by Los modernism in architeaure, design, Bixby Fiouse, through February 11. The Judson Gallery of Contemporary Angeles artist Paul McCarthy, including a furniture, and graphic design with works Exhibition features 12 creations of and Traditional Art video installation, sculpture, by architects Lebbeus Woods, George Streamline Moderne interior designs by 200 S. Avenue 66, LA. 323.255.0131. photography, drawing and video. Nelson, and Frank Gehry among others. Kem Weber for the Walter Edwin Bixby, www.iudsonstudios.com. Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Architeaure Sr., Residence in Kansas City, Missouri. (See Page 1 for related tour.) Southern California Rural and Urbanscapes, Flight Patterns: Picturing the Pacific Rim, Series, through March 4. Exhibit of 15 through January 27. Exhibit of Southern through February 11. Exhibition features works from photographer Hiroshi California rural and urfc>anscapes by works by artists in California, Australia, Sugimoto's series on icons of 20th- contemporary artists, including painters and New Zealand, and other Asian Pacific century architeaure from around the printers Andre Chaves, Carl Heinz, Junn countries on the tradition and history of world. Roca, Toby Sandland, and Michael Situ. landscape representation. MUSEUM PREVIEW: ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 2001 It looks good for architecture and design at California's museums throughout 2001. We've chosen a few among the many cultural institutions, museums, historic houses and sites, collections, and galleries we're blessed with in Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art jorge Pardo: Teahouse(s), June 20-September 2. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA. 323.857.6000. Jorge Pardo, who is known for his sculptural 151 3rd St., SF. 415.357.4000. www.lacma.org. work, was asked to design a teahouse for the www.sfmoma.org. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, Schindler House garden. In Pardo's work, he Selections from the Permanent Collection of through February 25. The exhibit features about combines the form of design with the strategy Architecture and Design, through March 4. 800 works of art in a wide range of media, and process of fine art. Multiples of the teahouse Exhibition presents architectural renderings, including painting, sculpture, photography, will be sold to collectors and the general public furniture, design objects, and graphic design that graphic art, decorative art, costume, and video. as an architectural do-it-yourself construction. recently entered the museum's collection. About The various artworks address the relationship The money collected will be used to support the 100 works will be on view, including examples between the arts and popular culture and project of modernism in architecture, digital projects, California's evolving image during the past and works by architects Graves, Rossi, Woods, century. Corridor, September 21-February 13, 2002. The Nelson, Gehry, and others. Corridor projects in airports in LA and Vienna The Max Paievsky Collection of Japanese focus on various issues, such as the erosion of Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Woodblock Prints, February 8-May 15. the boundaries between art, architecture, and Architecture Series, The exhibition offers viewers an opportunity to design. A collaboration between artist Glen through March 4. see works from Palevsky's collection of Seator and designer Bruce Mau draws on the Exhibit of 15 works woodblock prints from the Golden Age of explorations of replication, site specificity, and from photographer Japanese printmaking, from the late 18th to mid displacement. Hiroshi Sugimoto's 19th century. In addition, there are prints that series on icons of include some impressions of celebrated images MOCA at California Plaza 20th-century by masters, such as Utamaro, Harunobu, and 250 S. Grand Ave., LA. 213.626.6222. architectural icons from Hokusai. www.moca.org. around the world. The Architecture of R. Sugimoto is known for Made in California: Now, through September 9. M. Schindler, February his long-exposure An exhibition of original, interactive works of art 25-June 3. The photographic series on by 11 contemporary artists, including Eleanor exhibition chronicles empty movie theaters, Antin, Michael Asher, Victor Estrada, Jacob the work of architect seascapes, and museum The Chrysler Building by William dioramas. His moody van fiden as photographed by Hashimoto, Jim Isermann, Allan Kaprow and Rudolph Michael Hiroshi Sugimoto. (Photo: Courtesy ol Bram Crane-Kaprow, Martin Kersels, and others, Schindler (1887- and timeless Fraenkel Gallery) for children of all ages. 1953). The exhibit photographs record illustrates how he buildings as diverse as the Empire State Building A Century of Fashion, 1900-2000, through contributed and Tadao Ando's Chapel in Osaka. January 6, 2003. Exhibition features more than to the history of 130 costumes from the museum's permanent modern architecture Paul Klee: Conductor of Color, through April 3. collection showing how fashion mirrored society and to Los Angeles The exhibition features Swiss artist Paul Klee's and shaped the image of the ideal woman. through more than 100 power of color in about 15 paintings and works original drawings, 90 Detail of the living room in the of paper that experiment with color, and its Lovell Beach House by architect L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 7978-25, April archival and new relationship to line and the visual expression of photographs, 15 large- R.M. Schindler. (Photo: Architectural 29-August 5. The exhibit focuses on the works by Drawing Colleaion, UnivenityAit music on display. founders of the Purist movement Amed^ scale models of Mus«;m, UCSflJ buildings, and 12 Ozenfant and Charles-Edouard jeanneret—better 070707; Art /n Technological Times, January 1, known as Le Corbusier—and their closest pieces of original furniture. Throughout the run of online; March 3-July 8, galleries. The exhibit colleague Fernand Leger. L'Esprit Nouveau: the show, there will be gallery talks and special presents new developments in contemporary art, Purism in Paris will be a reconstruction of the two lectures with architectural historians Margaret architecture, and design influenced by digital main rooms on the ground floor of the "Pavilion Crawford on May 6th, and Judith Sheine on May media and technology. 070707: Art in de rEsprit Nouveau." The reconstruction of the 24th. MOCA and the LA Conservancy are offering Technological Times is available for viewing on the Pavilion will be complemented by a selection of two tours of Schindler homes in LA. On April World Wide Web and in the physical galleries. about 60 to 75 Purist paintings and works on 21st, the recently restored Elliot House (1930) is The exhibition features works in all forms of paper by Jeanneret, Ozenfant, and L^ger. featured. On May 5th, the tour features the media by about 35 artists, architects, and Walker (1935) and the Droste (1940) houses. designers, including Asymptote Architecture, MAK Center for Art and Architecture Brian Eno, Michael Samyn, and many others. 835 North Kings Rd., West Hollywood. The MOCA Gallery at the PDC 323.651.1510. 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. Custom Built: A 20-Year Survey of Work by Allan Frederick j. Kiesler: Endless Space, through 213.626.6222. Wexler, March 30-June 24. The traveling February 25. The exhibition features works by www.moca.org. exhibition, organized by the Atlanta College of Art artist, architect, and theatrical designer Frederick Superflat, January 14-May 6. The exhibition Gallery and City Gallery at Chastain, chronicles J. Kiesler. The Endless House (1959) expresses his features Japanese art, animation, fashion, and the development of architect, sculptor, and interest in quality of space through an organic graphic design, which tends toward two- furniture maker Allan Wexler's work during the continuum, which continues to inspire the work dimensionality through the work of various artists, past 20 years. Wexler's work focuses on three of contemporary architects today. including Chiho Aoshima, Bome, Enlightenment central topics: construction, nature, and human (Hiro Sugiyama), groovisions, Hiromix, Yoshinori use. Approximately 30 pieces of his work will be Garage Project, March 19-April 15. The project Kanada, Henmaru Machine, Koji Morimoto, Mr., exhibited that emphasize habitation and spatial will bring together for the first time four kx::al Takashi Murakami, and others. Superflat is orientation in the domestic and natural realms. artists and four international artists' diverse, influenced by the Japanese cartoon culture of cultural ideas and interpretations, artistic manga where enthusiasts are drawn into a virtual Revelatory Landscapes, May 5-October 14, off practices, and aesthetic sensibilities. The artists world. The two-dimensionality of manga results in site. Disciplines of landscape design and exchange views on the impact of social, cultural, an overall patterning of colors and shapes, which environmental installation have influenced new and political issues, including gender and privacy provides a parallel space in which to escape from forms of art and design projects. Five architects issues in the fields of art and architecture. The the pressures and expectations of society at large. and artists—Kathryn Gustafson, George purpose of the project is to identify and visualize This is the inaugural event at this new gallery Hargreaves, Mary-Margaret Jones, Walter Hood, current contemporary methods and practices space, which was formerly known as the Murray and Tom Leader—create site-specific installations that re-address issues of identity, body, culture, Feldman Gallery. The freestanding building was at various locations around the Bay Area. place, and displacement in a culturally designed by Cesar Pelli and sits on the plaza of Revelatory Landscapes features works from large- unfamiliar environment. Pacific Design Center. scale reclamation and urban design projects to small installations and gardens. IITILITAS E, r N u 5. UTILITA8 . N U f UTILITAS IITILITAS LECTURERS WAISTTED BECOME AN ARCHITECTURAL DETECTIVE Welcome New UCLA Extension's Architecture and The photo collections of the Los Angeles Public Library house more than SAH/SCC Members Interior Design program is currently recruiting lecturers to teach History of 2.2 million photographs documenting the history of our region. Many of Environmental Arts Survey courses. them depict buildings, but few are identified by architect Researchers in NEW LIFE MEMBERS This includes Western History l-IV, architectural history come up empty-handed when searching for photos of Lisa & Andy Hackman from prehistory to the 20th century. a particular work—yet the collection may contain several images. If they The FIDER-accredited program could be identified and cross-referenced by architects' names, then curriculum consists of 38 sequential architectural researchers and publications could discover many new views NEW PATRONS courses leading to a professional of our architectural treasures. That's where the knowledge and interest of Virginia Gould designation certificate. There is also a SAH/SCC members may prove vital. two-year curriculum that prepares Catherine Meyier students for management positions in Last summer the L.A. Public Library's Photo Friends formed an design-related industries. architectural committee to identify the buildings in the collections' NEW MEMBERS Students enrolled are generally photographs by architect, date, arid location. After an initial training Carole P. Bonadurer professional working adults, many session, the group set to work looking up photographs filed by building Devonee Frazier already with undergraduate degrees. type, subject, location, owners' names, etc., looking for structures by such Classes meet once a week for a total of Erik D. Hanson early modernists as F.L. and Lloyd Wright, Gill, Neutra, and Schindler. 12 weeks. Most survey classes are Working together at the Central Library two Saturday afternoons a Ingrid I. Helton taught in the evening, on the UCLA month, the group found a surprising number of images not previously Nancy Home campus. UCLA provides projectionist, known. The result of the group's work: updated and cross-referenced John R. Hribar teaching assistant, administrative assistance, and on-campus parking. catalog information—and public access to these images. Michael Kirollo J. Spencer Lake UCLA Extension is interested in SAH/SCC members may be excellent candidates for the next graduate students (preferably Ph.D. architectural detective project—on Southern California's period revival Sylvia Levinc candidates) with teaching exp>erience. architecture of the 1920s and '30s: Spanish Colonial and Tudor Alan A. Loomis This is an ideal opportunity for residences, commercial and public buildings; castle apartment houses; France H. Meindl graduate students in the process of Hansel and Gretel cottages and duplexes; and colonial replica houses and Johnathon Skow developing a career or already teaching a college-level course. shops that give Los Angeles so much character. The first task will be to Robbie Trombetta identify a list of architects, tract-builders, clients, and addresses that To apply, send a copy of your Sarah F. Tudor Curriculum Vitae to: Christi should be searched. For starters: architects Wallace Neff, Paul Williams, Trina Turk A.C. Martin, Pierpont Davis; developers Spiro G. Ponty, Gillette, Highland Richardson, Program Manager, UCLA Jack Valero Extension, Architecture and Interior Square; and clients Horace Boos, Lawrence Tibbitts, Fred Niblo. Please Ruth Vogel Design Programs, 10995 Le Conte contact Merry Ovnick with other names that should be researched; call Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310- 818.363.9326 or e-mail merry.ovnick(S)csun.edu. 825-9061; [email protected]. If you find this period and its imaginative buildings particularly fascinating, why not join the new Photo Friends Period Revival Architectural Committee? It will begin work in January and extend through the Spring. There is room for only eight to ten people on the committee. SAH/SCC ORDER FORM Send in the following application form or a note. Looking ahead to next From Moderne to Modern — February 3rd summer/fall and to winter/spring 2001, we're hoping to form committees ticket(s) at $35 each = $ on Arts & Crafts (1900s-191 Os) and Post-War period (1947-1960). Keep your eyes open for these sign-up opportunities! Modern Patrons: Fickett — March 24th ticket(s) at $10 each = $ SAH/SCC Membership Benefits: • Subscription to bi-monthly SAH/SCC News • Member prices for SAH/SCC events • 20% discount at the Gamble House shop • 10% discount at Form Zero Architectural Boob + Gallery • Opportunity to arrange and coordinate events Membership Categories: $35 Member (up to 2 names at same address) m ifi $1500 Corporate Sponsor (annual contribution; call 800.9SAHSCC for specific sponsorship opportunities) SAH/SCC Membership St. VtncenL de Paul Church on West Adams, built by Albert C. Martin at$ each = $ tn 7923, is LA City Cultural Monument #90. It was built with primary (membership categofy) donation by Edward L. and Estelle Doheny. (Photo: Security Pacific Collection, LA Public Library) TOTAL: $ Yes! I would like to be an active member of the Photo Friends Period Revival Architectural Committee. Name Name: Street Address Telephone: City Address: 3 3 Zip u) u) in City & zip code: Daytime Phone Mi e-mail: Evening Phone Special interests/expertise: Make checks payable to SAH/SCC. Send to: Merry Ovnick, SAH/SCC, P O Box 92224, Pasadena, CA 91109-2224. Or e-mail at: [email protected] Send to: SAH/SCC, P.O. Box 92224, Pasadena, CA 91109-2224 J J J J Questions: Call 800.9SAHSCC. fake jacobson) love the architecture of such as custom-designed light fixtures, clerestory this place," wrote Betsky in the Los Angeles Times windows, room partitions, walnut paneling, built- in 1994 about the Hollywood Riviera apartments in amenities, aggregate stone paving, large wrap• in West Hollywood. around decks, black door frames, and a mixture of The 1965 home designed for Dr. and Mrs. building materials, give the house character and George Jacobson stands today very much as it was comfort built. It sits on the same hillside street with the "Every window has a purpose to bring the Lovell Health House, and overlooks Eastern outside in," Fickett often said. This philosophy is Hollywood and Barnsdall Park. The house is depicted in the interior window of the master oriented to make maximum use of the panoramic bedroom dressing room, with its vista of the city views. The interior and exterior are integrated striking, two-story atrium. in a successful attempt to extend the house-as- Miriam jacot^on will engage in conversation pavilion into the \andscape. with SAH/SCC Board Member john Berley, who is An 11-foot-high door opens into walls of floor- organizing this season of Modern Patrons. L 'rving area of the jacobson Residence, 7965, by Edward to-ceiling windows, skylights, and a look at the Fickett, FAIA. (Photo: