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Historic Multi-Family Housing
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PacMutual
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Ray Kappe
Ray Kappe is one of the great innovators and educators in Modern architecture. His lifelong love of nature and the environment took form in designs that remain visionary to this day... -
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Devonshire Highlands-Devonshire Country Estates
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1970-1980: Los Angeles Rediscovered
Los Angeles, like most American cities, faced urban decay in the 1960s and 1970s. Though old neighborhoods declined, some of them became the seeds for ideas, imagery, and opportunities that led on to the next step of the region’s architectural progress. Unexpectedly, Los Angeles became a focus for intellectual discourse in the 1970s; unexpectedly, it […] -
1980-1990: Los Angeles Confirmed
Throughout the 1980s, much of the Los Angeles basin and San Fernando Valley were being built out. Open agricultural land and undeveloped hillsides had once offered a blank slate for development; in the 1980s the emphasis of development shifted to the challenge of infill projects, additions, redevelopment for denser uses, and preservation. Yet even the […] -
View Park Historic District National Register Nomination
2017 Preservation Award Recipient About View Park Nestled in the Baldwin Hills area of unincorporated L.A. County is the View Park Historic District. Comprising nearly 1,800 properties, View Park is one of the largest National Register historic districts in California, the largest district in the U.S. designated for its association with African American history, and […] -
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Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was one of California’s most influential architects. Remarkable not only as an independent woman working in what was traditionally a man’s field, she was also a meticulous engineer and a talented designer... -
Alan Hess
Architect and historian Alan Hess has written nineteen books on Modern architecture and urbanism in the mid-twentieth century. They include The Architecture of John Lautner, Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture, Julius Shulman: Palm Springs, Viva Las Vegas, The Ranch House, and Oscar Niemeyer: Houses. Hess has been active in the preservation of post-World War II […] -
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Hopper Residence
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Challenge #3: Bye Bye, Good Stewards
Generally, Modern places have two fan bases, one growing and another on the decline. People around age 40 and under — especially those in their 20s — tend to really “get” these places and love what they represent, the design aesthetic and their role in popular culture. So do many of the long-time owners and […] -
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Kreative PaintWorks
700 S. Flower Street, Suite 1000Los Angeles, CA 90017Contact: Dustin Coaddustin@kreativepaintworks.comkreativepaintworks.com Kreative PaintWorks is a full-service residential and commercial paint company that specializes in historic preservation & restoration with 30 years of experience. Working in California and the Western USA. Our team of skilled painters is capable of painting or staining everything from new construction […]