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Category Archives: Architects
Save the Date – May 13, 2013 for Aaroe Architectural #22 John Parkinson Presentation!
This Monday, May 13th you are cordially invited to attend the latest presentation of the Aaroe Architectural Education Series. This one is going to really be great too. Stephen Gee, author of the brand new John Parkinson, Architect of Los … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, General Announcements
Tagged Aaroe Architectural, John Parkinson, Stephen Gee
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You’re Invited to Enjoy “The View From Santa Monica” Esther McCoy Lecture This Saturday!
If you love Southern California’s historic modernistic architecture and you have not yet “met” Esther McCoy then you will be in for a treat. From 1950 up until her death in 1989, McCoy wrote and lectured extensively and brilliantly on … Continue reading
Then and Now – The Tedfords of Rexford – 1004 North Rexford Drive
The area north of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills was set aside by its founders as the “estate” area and it was in this district that the largest and grandest homes were constructed including their own mammoth estates. Even the … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Beverly Hills, Then & Now
Tagged 1004 North Rexford Drive, 101 Patterson Avenue San Antonio, 111 Torcido Drive San Antonio Texas, 117 West 4th Street Santa Ana, 301 Patterson Avenue San Antonio Texas, 515 East Chapman Avenue, Alamo Heights, Birger Elwing, Clarence P. Tedford, Elwing & Tedford, GAC Halff, George Preble, Gladys Ackerman, Godcheaux Halff, Hetebrink Ranch, John A. Hetebrink, Rankin Building, St. John's Chapel Bishop Jones Center, Walter G. Tedford
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High Desert Paradise – Apple Valley’s Historic Hilltop House is For Sale!
Out of the nearly 200 posts presented by Paradise Leased, few have generated the kind of excitement that our 2011 post on Apple Valley’s famous, but forlorned Hilltop House has generated. When I first wrote the post I wasn’t sure if … Continue reading
Miracle on Bel-Air Road!
It’s Christmas in May! Not long ago, lovers of MCM architecture were delighted by the news that the beautiful 1956 Schumacher/Linkletter Estate @ 1100 Bel-Air Road had come on the market for the first time in decades, a house that not … Continue reading
Lost Hollywood – A John De Lario in the Hills of Beverly
Today we remember architect John De Lario for the fine work he did throughout the picturesque Hollywoodland development in the 1920’s. He did so many notable homes there it is easy to forget that De Lario also designed homes and businesses in … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Beverly Hills, Lost Hollywood
Tagged 1000 North Alpine Drive, 962 North Alpine Drive, Beverly Hills California, Edith Nattkemper Lloyd, Elizabeth Lloyd-Davis Foundation, Genevieve Butler, Hollywoodland, John De Lario, Kirk B. Johnson, Ledgemont Park, Lewis M. Lloyd, Lulu Hull Lloyd, McKown & Kuehl, Morgan Walls & Clements, Ralph B. Lloyd, Ralph B. Lloyd Foundation, Thomas Franklin Power, Thomas Thorkildsen, Ventura Avenue Oil Field, Ventura Land and Water Co., Ventura Oil Field
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A Sophisticated Georgian Manor in the Hills of Bel-Air
In his nearly half century of architectural practice, Douglas Honnold F.A.I.A. (1901-74) left an impressive legacy of design throughout Southern California, both singularly and in partnership with others such as George Vernon Russell; John Rex and John Lautner with a … Continue reading