Architecture

From a ramshackle village founded in 1774 to a world-class city, Los Angeles’ architectural significance began when Frank Lloyd Wright accepted a commission from oil heiress Aileen Barnsdall. He brought his son, Lloyd, and Rudolph Schindler to assist with construction and the rest is history. The following are a few of the most significant structures by noted architects located in Hollywood.

Thom Mayne

Emerson College Los Angeles: 5960 Sunset Blvd. (323) 952-6411. West Coast branch of Boston institution.www.emerson.edu/ela

Frank Lloyd Wright

Wright constructed four textile block Mayan-insired houses in Hollywood from 1919 to 1924.

Ennis House

2607 Glendower Ave. Monolithic residence dominates its Los Feliz hillside.

Freeman House: 1962 Glencoe Way

Owned by USC, the house has a unique history as a salon of the avant-garde and a haven for artists.

Hollyhock House (Barnsdall Art Park)

4800 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 913-4030. Designed for oil heiress Aileen Barnsdall and built between 1919 and 1921. It is Los Angeles’ first UNESCO World Heritage site. www.barnsdall.org/hollyhock-house

The Storer House

8161 Hollywood Blvd. Occupied as a residence since 1924.

Lloyd Wright

Frank’s son, Lloyd, became a noted architect in his own right. See article this issue.

Samuel-Novarro House

2255 Verde Oak Dr. Textured pre-cast concrete Mayanesque block and copper façade hints at pre-Columbian Revival and Zigzag Modern composition.

Taggart House

2158 E. Live Oak Dr. Using wood and stucco, the 1922 house is deftly situated on a small hillside lot.

John Sowden House

5121 Franklin Ave. Built in 1926, it has a mysterious presence and history.

Frank Gehry Frances Howard Goldwyn Public Library

1623 N. Ivar Ave. (323) 856-8260. The noted architect was commissioned to rebuild the Hollywood library destroyed by fire in 1982 early in his career. The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation donated the entire cost.

Richard Neutra Lovell Health House

4616 Dundee Dr. An International style modernist residence, completed in 1929 and listed on the National Register, was built for physician and naturopath Philip Lovell, an early proponent of a healthy lifestyle.

Rudolph Schindler Schindler House

833 N. Kings Rd.

(323) 651-1510. Rudolph Schindler’s 1922 home and studio, considered to be the first house built in the Modern style www.schindlerhouse.org; also the MAK Center for study of 20th century architecture www.makcenter.org.