- Schindler House – View of Garden From Rooftop (Photo: 2fs on Flickr)
A visit to the MAK Center might well be a highlight of a trip to Los Angeles for devotees of mid-century Modernist architecture and landscape design. The Center maintains the Schindler House in West Hollywood, a fine example of the work created by Austria-born, American architect R.M. Schindler. Schindler studied with Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos in Europe, traveling afterwards to Chicago to work with Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright, in turn, gave Schindler a West Coast project – to work on Aline Barnsdall’s Hollyhock House. Soon after, Schindler began his own architectural firm.
Below: Walkway & Garden Detail – Schindler House & Studio (Photos: 2fs on Flickr)
Rudolph Schindler House in Los Angeles is part of the non-profit MAK Center
Schindler’s approach to architecture provides a fascinating study in the origins of the indoor/outdoor living concept that we in California take so much for granted. [Look for additional information to be added soon to this feature.]
Interior Courtyard Landscape – Schindler House (Photo: Alice Joyce)
Outdoor Fireplace Element Below – The Schindler House (Photo: Alice Joyce)
MAK Center Bookstore open 7 days a week : 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA
Ceiling Detail (Photo: 2fs on Flickr)
I’ve been in love with the Schindler House for years… Thanks for posting these images which show a new side to an iconic building.
Very interesting. I like the courtyard with the Penesetum …though it looks like Moudry, the very prolific reseeder. Lots of movement with the grasses.
my spelling is off today— pennisetum.
Absolutely love that first photo looking out through the trailing stems!
Best
R
Hi!
What a lovely place! The in- and outdoor environment blends beautifully. Nice gardens in the older posts to…. I’m very glad that you found me, so I could find you! (I’m not logging in to Blotanical too frequently at the moment…)
See you!