Old California Residential Architecture - Random Photos

[jorian]

Great thread!

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by woodman

That's his residence. Been there 30 years now I think.

My pediatrician here in the LBC had Neutra build him a house in Park Estates, I forget the name at the moment. A cool book is Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis. Yes, I am a fan of schlong beach, the ghetto by the sea...

I didn't do any acid. FLW rocks...this looks like a slantnose kit gone wrong with testarossa slats, a ford svo scope, evo vortex generators and a contach wing on backwards.

[Stanley]

I'm surprised Julia Morgan hasn't been referenced yet. Along with Hearst Castle she designed many other houses throughout the Bay Area. This a Julia Morgan house that some friends of mine lived in for a few years in Berkeley. Really cool house!

[dd74]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

I didn't do any acid. FLW rocks...this looks like a slantnose kit gone wrong with testarossa slats, a ford svo scope, evo vortex generators and a contach wing on backwards.

Ah! The beauty of opinion...

[ikarcuaso]

Originally Posted by Stanley

I'm surprised Julia Morgan hasn't been referenced yet.

I was getting there...

Alright, the other iconic Bay Area architect - Bernard Maybeck. He did the Palace of Fine Arts and the First Church of Christ, Scientist, a nat'l historic landmark. His residential designs have been compared to Greene and Greene's ultimate bungalows. One of his most famous is the Guy Hyde Chick house in Berkeley, built in 1913. An awesome spread, IMO.

[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by craigster59

You can't leave out the Eichler homes, lots up in Palo Alto and a few in Thousand Oaks.

I grew up in an Eichler in Menlo Park, absolutely loved that house. Every single room (except the bathroom) had a glass door leading to the outside. We heard from some old neighbors that after my parents sold it to move to the East coast in 1986 the new owners lived in it for a while, then tore it down to build a new house. What a shame.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Nice thread. I love houses with character, even if the style doesn't really do it for me. Every once and a while I'll drive by a house and think, "I bet that house is really interesting inside". While not as "out there" as some previously posted, I've always been a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright. Here's the Allen-Lambe house in Wichita.

[Tishabet]

Not as old as some of the others in this thread, but I've always had a thing for the houses at Sea Ranch.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Someday when that tree dies, I don't see that ending well.

[targa911S]

Here is the mid century modern I own here in ...of all places, western PA. Built by Sholz in the late 50's.

[targa911S]

Here are a few FL Wrights close to me.

Falling water






Kentuk Knob

[onewhippedpuppy]

Nice house targa. That's more my style, too bad the boss won and we ended up in a 2-story traditional built in 1990. My home of choice was an immaculate 1961 ranch with an open floor plan.

Falling Water is basically my dream home. Just awesome.

[masraum]

Years ago on a trip to the LA area, I was exploring the hills above Hollywood and drove past the Frank Lloyd Wright Ennis House. I thought that it was really intesting with the Maya/Aztec-like textured concrete.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Nice house targa. That's more my style, too bad the boss won and we ended up in a 2-story traditional built in 1990. My home of choice was an immaculate 1961 ranch with an open floor plan.

Falling Water is basically my dream home. Just awesome.

Thanks, yes it is super open on the inside. Huge laminate beams hold the whole roof up and lots of hardwood flooring. We love the house. It makes living in the middle of nowhere livable. I love Falling Water also but man you want mold problems whoo boy it's a full time job here I can't imagine what it is there with a falls running through the house! My choice would be the Knob. The garage pictured is actually built into the hill, something we have a lot of here.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I've read about the issues that Falling Water has, definitely not a house you want to live in and maintain. It's long on the aesthetics, but a bit short on substance. Were it not for a lot of work I think it would have basically collapsed by now.

[targa911S]

It was in a state of disrepair before they saved it, but it literally is a full time job to keep the forest from taking it back. As you can see mine too is in the deep woods and it is really a lot of work to keep it going. Fall is beautiful but all those leaves do fall, and when they do you can hardly see the house if it weren't for windows.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Here is the mid century modern I own here in ...of all places, western PA. Built by Sholz in the late 50's.

We have a whole tract of Cliff May houses in the LB.



The thing is, only a few out of hundreds survive as original. Shame.

[targa911S]

I understand that Scholz only built 500 homes. Only 3 are in my area. They really belong in a no snow area. The pitch of my roof is such that it accumulates quickly and never goes away until thaw. We had way over a foot on it until a few weeks ago. Gotta stress the place bad.

[MFAFF]

Falling Water, unless you were Edgar Kaufmann or FLW, would be a no-no for pretty much anyone over 5 foot 6...

Each time I go I do bash my head on most doorways and in the stair....

It was designed by a vertically challenged man for a man of equal measure...both were proportionally correct as well so its easy to feel really squeezed as you go thro doors and the short corridors.

However it is possibly the most well designed house FLW created... just for most of us its a model.. not full size..

[VroomGrrl]

Thanks so much for this thread & all the great pictures. Keep em coming, you guys. It's wonderful to enjoy these from afar!