A seminal study of the architecture of Los Angeles in the decade when the city came of age. The built environment reflected the optimism of the age and the place, where streamlined public architecture, the freedom and mobility of homeowners, modernist work by the likes of Neutra and Schindler combined in the glow of the Hollywood Dream Machine to create the fabric of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles in the Thirties

History

Gebhard, David

Von Breton, Harriette

Americas

Hennessey & Ingalls

A seminal study of the architecture of Los Angeles in the decade when the city came of age. The built environment reflected the optimism of the time and the place, where streamlined public architecture, the freedom and mobility of homeowners, modernist work likes Neutra and Schindler combined in the glow of the Hollywood Dream Machine to create the fabric of Los Angeles.

This is a reprint of the catalogue that accompanied a show of Ain's work at UC Santa Barbara in 1980. Ain's oeuvre grew from his early association with Schindler and Neutra before World War Two into one the more interesting bodies of work in the post-war Modernist scene in Southern California. Of special interest are his multi-unit housing schemes, such as Mar Vista Housing for the Advanced Development Company.

The Architecture of Gregory Ain: The Play Between the Rational & High Art (California Architecture & Architects)

Arts & Photography

Weiss, Lauren

Ain, Gregory

Bricker, Lauren Weiss

Ucsb Art Museum

Architecture

While the formidable reputation of his father overshadows him, Lloyd Wright (1890-1972) and his work are drawing more and more attention. This, the first monograph on his buildings and projects, grew out of an 1971 exhibition held at UC Santa Barbara. After an apprenticeship under Irving Gill, Lloyd Wright moved to Los Angeles, where he was landscaper and construction supervisor for several of his father's projects. His own work took off from his father's, being even bolder and more expressionistic, perhaps a reflection of his early work in the set department at Paramount Pictures. His most famous building is the Sowden house, while other projects include the first two shells for the Hollywood Bowl and the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes.

Lloyd Wright. Architect

University of California, Santa Barbara Art Gallery

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