The Hollyhock House

July 16, 2015, 3 Comments

Today Patrick and I visited another incredibly icon of Los Angeles architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House. Originally designed as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, the Hollyhock House house began construction in 1919, and was completed in 1921, and was Wright’s second ever project in California. It included a water feature that ran…

Case Study House #22

May 13, 2015, 9 Comments

Janey got the weekend before my birthday off we decided to do something special just in case she had to work during my birthday. We decided to take a tour of the most famous of the Case Study houses, #22 the Stahl House. Unlike most of the other Case Study houses the Stahl House was made…

North Shore Yacht Club

March 28, 2015, 3 Comments

When Janey and I visited the Salton Sea last weekend we made sure to stop at the North Shore Yacht Club because it was designed by one of my favorite architects, desert modernist Albert Frey. After World War II, Frey designed some of Palm Springs most iconic buildings, including the Tramway Gas Station, the Palm Springs Aerial…

Case Study House #1

March 22, 2015, 3 Comments

While Janey and I visited the Walt Disney Studio in Burbank last week we also decided to take a look at Case Study House #1. However, saying that the house in the photo above is the first Case Study House would be bending the truth a little. There is quite a history to the first Case Study House…

Case Study House #21

February 12, 2015, 3 Comments

Case Study House #21 is the second of the two Case Study houses Janey and I tracked down during our recent trip into LA. Built along a winding, narrow street in the Laurel Canyon area, Case Study House #21 is generally considered one of the most successful Case Study Houses. For a refresher on the…

Case Study House 1953

February 9, 2015, 4 Comments

When Janey and I were in LA for the Hollywood Costume Exhibition we also took the rest of the day to investigate some of the Case Study houses in the West Hollywood/Beverly Hills area. If you haven’t heard of the Case Study House program there is a small introduction in my first post on Case Study House #25.…

Case Study House #25

January 27, 2015, 10 Comments

When Janey and I moved to California we already had a list of places we wanted to visit, and then I remembered that the majority of the famous Cast Study houses were in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. I first heard about the Case Study House program while taking an architecture course in college,…

Vista Las Palmas

March 29, 2013, 5 Comments

One of the fabulous things about our hotel is that they have complimentary bicycles for guests to use! We opted to go for a small peddle around one of Palm Spring’s modern neighborhoods, Vista Las Palmas, which also happens to be home to Elvis’ Honeymoon Hideaway! Just like before, buckle up, this is yet another…

La Plaza

March 25, 2013, 3 Comments

So far my trip to Palm Springs has been rather blah with regards to shopping (I haven’t checked everything out yet though!), but as been very keen with regards to architecture. I’d like to take this time to highlight (read: extremely picture heavy post) one of my favorite little spots here in Palm Springs… La…

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Architecture

The Hollyhock House

Case Study House #22

North Shore Yacht Club

Case Study House #1

Case Study House #21

Case Study House 1953

Case Study House #25

Vista Las Palmas

La Plaza