Title & Author:

Schindler In California / [presented by] Esther McCoy.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1980.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (29 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Esther McCoy -- Schindler House, King's Road, Los Angeles, 1921. Plan -- Schindler House, King's Road, Los Angeles, 1921. When First Built -- Schindler House, King's Road, Los Angeles, 1921 -- Now. One Entrance -- Schindler House, King's Road, Los Angeles, 1921. As Originally Furnished -- Schindler House, King's Road, Los Angeles, 1921. Today -- Pueblo Ribera Vacation Houses, La Jolla, 1923. Plan -- Pueblo Ribera Vacation Houses, La Jolla, 1923 -- Beach House For P.M. Lovell, Newport Beach, 1926 -- Beach House For P.M. Lovell, Newport Beach, 1926. Later View -- Beach House For P.M. Lovell, Newport Beach, 1926. Detail Of Staircase -- Summer House For C.H. Wolfe, Avalon, Catalina Island, 1928. Plans & Section -- Summer House For C.H. Wolfe, Avalon, Catalina Island, 1928 -- House For W.E. Oliver, Silverlake, Los Angeles, 1936 -- Top: Fitzpatrick House, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, 1936. Bottom: House For H. Rodakiewicz, Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, 1937 -- House For H. Rodakiewicz, Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, 1937. Interior -- House For J.J. Buck, 8th Street, Los Angeles, 1934 -- House For S.T. Falk, Los Angeles, 1939. Interior -- House For A. Van Dekker, Canoga Park, 1940. Roofscape -- Bethlehem Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1944 -- Harris House, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, 1942 -- House For A. Tischler, Bel Air, 1950 -- Janson House, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, 1950.

Summary:

R.M. Schindler, born and educated in Vienna, came to the United States in 1914 and, after a period in a Chicago office, worked for Frank Lloyd Wright before starting to practice on his own in 1921 in Los Angeles. Coming to know him first in the 1940s when she was a draughtswoman in his office, architectural critic Esther McCoy was the first to bring his full work to the attention of the world by her writings. Best known on the subject are her books "Five California Architects" (1960) and the recent "Vienna To Los Angeles: Two Journeys", which contains the letters of Louis Sullivan to Schindler, and those between Schindler in the USA and Neutra in Vienna. But whereas the latter book throws light on Schindler's early years in America, McCoy's talk deals entirely with the years after he set up on his own in his first house in King's Road, Los Angeles.

Subject:

Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

McCoy, Esther, narrator.