Image: The Lawrence Test House - photography by Dennis Hill
Hello All,
The
Pasadena Heritage Organization produces several home tour events each
year. Pasadena 1940 Forward is the next tour coming up on 5/19. The
tour is a great way to see six of Pasadena's great modern homes. From
Buff and Hensman to Lawrence Test, to Harold Zook, all six homes are
wonderful examples.
Here is the release from PHO:
Pasadena
Heritage will offer unique programs this spring as part of Pacific
Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., a Getty-initiated
celebration of the city’s modern architectural heritage through
exhibitions and programs at cultural institutions in and around L.A.
Supported by grants from the Getty Foundation, Modern Architecture in
L.A. is a wide-ranging look at the postwar built environment of the city
as a whole, from its famous residential architecture to its vast
freeway network, revealing the city’s development and ongoing impact in
new ways.
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| On May 16, 2013, as part of this initiative, Pasadena Heritage will present Pasadena 1940 Forward: Three Views of the Recent Past,
featuring presentations and discussion by three noted architectural
historians. Alan Hess is the architecture critic of the San Jose Mercury
News. He has written nineteen books on Modern architecture and urbanism
in the mid-twentieth century and been active in the preservation of
post-World War II architecture. He assisted Pasadena Heritage in
preparing nominations to the National Register of HIstoric Places for
Pasadena's Edward Durell Stone's Stuart Pharmaceutical Company (1958),
and Wurdeman and Becket's Bullock's Pasadena (1947). Barbara Lamprecht
is an architectural historian and trained architect. She authored the
National Register Multiple Property Submission, City of Pasadena, for
the Poppy Peak Historic District, poulated by the work of the University
of Southern California/Pasadena School of Architecture, as well as for
five individual National Register nominations of Buff, Straub, and
Hensman residences, including the Norton House, which will be featured
on the May 19th tour. She is an expert on Richard Neutra and the author
of two books on the architect's work. She is completing her dissertation
on Neutra's work at the University of Liverpool. Daniel Paul is a
Senior Architectural Historican in the Los Angeles office of ICF
International. While at ICF International he completed draft context
statements and guidelines for evaluating design significance of Los
Angeles architecture constructed between 1965 and 1980, and wrote the
nomination listing Pegfair Estates in Linda Vista onto the National
Register of Historic Places. Daniel graduated from California State
University, Northridge in 2004 with a Master's Degree in Art History.
His thesis was about the advent of 1970s-era reflecting glass office
architecture as first conceived by Cesar Pelli and Anthony Lumsden. |
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The setting for these presentations will be the dramatic
1975 Pasadena Presbyterian Church, designed by Pasadena noted architect
John Gougeon. Unique views and perceptions of the evolution of
Pasadena’s residential architecture will be the focus, from mid-century
masterpieces to planned communities and their places in this community’s
rich architectural tradition. The program will take place on Thursday,
May 16, 2013 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
| Pasadena 1940 Forward: Residential Architecture of the Recent Past is
a drive-yourself tour of 6 exceptional Modern-era homes in the Pasadena
area. Experienced docents will lead tours through each featured private
home, providing guests with a multi-faceted exploration of the work of
several distinguished architects. Included on the tour will be Pasadena
architect Lawrence Test’s own home, recently restored and open to the
public for the first time. We will also highlight the work of the
talented builder Ted Tyler. Born in Pasadena, Tyler began to construct
homes during the postwar building boom and worked with architects
including James Pulliam, Smith & Williams, and Buff & Hensman.
This tour will feature two homes designed by Conrad Buff & Donald
Hensman, capturing the entire scope of their work from the 1954 Norton
House to the 1983 Hamlin House. Harold Zook's own 1951 home will also be
open for tours, and Mr. Zook will be present to meet tour guests. The
Dorland House, designed by Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Llod Wright, will
also be on the tour. Writing about his home, Mr. Dorland says, "It isn't
like living, it's like being on vacation." The homes selected for the
tour represent the work of some of the most noteworthy practitioners of
residential architecture in Southern California after 1940. The tour
will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
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| Pasadena 1940 Forward: Personal Stories from the Recent Past is
a new chapter in Pasadena Heritage’s Oral History Program. A
previously-recorded oral history of USC alumnus, teacher and Pasadena
architect Donald Hensman, including wonderful stories about his five
decades of work with Conrad Buff and Cal Straub, will be republished as
well as the oral history of Ted Tyler, a prolific master builder and
designer who worked with Don Hensman. A summary of a recorded interview
with Lawrence Test will also be available. Two new oral histories of key
architects of the period will also be recorded and published including
one of Harold Zook, who designed significant mid-century homes in
Pasadena as well as the iconic 1957 Saga Motor Hotel. John Gougeon,
architect of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and area residences will
be the subject of a second oral history. Copies of these personal
stories will be provided to various libraries and collections for the
public to access and will be available for purchase. |
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Tickets are now on sale.
May 16 Lecture: $18 members/$20 nonmembers
May 19 Tour: $40 members/$50 nonmembers
Purchase tickets now! |
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| Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. celebrates
the city's modern architectural heritage through thematic exhibitions
at nine venues in and around the city. Supported by grants from the
Getty Foundation, Modern Architecture in L.A. provides a wide-ranging
look at the region's postwar built environment and the contributions of
Los Angeles architects to the field. By examining a range of building
types, from iconic modernist homes to the vast freeway network that has
shaped this unique megalopolis, the exhibitions promise new insight into
the city's planning, development and global impact. The initiatives
includes a diverse group of practitioners, from internationally-known
figures such as Richard Neutra and Frank Gehry, to others who have been
critical to shaping Southern California's distinctive profile, such as
A. Quincy Jones and Eric Owen Moss. Related lectures, films, tours and
discussions will be organized by the exhibition venues and other
participating organizations from April-July 2013, exploring the history
of L.A.'s development as well as its future. Designed to continue the
momentum and collaborative spirit of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A.
1945-1980, Modern Architecture in L.A. is the first of the smaller-scale
Pacific Standard Time Presents offerings. |
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| Major support for the Pasadena 1940 Forward has been provided by the Getty Foundation. |
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