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RUDOLF MICHAEL SCHINDLER
(1887-1953) Encouraged by fellow Austrian architect Adolph Loos, Schindler moved to Chicago in 1914 to work for Ottenheimer Stern and Reichert. In 1916, he delivered 12 elaborate lectures at the Church School of Design in Chicago which became known as the Schindler "Program," his central design philosophy. Schindler always wanted to work for Frank Lloyd Wright and in late 1918 Wright hired him. After obtaining the commission for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, a major project that involved being in Japan for several years, Schindler was promoted to run Wright's American operations out of the Oak Park IL studio. In 1919, Schindler met and married Pauline Gibling (1893-1977) and in 1920 Wright sent Schindler to Los Angeles to work on the Aline Barnsdall House. Beyond his job for Wright, Schindler started his own independent practice in Los Angeles in 1922. Because of this issue and the two men's massive egos, Schindler and Wright argued frequently and the two eventually separated as architects. Richard Neutra worked for Wright in 1924 at Taliesin East but left after a few months to work in California with Schindler. Neutra shared space in Schindler's house with their wives. Their firm was called Schindler and Neutra, then later AGIC (the Architectural Group for Industry and Commerce). Neutra split from Schindler when Neutra got a larger commission from one of Schindler's best clients, Philip Lovell. They rarely interacted after that, and the Neutras moved out. When Neutra had a heart attack in 1953, he found himself in the same hospital room as Schindler who was dying of cancer. According to Neutra's sons, Neutra and Schindler made their peace before Schindler died. Philip Johnson famously rejected Schindler's inclusion in the 1932 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art because he felt Schindler was outside the International Style. Schindler responded by rejecting the categorizing of his designs into any style. The Schindlers divorced in the 1930's, however Pauline Schindler returned to the Kings Road house after a few years and stayed there until her death in 1977. They had one son, Mark, in 1922.
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Because there are several Schindler project lists
floating around, we've included buildings which are often listed as houses
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1916 - The "Log House" named for its materials (not the owner), location unknown but probably in Illinois. Designed while working for Ottenheimer Stern and Reichert.
 1920 - The James L. Irving Cottage, 1320 Isabella Street, Wilmette IL. Designed while working for Frank Lloyd Wright. The client lived here while his larger house next door (1318) designed by John S. Van Bergen was under construction. Sold to Joe Catrambone in May 2012. He took the house apart and planned to move the house to his Wauconda lakefront property in 2013.
1922 – The Rudolf Schindler and Clyde Chace House, 833 North Kings Road, West Hollywood CA. Until his death in 1953, the building functioned as house and studio for Schindler, Clyde Chace, and their wives. Now a museum, the Kings Road House is owned by the nonprofit Friends of the Schindler House, with support from the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). Open to the public. Featured in the movie Visual Acoustics. Top photo by Chris Mottalini.
1922 - The Mrs. F. Henderson Duplex, Los Angeles. Destroyed.
1922 - Renovation of apartments owned by B. Caplan, H. Yaffee, and S. Tuck, 2236 West 15th Street, Los Angeles CA. Destroyed.
1922 - The Mrs. E. E. Lacey Duplex, 830-832 Laguna Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Remodeled.
1922 - The I. Binder and H. Gross Apartments, 103-111 North Soto Street, Los Angeles CA. Remodeled.
1922 - The Mrs. Russell Duplex. Location unknown.
1922 - The Mrs. Edgar Temple Apartments, 947 Hyperion Street, Los Angeles CA.  1922 - The Charles J. Adolphson and O. S. Floren duplex, Carlton Way, Los Angeles CA. Unsure if built.
1923 - The Charles P.
Lowe House I,
325 Ellenwood Drive,
Eagle Rock CA. Designed while working for
Frank Lloyd Wright.
Commissioned 1922. Destroyed and replaced by the
Ventura Freeway.
1923 - The Mrs. M. Davis
Baker House, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1923 - The William Dohs Duplex,
aka the Four Flat Apartment Building,
5427 Harold Way, Los Angeles CA.
1923 - The S. Friedman and A. Koploy Apartments,
115 North Soto Street,
Los Angeles CA.
1923 - The Celia Kreutzer Apartments,
1620-1626 North Gower Street,
1923 - Duplex for Anne L. Paine,
1024 Havenhurst Avenue,
Los Angeles CA. Remodeled.
1923 - The Louis Fisher and Miriam Lerner House, 312 South Breed Street, Los
Angeles CA. Commissioned 1922.
1923 - The H. Leepa and E. Leswin Beach Studio and Store,
aka Castel La Mar. Destroyed.
1923 - The Willis E. Purviance House,
944 Maltman Avenue,
Los Angeles CA. A dispute between Schindler
and Purviance resulted in a pressed-brick facade in the
front section.
1923 -
Four apartments for Annie Burrell,
731 North Alexandria,
1818-1820 Whitley, and a duplex at North New Hampshiire Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
Commissioned 1922. Unsure if all were built. Alexandria was built,
then remodeled by Schindler in 1925. The house number has been changed to
727.
1924 -
The Paul Popenoe Desert House, Coachella CA. His name is
sometimes published erroneously as Popinoe or Popinoff. Destroyed.
Commissioned 1922.
1924 - The Mrs. E. Braun Apartments
Renovations,
6092 Selma Avenue, Los
Angeles CA.
1924 - The John
Cooper Packard House,
931 North Gainsborough Drive,
South Pasadena CA. Many renovations. Destroyed in 2001
and replaced with this house, bottom photo.
1924 - The A.
Plotkin House, Alvarado Street, Los Angeles CA.
1924 - The Hyman
Levin House,
2673 Dundee Place, Los Angeles CA.
Landscaping by Richard
Neutra. Restored by Stephanos Polyzoides in 1984.
1924 or 1926 - The F. M. Weiner House
Renovations,
1120 Court Street, Los Angeles CA.
1924 - The Helena Rubenstein Remodel and Addition,
aka the E. W. Titus House, aka Tall Trees,
Greenwich
CT. Commissioned 1923.
1928 - The Edmund J.
Gibling House, his wife's father, 2152 Parnell Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
Commissioned 1924. Remodeled in 1935. Destroyed, replaced with
another house (photo), not by Schindler.
1924 - The Mr. and
Mrs. Job
Harriman Colony, a community based on
1924 - The Philip M. Lovell Mountain House, Wrightwood CA.
1925 - The Philip M. Lovell Farmhouse, aka the Carlton Park Ranch, Fallbrook CA.
1925 -
The J. Eads Howe House,
2422 Silver Ridge Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Eads Howe was known as "king of the
hoboes." The bottom floor was for years a dorm for homeless people coming
up from the railroad area below. Bottom right photo by Marissa
Gluck. Landscaping
by Richard Neutra.
Sold to Michael La Fetra. Renovated by Jeff Fink. Was on the market
for four years.
Sold in 2012 to Brad Kemble and Jimmy Ferrareze.
1925 - The El Pueblo
Rivera Apartments,
230-248 Gravilla Street,
La Jolla, San Diego, CA.
These were vacation rentals owned by for W. L. Lloyd, 12 units
arranged for excellent views of the Pacific Ocean with large garden
courts. They have been altered since (bottom color photos) and were
partially damaged from a fire. The 12 units were merged into 6.
1925 - The Brundin House, El Monte CA. 1925 - The S.
Breacher Apartments,
5806 Carlton Way, Los Angeles CA.
Destroyed. 1926 - The
Hain House, Los Angeles CA.
1926 - The
Jessica Morganthau Studio, Palm Springs CA. Unsure if
built.
1926 –
The Philip Lovell Beach House,
1242 West Ocean Front,
Newport Beach CA.
1926 - The Briggs
House, Bay Island, Newport Beach CA.
1926 - The Levy
Apartments, Los Angeles CA.
1926 - The Hennessy
Brothers Apartment Building, Mariposa Street, Los Angeles CA.
1926 - The M. Brown
Apartments, LaJolla Street, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1927 - The Hutsen
House.
1927 - The Joseph H.
Miller Apartments,
1807 North Wilton Place, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1927 - The Joseph H.
Miller Apartments, Shenendoah Drive, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1927 - The Joseph H.
Miller Apartments, aka the Jardinette Apartments, aka the Marathon
Apartments,
5128 Marathon Street, Los
Angeles CA. Designed with Richard Neutra. Miller ran out of funds and left town, and the
contractor took ownership and finished the job. As of 2005, the
property had significantly deteriorated but still houses tenants.
1927 - The J. E.
Richardson House Remodel,
8272 Marmont Way, Los
Angeles CA.
1927 - The Mrs. T.
(Olga) Zaczek House, Sayre Lane, Los Angeles CA.
1927 - The
Translucent House for Aline Barnsdall, Palos Verdes CA. Unbuilt.
1928 - The Martel
House, Los Angeles CA.
Sometimes mispelled as Martec. Commissioned 1926.
1928 - The Mrs.
Slemons House, Arcadia CA.
1928 - The C. B.
Price House, Los Angeles CA.
Commissioned 1926.
1929 - The David Grokowsky House,
816 Bonita Drive,
South Pasadena CA. More stucco, redwood and a steep hill
site. The roof appears to be flat, steps up in stages, to match the
incline of the hill, thus, allowing light to enter. The main entrance
is on the top of the hill and the roof of the garage is used as a
sundeck. Over time the house endured poor
maintenance, unsympathetic modifications, and deterioration due in
part to the instability of original building materials. Commissioned 1928.
Restored by the ARG Group.
1929 - The Abernathy
House. Turns out this was not a house, it was a hotel. Unsure if
built.
1929 - The H. D.
Diffen House Remodel, Avalon, Catalina Island CA. Unbuilt.
1929 - The Frankel
Apartments,
619 Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles CA.
Destroyed for the 101 Freeway.
1929 - The J. J.
Newberry Storefront, developed in association with Herman Sachs.
1929 - The A. Press
Apartments,
4325 Willow Brook Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
Destroyed.
1929 - Addition for the S. Vorkapic House, 2100 Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills CA. Destroyed.
1929 - The Herman Sachs Apartments, aka Manola Court, aka Manolina Court, 1811 Edgecliff Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1926. Also listed on Lucile Street, as the two streets are on opposite sides of the site. Expanded 1934-40 to a total of sixteen cityview residences. Schindler stepped the buildings up the hillside, and created community by connecting living space with garden walkways. Schindler did original furniture for the building as well.
1929 - The Carrier Apartments, 6948 Washington Boulevard, Culver City CA.
1930 - The Viroque
Baker and Pratt House. Turns out this was an interior
1930 - Renovations
to the Gisela Bennati House. Turns out t
1930 - The J. M. Cohan House. Turns out this was not a house but a market at 3069 West Pico Street, Los Angeles CA.
1930 - The Foley House.
1931 - The Elmer A. George House. Turns out this was not a house but a store. Commissioned 1930.
1930 - The Paul Sloan Renovations, 8241 De Longpre, Los Angeles CA. Sloan was a movie screenwriter, director, and producer.
1930 - The George L. Wing House. Turns out this was a hotel and subdivision in Banning CA.
1930 - The Wornow House, Los Angeles CA.
1930 - The Kopenlanoff House, Palm Springs CA. Part of a subdivision scheme.
1930 -
The Robert F. Elliott House,
4237 Newdale Drive,
Silver Lake area of Los Angeles CA.
1930 - The Henry
Braxton and Viola Brothers Shore House, 5705 Ocean Front Walk, Venice
CA.
1931 - The Mrs. Cherry House, 3910 South Walton Street, Los Angeles CA.
1931 – The Ethel and Charles H. Wolfe Summer House, Old Stage Road, Avalon, Catalina Island CA. Commissioned 1928. The Wolfes met Schindler at a party for the Lovell Beach House. There were three living areas: a top apartment for the Wolfes, an middle apartment for guests, and a lower servant quarters. Sold to a Los Angeles attorney. By 1996, according to architect David LeClerc, the long-neglected Wolfe apartment was used by locals to hook up and the middle apartment was occupied by a "surfer dude." Sadly destroyed in 2002. RIght photo by David LeClerc. Bottom photo by Ezra Stoller/ESTO.
1931 - The Monti Hicks House. Turns out this was not a house; it was a retail commercial building.
1931 - The William Hiller House.
1931 - The Rudolph Marx House Remodel, 1557 North Courtney Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1931 - Garage for G. Stojano House, 3501 Dahlia Street, Los Angeles CA.
1932 - The Hans N. Von Koerber House, 408 Via Monte d'Oro, Redondo Beach area of Torrance CA. Commissioned 1931. Deteriorating fast.
1932 - The H. Lierd and Ethel Todd House, West Vernon Place, Los Angeles CA. Unsure if built.
1932 - The Mrs. F. Miller House, a residence initially planned for Ruth Shep (later Polen). Unbuilt.
1932 - The E. H. Shirley House. Part of a development which included farm buildings.
1933 - The O. F. Fredericks House. Turns out this is not a house but a bakery booth at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
1933 - The Orlof K. Farr House. Turns out this is not a house but a dance hall addition in Denver CO.
1933 - The Sid Grauman House. Turns out this is not a house but a dance hall and restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles CA.
1933 - The Eric Locke House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1933 - Renovations for the Perstein House, 111 Tamalpais Road, Berkeley CA.
1937 - The Gisela Bennati Cabin, Lake Arrowhead CA. Commissioned 1934.
1934 - The E. Brandstetter House.
1934 - The John J. Buck House, 5958 Eighth Street, Los Angeles CA. Listed as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #122. Country Club Projects, an art gallery coop, operates from this house.
1934 - The William Lingenbrink Cabin, 3978 Blackbird Way, Calabasas CA. Lingenbrink had hoped to develop an entire community of modernist homes called Park Moderne but they never caught on. Schindler was commissioned in 1929 to build three houses. One was destroyed, one never completed (probably the top photo), and the third one here was indeed built in 1934. The Park Moderne project was abandoned in 1938. Sold to Mark and Pip Field. There were several additions between 1982 and 1993. Sold in 1993 to Timothy and Jan Grimm. Sold in 1996 to Michael and Cheryl Adler.
1934 - Dondo House Renovations, 583 Tamalpais Road, Berkeley CA.
1934 - The Mrs. C. Goodman House, 2149 Casitas Avenue, Altadena CA.
1934 - The Mrs. B. Hunter House. Location unknown.
1934 - H. R. King House Renovations, 10354 La Grange, Westwood area of Los Angeles CA.
1934 - The Nerenbaum House. Turns out this was not a house but a service station.
1934 - The Patrick S. O'Reilly House, Glendale CA.
1934 - The Ransom House, Palm Springs CA.
1934 - House at Leimert Park, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1934 - Gail Rheingold,
8730 Sunset Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
1934 – The W. E. Oliver House, 2236 Micheltorena Street, Silver Lake area of Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1931. Top photo is an early draft; the house was reduced in size when finally built.
Around 1934 - Studio, Culver City CA. Unsure if built.
1935 - The L. Stander House, 2006 La Brea Terrace, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1935 - The L. Stander Apartments, Vine Street, Los Angeles CA.
1935 - The Phil Heraty House, Los Angeles CA.
1935 - The Mrs. Clore Warne House, 2039 North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1923. Unclear if this project is the original building or a later renovation.
1935 - The Haines House, 5112 Alicia Drive, Dana Point CA. Commissioned 1934. Drawings from the Architecture & Design Collection, UCSB University Art Museum. Destroyed in the 1980's.
1936 - The Alexander and Sasha Kaun House, 112 Western Drive, Richmond CA. Commissioned 1935. Photo from California Arts & Architecture, May 1937. Also published in the November 1936 Architectural Forum in a group of housed designed for under $5,000. Has been remodeled and added onto such that the Schindler plan is unrecognizable.
1935 - The Milton Shep House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1935 - The Elizabeth Van Patten House, 2320 Moreno Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1934. Schindler also designed the furniture.
1935 - The John
de Keysor Duplex,
1911 Highland Avenue,
Los Angeles CA. Often listed as DeKeyser.
1935 - The W. J. Delahoyde House, Street, Los Angeles CA. Unsure if built.
1935 - The Bachelor Apartments, Los Angeles CA. Unsure if built.
1936 - The William Jacobs House, Stadella Road, Beverly Glen CA. Unbuilt.
1936 - The Warshaw House, North Lucile Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1936 - The D. Malloy Renovations, Studio City CA. Unsure if built.
1936 - The Manya S. Kahn House, First Street and Harper Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt. Commissioned 1934.
1936 - The Morris Geggie House, Pasadena CA. Commissioned 1935.
1936 - The C. C. Kirkpatrick House, 8078 Woodrow Drive, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1936 - Renovations to the E. Pavaroff House, 1641 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, Los Angeles CA.
1936 - The Ralph G. Walker House, 2100 Kenilworth Avenue, Silver Lake area of Los Angeles CA. Renovations in 1939 and 1941. Top photo by Wayne Andrews/ESTO. Commissioned 1935.
1936 - The Hacienda Place Residence, city unknown. Unsure if built.
1936 - The J. Veissi House, 32-36 Hilldale Avenue, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1932. Unsure if built. Possibly a duplex. Street has been renumbered; those addresses no longer exist.
1936 - The Victoria McAlmon House,
2717-2721 Waverly Drive,
Silver Lake area
1936 - The Martha Raye Residence, Los Angeles CA. Photo by Wayne Andrews/ESTO
1936 - The Eric Mack House, 1258 North Hilldale, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1936 - The Schuettner House, Los Tilos Street, Los Angeles CA.
1936 - Renovations for S. Seligson, 1671 Orange Grove Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1936 - The Seff House Renovations, 605 North Arden, Beverly Hills CA.
1936 - The Clifton C. Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to current owner Russ Leland in 1990. Renovated by architect Jeff Fink. Donated by Leland in 2008 to the MAK Center. For his generous donation Leland was honored by Austria. For lease in 2011. Open for tours on Fridays.
1937 - The H. Warren Remodeling, 1115 North Beverly Drive, Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA.
1937 –
The Henwar Rodakiewicz House,
9121 Alta Cedro Drive,
Los Angeles CA.
1938 - The Peter Yates and Frances Mullen Studio remodel, 1735 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles CA. Later made into a duplex. Sold in 1996 to current owner Thom Andersen who undid the duplex and did a restoration. Photos by Roger Straus III/ESTO.
1938 - The A. L. Bubeshko Apartments, 2036 Griffith Park Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. The building on the right was built first. The left building was added by Schindler in 1941. Sold to Joe DeMarie and Madeleine Brand.
1938 - The Frank Hanna House, Los Angeles CA. No address. Do you know where it is?
1938 - The Harry H. Wolff Jr. House, 4000 Sunnyslope Avenue, Studio City CA. Sold to Michael La Fetra. Has been restored. For sale in 2012.
1938 - The El Djey and M. Aldrich House, 2432 Laurel Pass, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1938 - The Olga Zaczek Beach House, 114 Ellen Avenue, Playa Del Rey CA. Commissioned 1936. Additions by Schindler in 1950. Destroyed when the land was absorbed into LAX airport. Photo from R. M. Schindler by Judith Sheine and Gustavo Gili.
1939 - The Guy C. Wilson House, 2090 Redcliff Street, Silver Lake area of Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1935. Sold to Ken Reiner (who originally commissioned John Lautner's Silvertop). Sold to architect Donald Hensmen. Sold in 1972 to architect Bernard Zimmerman. Sold in 1977. Sold in 2005 to Noah Baylin. Top photo by Wayne Andrews/ESTO.
1939 - The Mrs. S.Ted Falk
Apartments,
3631 Carnation Avenue,
Los Angeles CA. Some addresses show 1810 Lucile as this is the opposite
side of the building. Commissioned 1938.
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