P. Lovell House
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 | P. Lovell House |
| Designer | Rudolf M. Schindler |
| Location | Newport Beach, California, USA |
| Date | 1926 |
| Building Type | house |
| Climate | warm temperate |
| Context | beach |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 1242 West Oceanfront |
| Notes | "Lovell Beach House". raised above ground. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/P._Lovell_House.html |
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Commentary
"In the Lovell beach house, Newport Beach, 1926, living space was developed inside of five free-standing reinforced concrete frames, cast in the form of square figure eights. Schindler objected to pipe column stilts, calling his own system 'projections of five visible concrete frames which form an organic skeleton.'
The Lovell house was not primarily a drawing board solution—as was much of the work done at that time by the Constructivists in Europe. Schindler's purpose in using the frames was to raise the house above the public beach, and also to develop a skeletal system solid and flexible enough to withstand earthquakes."
—Esther McCoy. Five California Architects. p165.
The Creator's Words
"Tecknik = type based on human laws.
Art = variation seen through a human mind."
—Rudolph M. Schindler. from his notebook, as cited in Esther McCoy. Five California Architects. p167.
Details
1242 Ocean Avenue
Newport, California
—Frank Harris and Weston Bonenberger, ed. A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California. p73.
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Edward R. Ford. The Details of Modern Architecture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990. ISBN 0-262-06121-X. LC 89-31772. NA2840.F67 1989. p300-303. drawing of wall section detail, p300. Highly recommended for serious observers, and available at Amazon.com
Kenneth Frampton and Yukio Futagawa. Modern Architecture 1920-1945. New York: Rizzoli, 1983. exterior photo, plan, p277.— Available at Amazon.com
Frank Harris and Weston Bonenberger, ed. A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California. Los Angeles: Watling & Company, 1951. NA 730.C2H35. p73.
Esther McCoy. Five California Architects. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1960. ISBN 0-275-46690-6. LC 74-19818. NA730.C2m3 1975. p153. photo of interior, 165.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1972. (Note: This earlier edition has different color pictures than the 1990 edition.) Color photo of exterior with alterations, p82.
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