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MODEL HOME EXHIBITS in LOS ANGELES as detailed in Los Angeles Residential Architecture: Modernism Meets Eclecticism by Ruth Wallach PLUS: The Locations to Which the Model Homes Were Relocated! For my birthday this past year, my stepfather gave me a copy of Ruth Wallach’s book Los Angeles Residential Architecture. Wallach documents the transformation of tastes in architecture during post-World War II Los Angeles, specifically as it related to the advent of model home exhibitions, the emergence of suburban life, and evolving expectations for homemakers, who now learned to use futuristic gadgets. The book approaches these phenomena from numerous angles, with Wallach at different times conveying her analyses from the standpoint of an architect, a landscape designer, an interior designer, a feminist scholar, and an urban planner. Wallach pens a very effective book; at a modest 130 pages, it is packed with insight and information. With regard to model home exhibitions, Wallach details an exhibition that occurred called “The California House & Garden Exhibition,” which occurred at 5900 to 5940 Wilshire Boulevard, between Genesee Street and Spaulding Avenue. The exhibition aimed to promote home ownership amongst Americans during what was a time of tremendous economic upheaval. To do so, the exhibition showcased seven economical and yet elegant model homes by prominent architects. These model homes were, per the shorthand used in the book:
“California House” – Architect: Winchton L. Risley / Decorator: Harry Gladstone “New Orleans House” – Architect: John Byers, Elda Muir / Decorator: Cannell & Chaffin “Plywood House” – Architect: Richard Neutra “English Cottage” – Architect: Arthur R. Kelly & Joseph M. Estep / Decorator: Anita Toor “French House” – Architect: Paul Revere Williams / Decorator: Cannell & Chaffin “Economy Cottage” – Architect: Allen G. Siple and Gordon B. Kaufmann “Colonel Evans Package House” – Architect: Frank W. Green The exhibition opened to the public on April 17, 1936 and ran until early 1938. CLICK THE "READ MORE" BUTTON TO TURN THE PAGE!
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