schindler

here are some pix of the schindler studio house on king's road in los angeles. i visited here the last day of my trip and was happy to have done so! friend and fellow artist timo elliot accompanied me. the house impressed me because it is small but feels grand. this is partly because it is literally small scale; i could not walk through the house without ducking. all the pictures were taken on my knees! were people smaller in 1920? i've had similar experiences in frank lloyd wright houses. schindler worked for wright.

as usual, i found the bathrooms the most interesting places. the play of light on fixtures, pipes, porcelain and the private nature of the spaces draws my attention. they are functional sanctuaries.

the living spaces were a bit hard to judge because they were bereft of furnishings. bare concerete walls and floors run throughout. the fireplace is marked only by a copper hood. i guess the logs just went on the floor. pedestals with speakers playing an audio piece punctuated (or interrupted, i found) the architecture. the house is in okay shape. it's clearly old. the wood is dark with age and the paper-fiber wall panels (paper walls!) are stained. it looks fabulous in pictures! being the first modernist house in los angeles, it's a gem, and should be preserved. it's great that it's open to the public. we were allowed to wander as we pleased. there are guided tours on the weekends. a must see if you're at all interested in architecture.