Garduno-Heiser House, 1960s,
1954 Lucile Avenue, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States,
Raul F. Garduno, Architect, with Peter Heiser and Paul Judson.
Garduno and Heiser were classmates at the storied USC School of Architecture in the late 50’s, a program that generated prodigious mid-century talents including William Krisel, Pierre Koenig and countless others. Together, the two college undergrads embraced the formidable challenge of designing this, the first of two side-by-side steel frame houses, with construction requiring minimum grading on a steep, and supposedly unbuildable Silver Lake hillside.
Long on youthful temerity but short on funds, the pair realized their dream with Heiser, originally a successful child actor, selling his 1950’s Corvette to raise capital for construction. Influenced by the sports car’s pioneering use of lightweight fiberglass panels, Garduno and Heiser in turn utilized the material in the design of the original sinks and tubs throughout the residence.
A home for the Younger set.
ReplyDeleteOr the older triathlete maybe.
Pretty though.
i thought silver lake was in northern ca near lake tahoe
ReplyDeleteIt used to be.
DeleteSilver Lake, elevation 7200 feet, is in Amador County next to Highway 88, just west of Carson Pass. It drains into the Silver Fork of the American River and flows down to join the South Fork of the American River near Kyburz on Highway 50. Interestingly, the Silver Fork's volume is more than double the South Forks volume at their confluence.
DeleteI worked the better part of a winter on property just east of their confluence. Wonderful country that has to a large extent burned up in the Caldor Fire three years ago.
Silverlake is the transitional area between downtown L.A., and Hollywood, just west of the civic center area.
Delete$5MM view.
ReplyDeleteYeah, what a nice house, that is, until the earthquake or mudslide takes it to the bottom of the hill.
ReplyDeleteOr wildfire. Or home invasion.
DeleteBeen holding strong since at least 1954 and it's still there.
DeleteKeep sayin' your prayers. Obviously, God is keeping it whole and in place.
Delete1) It's a toboggan, built before the last three earthquake code updates, and just waiting for the Big One to slide down the hill.
Delete2) It's on a hillside in Los Angeles. As recent quakes have clued people in, hills in L.A. are only three because of fault lines. The Santa Monica range, which extend to that area, are there because of an upthrust fault.
Like the one that created a 7.0 (later strategically downgraded to a 6.whatever, to save the insurance companies billion$) in Northridge in the 1990s.
3) When the Hollywood fault goes in anything bigger than a 6.0, it runs right through there, all the way to downtown L.A. Even money when it does half the masonry buildings downtown go, along with all the architectural geegaws like this thing, are all rubble and wreckage within seconds.
4) As every stock guru will remind you, past behavior is no predictor of future performance.
5) And then there are brushfires, mudslides, and riots, for a house mostly walled with glass, in neighborhoods with streets too narrow for fire trucks most days.
Best wishes with that plan.
healthy living due to daily aerobic sessions,
ReplyDeleteLooks very much like the home used in the Amazon Prime TV show "Bosch".
ReplyDeleteagree. was going to post this idea myself
Deletewith concrete and steel you can build anything, anywhere, and it'll last longer than you will live.
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DeleteSome Miami condo owners would like a word with you, ghostsniper.
DeleteLooks like a '63 Dodge Dart convertible.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
When I noticed that car it bought back memories of Mom and Dad's '63 Dart with the Slant Six engine and push button automatic transmission. It was a cute little car.
DeleteA good hillside home has driveway access to at least one of the living levels.
ReplyDeleteReminds one of the digs that Bosch had in the Hollywood Hills north of that location. Better view, I bet.
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