R.M. Schindler (1887-1953)

Pueblo Ribera Courts (1923-1930)
230-48 Gravilla, La Jolla, CA

Pueblo Ribert Courts alludes to the master’s work in the Los Angeles area following his fellowship with Wright (his work on Wright’s “temple” concrete block houses brought him to Southern California). Appealing to the young modernists who came to California in the 1920s these dwellings work with the fascination with the mildness of the climate, life out of doors and the pueblo Spanish traditions of enclosed courtyards. Schindler arranged each living unit so that it had a courtyard and roof terrace above. The houses were built of slip-form concrete, and the roof pergola with its light wood detailing forms a strong contrast to the concrete walls below. Fortunately, the individual units are slowly being restored. Analysis

Dr P.M. Lovell Ranch (1925-26)
Fallbrook, CA

The same client that hired Schindler for the Lovell Beach House in Newport Beach, and Richard Neutra to design the Lovell Health House, Dr. Lovell’s Fallbrook ranch, designed in 1923, was one of only three houses by Schindler to utilize his "slab tilt" construction. Schindler's Kings Road House for his family in Los Angeles was one of the other two. The house or some portion of it burned in the late 1960s. Apparently a renter at the house accidentally started the fire.