r.m. Schindler property
historical cultural monument (HCM) #228
historical cultural monument (HCM) #228
about r.m. schindler
Rudolph Michael Schindler was one of the seminal master architects who defined Modern architecture in Southern California. Born in Vienna in 1887, Schindler was trained in art and engineering at the Imperial Technical Institute and the Vienna Academy of Arts.
He absorbed the influences of the Austrian avant-garde at the turn of the twentieth century, under the tutelage of pioneers Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos. At the encouragement of Loos, Schindler committed to a career in architecture and emigrated to the U.S. in 1914. Schindler began his American career at the Chicago firm of Ottenheimer, Stern, and Reichert. Yet he used much of his time to study firsthand the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, whom he had come to admire after seeing Wright’s groundbreaking Wasmuth portfolio in Vienna.
In 1918, Schindler joined Wright’s studios in Taliesin, Wisconsin. It was through Wright that Schindler made his way to Los Angeles in 1920 to supervise construction of Hollyhock House. Enamored with the climate, light, and natural beauty of Southern California, Schindler chose to stay in Los Angeles and open his own practice.
Courtesy of Los Angeles Conservancy
r.m. Schindler property
R.M. Schindler archival elements courtesy of Architecture & Design Collection, University of California at Santa Barbara
“Completed in 1949, the Laurelwood Apartments were the last apartments designed by master architect
R. M. Schindler, and are one of the finest expressions of his ingenuity.”
“The Laurelwood is one of the finest Modern expressions of the ubiquitous courtyard apartment complex to be found anywhere in Southern California. It is a fitting tribute to Schindler's talent for multi-family residential designs and is in a class with similarly-innovative designs like Gregory Ain's Dunsmuir Flats.”
Courtesy of Los Angeles Conservancy
executive summary
ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
APN
BUILDING TYPE
APX LOT SF
APX BUILDING SF
NO. OF UNITS
AVERAGE UNIT SF
UNIT MIX
YEAR BUILT
NO. OF STORIES
CONSTRUCTION
ZONING
UTILITIES
11833-37 Laurelwood Drive
Studio City, CA 91604
2369-027-010 & 236-027-012
Multi-Family
38,886
19,143
20
957.15
19 (2 BD+1 BTH) & 1 (3 BD+2 BTH)
1953
2
Wood frame / Stucco Overlay
LARD1.5
Sep. Metered Gas & Electric
request offering memorandum
LARRY CANNIZZARO
Multi-Family Specialist
BRE Broker No. 00609154
Direct: 310.963.4870
KRISTY ELAINE
Multi-Family Specialist
BRE Broker No. 01948906
Direct: 310.880.2404
