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| Thornton Abell |
He worked as a designer for Clare C. Hosmer from 1925-1926, as a designer for Joseph J. Kucera from 1926-1927 and as a designer and chief draftsman for Marsh, Smith and Powell from 1930-1942. He opened his own office in 1944.
In 1947 he was asked to participate in the Case Study House Program. He designed and built Case Study House #7, which was completed in 1949.
From 1950-1952, Abell taught architecture and design at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and from 1953-1965 he taught at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture.
From washington.edu and soloarquitectura.com
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| Case Study House #7 housing.com |
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| Case Study House #7 traceblog.com |
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| Adelman Residence, with O'Neil Ford - Beverly Hills, California crosbydoe.com |
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| Alternate view of Adelman Residence crosbydoe.com |
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| Interior of Adelman Residence crosbydoe.com |
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| LeBrun House - Malibu, California latimes.com |
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| Interior of LeBrun House latimes.com |
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| Rich House - Brentwood, California kristenkilmerdesign.com |
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| Interior of Rich House kristenkilmerdesign.com |
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| Siskin House - Brentwood, California mosslerproperties.com |
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| Thornton Abell Residence - Santa Monica, California californiahomedesign.com |
Abell by name, Able by Architecture! Keep these posts coming Dana, as I don't think I have had enough! :)
ReplyDeleteI think I've become a postaholic, so I'm pretty sure I'll keep on writing long after I have anything to say. :)
DeletePostaholic. Good one.
DeleteYour not alone, postaholic anonymous!
DeleteAnother of my USC architects! It is really amazing the talent that school was churning out.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what kind of an architecture department USC has now, but it must have been crazy good back then.
DeleteWow...just wow. Now that is dream home....any one of them.
ReplyDeleteHis designs are so beautiful that it's hard for me to understand why he isn't better known. After writing so many posts about architects, I'm beginning to decide that a big part of fame is about personality and self-promotion as much as it is talent.
DeleteEvery day's an education round here. Thanks Dana.
ReplyDeleteYou know the catch phrase dream home...well,these are mine.
They are definitely dreamy. I especially love the ones with open eaves and open rafter-style overhangs.
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