Tag: Gordon Kaufmann
Tour Rimpau Boulevard homes Nov. 5
Tour three Hancock Park homes designed by legendary architects Roland E. Coate, FAIA, and Gordon B. Kaufmann, FAIA, on Sun., Nov. 5. The homes tour continues a long tradition going back to the founding of the local Windsor Square – Hancock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) in 1976. This year’s WSHPHS tour event, from 11 a.m. […]
Howard Hughes lived in a Coates-designed local home
Roland E. Coate was among the architects hired to build dream homes for oil titans, bankers and film moguls in the robust real estate expansion of the first half of the 20th century. Coate was — in what is considered a golden age for home design — a stand-out. Many of his homes are in […]
Period, historic neighborhood homes are Dennis Smith’s specialty
Contractor and designer Dennis Smith bought a fixer upper on S. June St. and bit by bit brought the Spanish-style residence back to its 1923 glory. Modern touches include a six-foot by six-foot skylight showering a once-dark entryway with light. Salmon paint was stripped from an original wrought iron railing staircase after Smith purchased the […]
