Modernist / McMansion

Andrew Romano from Newsweek has written a sad tale of how people with more money than sense (and taste) are

buying up Los Angeles mid-century modern architecture only to rip the structures down to build crap box mcmansions.

Included, is this update on the The Kingsley Jr. House by architect Julius Ralph (J.R.) Davidson.

Read the article here. 

See my post on the J.R. Davidson Kingsley house here,

and the Greta Grossman Backus house here.

Find out how you can help architectural preservation efforts at The Los Angeles Conservancy.