Esoteric Survey

Scientific Data Systems (SDS) Administration and Engineering Building (1968) by Craig Ellwood Associates (Jim Tyler designed it) . This is one of four buildings Ellwood's firm designed and built at this El Segundo compound. Max Palevsky, the owner of SDS, also had his friend Craig Ellwood design a desert house for him in 1969. More on that here .  Source:  California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood The sculpture out front makes this building a lot more interesting.  Otherwise, it would just be a Miesian office complex. Though, as far as office complexes go, it's a good one and I'm sure it did the job.  Yellow to White to Blue and Black , by George Sugarman Xerox took over the space after buying SDS in 1970. Now i t could be yours! First floor Source:  California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood     Ellwood was playing around with hyper-graphics at th...

IBM Aerospace building (1963) in Los Angeles, designed by Eliot Noyes. A Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons were associate  architects on the project.  It's now home to  Otis College of Art & Design Punch card pattern Source:  Eliot Noyes: A Pioneer of Design and Architecture in the Age of American Modernsim Prefabricated panels Source:  Eliot Noyes: A Pioneer of Design and Architecture in the Age of American Modernsim  IBM punch card IBM 360 Source: Cray Cyber 1967 - The base was once raw concrete. Source: Getty The view from across Lincoln Blvd. More on Elliot Noyes and IBM can be found here .

Allan Gould Book Trough-Tables, 1952 You know what it is. I needed a brown one.  Postmodern clock, 1984. Word on the street for the last 20 years is that Memphis is the next big thing. Maybe it's time? George Nelson Lantern Series It's amazing that any of these survived.  I found a table one a couple years back. See it here . 1964 Howard Miller Catalog Source: Flickr / Atomicpear 1962 Howard Miller Ad Source:  Flickr / Heather David

Elliot House by R.M. Schindler (1930) Part of a tour conducted by the  MAK Center At this point the house exterior is totally obscured by trees, so here is a 1980 Shulman photo. Photo: Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute During construction Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard  This 1980 Julius Shulman photo was commissioned by realtor and architecture preservationist  Bob Crane .  Photo: Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute This is what it looked like in 1980 Photo: Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute You'll notice this detail was gone (or covered up) in 1980.  Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard Now it's back, including the desk. Why anyone would have removed it is beyond me.  The house was restored by Marmol Radziner. More o...