Schindler / Elliot House

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

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 on that, here.

1930 - The railing through the desk is so great.

Source: The Furniture of R.M. Schindler by Berns/Gebhard

I guess people were shorter in the 30s because the desk is a lot higher now. I think Marmol Radziner did a great job bringing this house back to looking like a Schindler, but I'm going to get a little nit-picky here. In the original configuration (a few photos above) the top of the desk lined up with the bottom of the piece around the corner, almost like a puzzle. Now it doesn't. I guess it's not that bad if you didn't know. I'm a jerk. In other news, look at that girl at the bottom of the stairs giving me the eye. Actually, she's probably trying to stay out of the photo.