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Knorr / Girard

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Scoren House (1969) in Woodside, CA by Don Knorr Robert Scoren, a dentist in Palo Alto, had his friend Don Knorr design a house for him.  Another friend, Alexander Girard, designed the doors and a number of other features of the house. I was able to get inside for a tour. Girard sketches of the SCOREN doors.  Source:  House Industries Wall of cabinets covered in Girard textiles by Herman Miller.  Source:  ALEXANDER GIRARD  book  by Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee Scoren, like Girard, was a folk art collector. Source: ALEXANDER GIRARD  book  by Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee The bed and art are gone, but the Girard wall is still there.  Herman Miller and Knoll once dined together in the Scoren house. Source: 568 Mountain Home Road Nelson, Girard and Eames were in the living room. Source: SocketSite Robert Scoren  died in 2012 and the house has been for re...