Category Archives: Architecture

L.A.: City of Angles

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Max West

If you’re a fan of L.A.’s architectural styles from the 1940s through the 1960s (think art deco, John Lautner, Disney’s Tomorrowland, etc.), you’ll enjoy Charlotte Allen’s recent piece in The Weekly Standard (“City of Angles“), which is largely a review … Continue reading →

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Public Library of Cincinnati

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Max West

It was built in 1874 and torn down in 1955, but here are some spectacular old photos of the Public Library of Cincinnati (Hat tip: Steve Sailer.)

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Lautner’s Bob Hope Home For Sale

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Max West

The famous Lautner-designed Bob Hope house is for sale, with an asking price of $50 million: Bob Hope owned a collection of homes in Palm Springs and the L.A. area, and two have already hit the market — both snagging … Continue reading →

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Amangiri Resort

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Max West

While it’s well above my pay grade (nightly rates from $1,100 to $7,500), the Amangiri Resort in southern Utah looks absolutely stunning. Ensconced in the natural rock formations that face Escalante National Monument, the modernist architecture of this place obviously … Continue reading →

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Art as a Sense of Place

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Max West

Sailer has a piece on the futuristic architecture of John Lautner, whose work captured the “the shiny, optimistic, future-infatuated Southern California that peaked in the early 1960s.” As with Tiki culture, I absolutely love the imagined future represented by 1960s-era, … Continue reading →

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