If you think architecture has a dense web of characters and influences now, read So. Cal's arch historian John Crosse's account of the development of modernism in Los Angeles, going all the way to Adler & Sullivan's prestigious office in the Auditorium Building in Chicago.Front elevation... View full entry

With his fascinating blog entry in 'Southern California Architectural History,' historian John Crosse documents the giant role of the underrated heroine of modernism in So. California, Pauline Gibling Schindler, the wife of famed architect R. M. Schindler, had on spreading it socially, as a... View full entry