THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
ARCHITECTURAL IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
By Dwight James Baum, Architect
Gold Medallist, The Architectural League of New York
Photographs by the Author
SEVERAL years ago, I made my first trip to California and was very favorably impressed with the excellent work then being done by several architects in San Francisco and Los Angeles, whose number, however, did not exceed a half dozen. Even then, the standard was equal to that of the eastern states for excellence of design and sincerity of feeling. After several years’ absence, I again made a trip to the Coast and was pleased to observe the excellent buildings which had since been erected, indicating that the standard of design and workmanship and the handling of materials had been steadily improving. Impetus to this movement had been given by many young architects who re
cently have come to the fore, so that now Santa Barbara and San Diego have been added to the list of cities that have achieved recognition by the excellence of their buildings. Men of consummate ability have established their offices in the St. Francis Wood and Burlingame sections of San Francisco and the Pasadena, Beverly Hills and Hollywood sections of Los Angeles. As a result of this keen race for honors and the wholesome competition that has thus developed, an added stimulus has been given to architecture which is resulting in much fine work, and California can look with pride upon these accomplishments.
I never had much patience with architects who, A COLORFUL RAMBLING HOUSE OF SPANISH INSPIRATION IN BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES
(Copyright, 1928, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc. )
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
ARCHITECTURAL IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
By Dwight James Baum, Architect
Gold Medallist, The Architectural League of New York
Photographs by the Author
SEVERAL years ago, I made my first trip to California and was very favorably impressed with the excellent work then being done by several architects in San Francisco and Los Angeles, whose number, however, did not exceed a half dozen. Even then, the standard was equal to that of the eastern states for excellence of design and sincerity of feeling. After several years’ absence, I again made a trip to the Coast and was pleased to observe the excellent buildings which had since been erected, indicating that the standard of design and workmanship and the handling of materials had been steadily improving. Impetus to this movement had been given by many young architects who re
cently have come to the fore, so that now Santa Barbara and San Diego have been added to the list of cities that have achieved recognition by the excellence of their buildings. Men of consummate ability have established their offices in the St. Francis Wood and Burlingame sections of San Francisco and the Pasadena, Beverly Hills and Hollywood sections of Los Angeles. As a result of this keen race for honors and the wholesome competition that has thus developed, an added stimulus has been given to architecture which is resulting in much fine work, and California can look with pride upon these accomplishments.
I never had much patience with architects who, A COLORFUL RAMBLING HOUSE OF SPANISH INSPIRATION IN BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES
(Copyright, 1928, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc. )