ARCHITECTURE
This guide is very much a work in progress. Expect additional, specific architectural information, links and random blather shortly. For now, pray, indulge my inaccuracies, misnomers and general loosey-gooseyness.
Click below on an entry's BLUE TITLE -- for example, L.A. Louver (Frederick Fischer & Partners) -- for additional photos and information where available. Please feel free to add corrections and any other feedback in the form of comments.
L.A. Louver (Frederick Fisher & Partners)
1997 by Frederick Fisher + Partners Architects
Contemporary art gallery…
North Venice Ave
Venice, California
100 Market
19TK
International modern architecture. Arched porticoes integrate the building with the area’s early Venice, Italy theme.
100 Market Street
Venice, California
1905 Craftsman
Circa 1905
This century-old craftsman sports freshly stuccoed walls and newly shingled roof.
Venice, California
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2-4-6-8 Studio (Morphosis)
1979 by Morphosis
Joshua Sales’s 2-4-6-8 Studio, designed by Thom Mayne and Michael Rotundi in 1978, was initially an add-on to his bungalow (which subsequently burned and was reconstructed by Johnson Marklee Architects). The studio is an early example of the deconstructive architecture of which Morphosis was a leading proponent.
Amoroso Court
Venice, California
23 Breeze House (R&D Architects)
2007 by David Reddy, R&D Architects
(with Venice Collaborative, mural exterior by Nancy Monk)
Said to be built with eco-friendly materials, solar assisted water and electric system.
Walk streets
Venice, California
543 House (Callas Shortridge Architects)
2006 by Steven Shortridge, Callas Shortridge Architects
With floating boxes of corrugated metal and glass, this modern home by a firm once associated with Frank Israel is almost Donal Judd-like in its minimalist design.
Rialto
Venice, California
700 Palms Residence (Steven Ehrlich Architects)
2002 by Steven Ehrlich Architects
This oblong modern residence designed by one of Venice’s best-known architects is off-set by a sleek lap pool. The steel canopy running the length of the house contains roll-away shades to protect the pool and open house from the harshest sunlight.
Palms
Venice, California
737 Conserve
2008 by Tk and Tom Schey Builder (under construction)
737 Conserve is the follow up of a Platinum LEED home that Tom Schey built in Venice, California, the completion of which took place in mid-October 2007.
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Abbot Kinney Live/Work (d u Architects)
2008 by d u Architects
A gallery took up residence in the main space for what turned out to be a rather short stint this spring. They’re gone now…
Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, California
Abbot Kinney Live/Work (Mark Mack)
2008 by Mark Mack Architects
Live/work space
Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, California