This summer, crowds have returned to the Schindler House in the Hollywood Hills, as the modernist building celebrates its centennial.
A century ago, a strange edifice arose at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, on Kings Road. It was a single-story structure of gray concrete walls and redwood ceilings, shorn of ornament. Before landscaping, it had an austere appearance, resembling a low-lying fort. You can catch a glimpse of it in Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy “Sherlock Jr.”: when the protagonist, perched on the handlebars of an errant motorcycle, the house at 835 glowers unamused in the background.
This summer, crowds have returned, as the house celebrates its centennial and raises funds for ongoing restoration projects. On a recent Saturday,held a day of talks and tours, with a familial atmosphere predominating. The scholar Todd Cronan donned a white, open-necked tunic—one of Schindler’s favored fashions—to read from the architect’s writings. “Modern architecture lies down flat on the ground like a kitten who suns itself,” Cronan proclaimed, reciting from a 1938 lecture.
In the monumental sprawl of modern-day Los Angeles, Schindler’s utopian ethos collides with realities of extreme inequality and environmental waste. At the same time, it offers a way forward.Debates over priority will never end. A better way to celebrate the Schindler House is to see it not simply as an individual achievement but as a collective social experiment. Its floor plan is implicitly egalitarian.
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