Architect William Pereira designed the University of California, Irvine campus buildings in the California “Brutalist” style, including the iconic Langson Library.
The campus opened in 1965 with just eight completed buildings.
Category: Design
Palm Springs Art Museum – Architecture and Design Center
Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center (1961). Palm Springs, California. Designed by architect E. Stewart Williams.
Considered to be in the classic Desert Modern or mid-century International style, the 13,000 square foot building originally served as a branch of Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan.
Naples Island. Long Beach, California
Long Beach was a popular getaway for Los Angelenos seeking to escape the inland summer heat in 1903 when Arthur Parson built the islands of Naples in the marshy Bixby Slough at the mouth of the San Gabriel River in Long Beach, California. The design was inspired by the canals and gondolas of the “Venice of America” community developed by Abbot Kinney near Santa Monica to the north.
Completed in the 1920s, it was severely damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, but survived to become a jewel of the coast.
Photographs by Daniel Stiel.
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