Please join artist Mona Kuhn in conversation with colleagues about her forthcoming exhibition, The Schindler House, A Love Affair.

Join us for a conversation on plans to preserve the Kings Road House

Join us for an hour of conversation with five accomplished preservation experts.

Photographer Nils Timm and architect Annie Chu will discuss the process of documenting the Kings Road House.

Join scholar Todd Cronan in conversation with Jesús (Chuy) Barba Bonilla as they discuss Cronan’s new book, Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California. Focusing on four primary figures—R. M. Schindler, Richard Neutra, and Charles and Ray Eames—Nothing Permanent demonstrates how this prolific era of modern architecture in California, rather than constituting a homogenous movement, was propelled by disparate approaches and aims.

We’re heading to the Party House! Join USC Heritage Conservation students Emily Varley, Chloe Cuffel, and Chuy Barba Bonilla for a discussion of Rudolph Schindler's 1922 Kings Road House. An early mecca for West Hollywood social gatherings, happenings, salons and debates, the house was literally (and metaphorically!) built on Schindler’s Communist party ideals and at the time, flew in the face of American white picket fences. Our discussion topics include: KRH social and artistic context, zoning and permitting, communal living, international housing, marriage, and appliances (it’s related, we swear).

There will be trivia! And prizes! We hope you will join us!

The "Party Goers"

Jesús (Chuy) Barba Bonilla was born in Mexico and grew up in Zacatecas, a Spanish colonial mining city declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, which is where he became passionate about history and architecture. Jesús obtained his BA in architecture in 2012 from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico and moved to California in the same year. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Heritage Conservation at the University of Southern California while working as an Architectural Designer in the firm of Page & Turnbull, he also serves as Director on the Docomomo US Board.

Chloe Cuffel is a writer and urbanist from Southern California with particular focus on pedestrian advocacy, Los Angeles on film, and dignified housing for all. After working as an editor and making a few short films, she is now pursuing her Masters degrees in Urban Planning and Heritage Conservation. She is a Planner for the City of Glendale, where she lives with her dog Gromit.

Emily Varley is a Master of Urban Planning & Master of Heritage Conservation graduate student at the University of Southern California with a background in Archaeology. Emily is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and enjoys studying place-based heritage and traditional ecological knowledge.

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*this will be a virtual event, time noted in PDT. Link will be provided upon registration

Join us this September 30th for a great conversation and virtual walk-through of the Schindler House at Kings Road! Both Peyton and Robert serve on the Board of Friends of the Schindler House and have been involved with The Schindler House for over 40 years. They will discuss the current state of the Schindler House, caring for the house over the years and the technical aspects of what the house needs to stabilize and revitalize it for the next one hundred years.

Peyton Hall, FAIA, is Principal Architect Emeritus of Historic Resources Group in Pasadena, CA; Adjunct Professor, USC; Board member, Friends of the Schindler House; Board member, United States National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

Robert Sweeney is the president of Friends of the Schindler House. He is also the author of Schindler, Kings Road, and Southern California Modernism, Wright in Hollywood, and Casa del Herrero.

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with Lisa Kulisek + Nootan Bharani

Join us this August for a great conversation with Lisa Kulisek and Nootan Bharani.

Lisa Kulisek, AIA (she/her) is an architect with her own practice who lives, works, and tends to children three quarters of a mile due west of Jane Addams’ Hull House. Her interests in urbanism, history, and masonry materials have led to work on renovations of buildings dating from 1766, 1874, and the early twentieth century.

Nootan Bharani, AIA (she/her) is Associate Director of Design and University Partnerships at Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago. An architect with a deep background in environmental sustainability, she has spent much of her career in non-traditional practice, working directly with community partners on design, building and infrastructure projects.

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with Judith Sheine + Tim Sakamoto

June's guests will be Judith Sheine, Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon and Director of Design for the TallWood Design Institute. She will be joined by Timothy Sakamoto: Founder of In-D media, Partner of Sakamoto Architects, and Managing Director of Rohkea Homes.

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with Todd Cronan + Barbara Lamprecht

May's guests will be Barbara Lamprecht, architectural historian and author of multiple works including Neutra: Complete Works, and Todd Cronan, Associate Professor of Art History, editor, author and FoSH board member. Courtney Rawlings, PhD Candidate and Huntington Library Fellow, will join them in conversation.

VIDEO LINK TO COME

Join for our very first of the “SCHINDLER TALKS” Series. We will be speaking with Valentina Ganeva, director/producer of the in-progress documentary “Schindler Space Architect” and Robert Sweeney, architectural historian and FoSH President. Ann Clark, of Ann Clark Architects and LAMOU Design, will join them in conversation