Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Allyn E. Morris Home and Studio
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Allyn E. Morris Home and Studio
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Image View:
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General view of front, from northwest
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Creator:
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Allyn E. Morris (American architect, 1922-2009)
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Location:
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site: Silver Lake (Los Angeles, California, United States)
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Date:
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1957 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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studio (work space)
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Work Type 2:
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house
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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glass; concrete; steel; brick
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architecture; Artists' studios; domestic architecture
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Description:
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Morris is one of the architects included in Alan Hess' "Forgotten Modern: California Houses 1940-1970." Morris was a Pasadena-based mid-century architect inspired by R.W. Schindler, and designed some of the more structurally innovative homes in LA, including a duplex on Silverwood Terrace (Silver Lake), and the Bubeck House in Eagle Rock. Other notable Morris designs include his own 1957 studio-home in Silver Lake and the nearby 1962 Murakami house, where he used sharply defined steel frames to create bold cantilevers and complex vertical and horizontal spaces. (Source: Architects Newspaper; http://www.archpaper.com/)
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Image Description:
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The entry level is relatively small (and flat), at the top of a steep slope. The rest of the house is cantilevered over the slope.
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Five
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Identifier:
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1A1-MAE-S-A1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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