More than 1,000 buildings have been destroyed by the fires sweeping through Southern California, and at least two people have been killed. What started as a mere brush fire that was carried by high speed Santa Ana winds has forced thousands in west Los Angeles to evacuate, ringing alarm bells for firefighters, residents, planners, and preservationists. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that the fire has already touched 5,000 acres and counting. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate areas in proximity to the three disparate firesthe Palisades fire, Hurst fire, and Eaton Canyon fire.Palisades Village, a historic commercial district built up in the 1930s, and its surrounding residential community, is completely lost, users on X (formerly Twitter) shared. Homeowners in the general area said that the fire came just a few blocks from the Eames House, the canonical case study house by Ray and Charles Eames.The Eames Houses social media team, on Instagram, said that the building is unharmed as of right now, but windblown fires are inching closer to the famous 1949 structure. Eames House staffers have since removed a small number of objects from the house for safekeeping.So far, flames have also come relatively close to a postmodern house by Pierre Koenig in Rustic Canyon, and a church in the Palisades by Charles Moore.The Palisades fire is currently west as Calabasas, and the Palisades Branch Library designed by CGS Architects has gone up in flames. And so hasnt Corpus Cristi Church, a 1964 building by A.C. Martin & Associates, just across the street from the library. Meanwhile, an inferno rages in Hurst, which is home to Julia Morgans Chapel of the Chimes, the former California Crematorium.Hurst is also home to the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearsts former estate, Hearst Castle. That building has drawn comparisons to Xanadu, the fictional home of Orson Welless Citizen Kane protagonist, Charles Foster Kane. It is unclear at this time if the buildings by Morgan and Hearst have been touched, although flames appear dangerously close. Palisades Village is due north of Rustic Canyon, and west of Topanga Beach, where the Getty Villa is sited. The Getty Villa (not to be confused with Richard Meiers Getty Center in Brentwood) was swiftly closed to non-emergency staff after the fires got dangerously close to it. The Getty Villa will be closed until at least January 13.The Getty Villa was designed by Norman Neuerburg and later renovated by Machado Silvetti. Its located off of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Museum officials have said the building is safe, but they are taking precautions; on-site water storage and irrigation have been deployed, and galleries and library archives have been sealed off.The Pacific Coast Highway is home to other noteworthy buildings, including homes by Richard Neutra, John Lautner, and Tadao Ando, namely Kanye Wests new abode. Spectators have said that the PCH and its adjoining land area has turned into hell itself. It is unclear however which homes off of PCH have been impacted.Malibu, home to Pepperdine University and myriad million dollar homes, just north of Palisades Village, has also been impacted, as well as Santa Monica and Pasadena. The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center, an important community staple in Altadena designed by Finegold Alexander Architects, has been completely destroyed by the fire. The last horrific fire in Malibu came in 2018 during the Woolsey Fire. That fire destroyed Frank Gehrys Tin Houseand also Frank Lloyd Wrights Arch Oboler Complex. Mike Davis, in 1995, ruminated on Malibus particular vulnerability to forest fires in his famous essay, The Case for Letting Malibu Burn.For now, the Palisades, Hurst, and Eaton Canyon fires appear to be contained to the south at Santa Monica, although residents of West Hollywood and South Central say that they woke up this morning to find a sheet of ash coating their windows.AN will continue to monitor the fires in Southern California. Brad Isnard contributed reporting for this story.