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DEVELOPING: Los Angeles fires threaten iconic architecture and homes
The dangerous fire situation unfolding on the ground acrossLos Angeleshas captured the attention of Archinect as we try to keep on top of potential damage to homes, businesses, and historic structures in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Pasadena, which is also our home.What appears on track to be the greatest single natural disaster in terms of residential structures burned (at this hour the minimum number is being reported at around 1,000 by the LA Times) is, of course, going to affect much of the historic architecture that has granted the city its cultural identity in ways that are almost impossible to recount or recover.In the Palisades Fires crosshair are many Richard Neutra designs, including hisCase Study House #20 and Hees House from 1950. Several important Cliff May designs, the Eames House, and the beloved Getty Villa exist there as well. In Altadena/Pasadena, many quintessential Greene & Greenebuildingsincluding the Gamble Houseand the Huntington Library are ...
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