Greene and Greene pioneered and perfected the Craftsman Bungalow. It was L.A.’s first vernacular style - adopted across the country and among the few recognized around the world as a truly original American architecture.
A confluence of cultures, the Mughal Empire left monumental architecture and exquisitely-detailed art unique to the subcontinent.
Inspired by Le Corbusier and the gardens of Andalusia, Luis Barragán founded an architectural language for his hometown of Guadalajara.
In 1920, RM Schindler came to L.A. to oversee a house by Frank Lloyd Wright. He never left. And a century later, you can still find the homes he built that define modern architecture all over the city.
Gehry always credits this city, not just for artistic inspiration, but for welcoming his avant-garde ideas from the beginning. He said he never could have built what he built here when he was still unknown. And in return, we are just as grateful.
In 1954, Clarence Stahl was told by several architects that he would never be able to build on this hilltop filled with broken concrete. USC architect Pierre Koenig would prove them wrong. And after city officials finally approved the building plans, they said no one would want another house like it. Again, Koenig would prove them wrong.
One of the most visionary architects, Zaha never compromised her designs, even when her engineers told her they could not be built. Instead she pushed technology to advance farther, faster to build them.
