http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z037gh No online items Finding Aid for the Models and drawings of R.M. Schindler houses by Stefanos Polyzoides, circa 1986 0000159 Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Arts Building Room 1434 University of California Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130 805-893-2724 adc@museum.ucsb.edu 0000159 1
Title: Models and drawings of R.M. Schindler houses by Stefanos Polyzoides Identifier/Call Number: 0000159 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Physical Description: 12.0 Linear feet(1 flat file drawer, 15 models) Date (inclusive): circa 1986 creator: Polyzoides, Stefanos Access Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers. Custodial History note Gift of Stefanos Polyzoides, 1986. Preferred Citation note Models and drawings of R.M. Schindler houses by Stefanos Polyzoides, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Stefanos Polyzoides was born in Athens, Greece. He received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Architecture from Princeton University. Polyzoides has been a working architect since 1967, taught at Princeton University, and at the University of Southern California from 1973 to 1997. In the early 1980s, Polyzoides received a Graham Foundation grant to study the residential design of R.M. Schindler, followed by another grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which allowed him to construct a traveling exhibition of Schindler s residential architecture entitled The Architecture of R.M. Schindler. The exhibition traveled to Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia and San Sebastian, Spain. Polyzoides has written extensively on architecture, but his more well-known publications concern Schindler. Today, Polyzoides is a principle of the architectural firm Moule & Polyzoides founded in 1990 and located in Pasadena, California. Scope and Content note The Models and Drawings of Schindler houses by Stefanos Polyzoides collection spans 12 linear feet and dates from circa 1986. The collection is composed of 15 models and drawings of 28 Schindler residences in the southern California area. The models and architectural drawings that compose this collection were the product of the exhibit The Architecture of R.M. Schindler. Related Archival Materials note ADC Study collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Subjects and Indexing Terms Polyzoides, Stefanos Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953 Architectural drawings Architectural models Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet(1 flat file drawer) Wolfe House, Catalina circa 1986 Wilson House, Los Angeles circa 1986 0000159 2
Van Patten House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Von Korber House, Torrance circa 1986 Westby House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Walker House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Haines House, Dana Point circa 1986 Harry J. Wolff Jr. House, Studio City circa 1986 Schindler/Chase House and Studio, Los Angeles circa 1986 Tischler House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Rodakiewicz House, Beverly Hills circa 1986 Sorg House, San Gabriel circa 1986 Oliver House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Packard House, San Marino circa 1986 McAlmon House, Los Angeles circa 1986 0000159 3
C.P. Lowes House, Eagle Rock circa 1986 Howe House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Inglewood Houses, Inglewood circa 1986 Harris House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Hilaire Hiler House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Grokowski House, South Pasadena circa 1986 Elliot House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Fitzpatrick House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Buck House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Physical Description: (1 flat file) Droste House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Lovell Beach House, Balboa circa 1986 0000159 4
Tucker House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Models circa 1986 Physical Description: 7.0 Linear feet(15 models) Wolfe House, Catalina circa 1986 Westby House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Haines House, Dana Point circa 1986 Schindler/Chase House and Studio, Los Angeles circa 1986 Rodakiewicz House, Beverly Hills circa 1986 Sorg House, San Gabriel circa 1986 Packard House, San Marino circa 1986 C.P. Lowes House, Eagle Rock circa 1986 Harris House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Hilaire Hiler House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986 0000159 5
Models circa 1986 Grokowski House, South Pasadena circa 1986 Droste House, Los Angeles circa 1986 Lovell Beach House, Balboa circa 1986 Tucker House, Los Angeles circa 1986 0000159 6