I have always liked the Harris House, or at least what I knew of it. That was limited to the Julius Shulman photographs of the front and the living room (Figs 1 & 2). I wanted to learn more about it, and was delighted to discover what a wonderful design it is and how much I didn’t know.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Sarah Sherman, Reference Librarian and the Getty Research Institute for letting me use Julius Shulman’s Harris House photos. Photos 1,2,5, 6 & 8 are copyright J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library st the Getty Research Institute (204.R.10). Figure 7 is used by permission, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
Introduction
A good place to start is Schindler’s description of the house, from the January, 1943 issue of arts & architecture magazine 1. Typically for Schindler, he wrote the description all in capital letters.
I had a lot of fun building this. Its a good feeling when you put that third bolt in to form a triangle, and the floppy collection of pieces transforms into a rigid frame.
We added an arc of blue awning material at the top (see collage), to give a little shade and to repeat the material and color from our deck and shades.
Top through fifth trellis completed, but no plants or awning
Sixth to bottom trellis with plants and awning
This year Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts at sunset on September 28. It is the year 5772 by the Jewish calendar. A traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting is “L’shanah tovahtikatevu”, often shortened to “shanah tovah”. Translated literally it means “May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year”, which I have always thought was a very sweet thought.
For this year’s New Year’s card to my father, I decided to draw the moment when his name is inscribed.
Happy New Year to all.
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An old favorite, revisited and rediscovered
I have always liked the Harris House, or at least what I knew of it. That was limited to the Julius Shulman photographs of the front and the living room (Figs 1 & 2). I wanted to learn more about it, and was delighted to discover what a wonderful design it is and how much I didn’t know.
