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.
Models, movies and stories
for pointing me towards Fred Fudacz, the owner of the Harris lot.
Harris House history
