Kanner Architects records, circa 1960-circa 2007

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Summary

Creators:
Kanner Architects., Kanner, Charles, Kanner, Herman, Kanner, Herman, and Kanner, Stephen
Extent:
150.0 Linear feet (8 models, 71 record storage boxes, approx 297 rolls)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Kanner Architects records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Kanner Architects records span approximately 150 linear feet and date from circa 1960 to circa 2007. Documenting three generations of Kanner family architecture this collection is composed primarily of architectural drawings, but also includes photographic prints, models, yearly planners and project files. Yearly planners or datebooks in the collection document the years 1977 to 1997 and 2000 to 2009. Project files are composed of correspondence, project data, working drawings and/or sketches, and are organized by project. Models in the collection document the following structures: 26th Street and Santa Monica Affordable Housing, Nevin Avenue School (Los Angeles, California), Sagaponak house (New York, New York), Sunset Vine Tower (Los Angeles, California), United Oil Gas Station (Los Angeles, California), the Zelman Goldfarb house (Malibu, California), and the Harvard Apartments.

Biographical / historical:

The architectural firm Kanner Architects, based in Los Angeles, California, was started in 1946 by I. Herman Kanner. In 1974, Herman’s son Charles took over the firm. After Charles’ death in 1998, his son Stephen Kanner headed the firm.

Stephen Kanner was born in 1955 in Brentwood, California. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in architecture graduating in 1980. After graduating, Kanner found work in the offices of Sidmore Owings & Merrill as a project architect on Universal City’s Texaco Tower as well as the Hughes Headquarters building in Marina Del Rey, California. Stephen Kanner joined Kanner Architects in 1982 and worked with his father on commercial and residential projects. Over the course of firm’s life some notable projects include: United Oil Gasoline Station (Los Angeles, California), In-N-Out Burger restaurant (Westwood, California), Metro-Hollywood Transit Village (Hollywood), Sunset Vine Tower (Los Angeles), the Montana Collection (Brentwood)and 26th Street Affordable Housing (Santa Monica). Stephen Kanner died in 2011, at the age of 54.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Kanner family, 2012.

Physical location:
all collection materials at Mosher: regular boxes flat boxes tubes and rolled drawings flat file folders models

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Copyright in Kanner Architects and Stephen Kanner materials retained by Cynthia, Charlotte, and Caroline Kanner.

Preferred citation:

Kanner Architects records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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