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


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
Language of Material: English
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

 

Drawings circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file drawer)
 

Wolfe House, Catalina circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Wilson House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Van Patten House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Von Korber House, Torrance circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Westby House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Walker House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Haines House, Dana Point circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Harry J. Wolff Jr. House, Studio City circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Schindler/Chase House and Studio, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Tischler House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Rodakiewicz House, Beverly Hills circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Sorg House, San Gabriel circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Oliver House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Packard House, San Marino circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

McAlmon House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

C.P. Lowes House, Eagle Rock circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Howe House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Inglewood Houses, Inglewood circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Harris House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Hilaire Hiler House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Grokowski House, South Pasadena circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Elliot House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Fitzpatrick House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Buck House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file)
 

Droste House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Lovell Beach House, Balboa circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Tucker House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 flat file folder)
 

Models circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 7.0 Linear feet (15 models)
 

Wolfe House, Catalina circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Westby House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Haines House, Dana Point circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Schindler/Chase House and Studio, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Rodakiewicz House, Beverly Hills circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Sorg House, San Gabriel circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Packard House, San Marino circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

C.P. Lowes House, Eagle Rock circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Harris House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Hilaire Hiler House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Gibling House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Grokowski House, South Pasadena circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Droste House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Lovell Beach House, Balboa circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)
 

Tucker House, Los Angeles circa 1986

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: (1 model)