Modernism in Mud

Thursday, June 16, 2022
7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Schindler House 835 North Kings Road West Hollywood, CA, 90069 (map)

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This lecture focuses on Rudolph Schindler’s 1915 trip through the American Southwest, where he experienced the deeply-rooted adobe building cultures of the region. By tracing Schindler's use of drawing and photography in coming to terms with earthen construction traditions, this lecture explores the formative role of the trip on his subsequent design thinking and situates the episode with respect to the complex reception of adobe by other prominent architects and architectural historians in the twentieth century.

Albert Narath

Albert Narath is a historian of modern architecture and design, specializing in the intersection of architectural history, environmental history, and the history of technology. His forthcoming book follows the “solar adobe” movement in the American Southwest during the 1970s. He is an Assistant Professor in the History of Art and Visual Culture Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Lecture Series is part of the centennial celebration of the Schindler House, made possible with support from the Graham Foundation for Art and Architecture, City of West Hollywood, California Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, the MAK Center Centennial Council, the MAK Center Patron program, and our sponsors.