MAK Center Architecture Tour Spring 2025

The MAK Center Architecture Tour Spring 2025 is now sold out. Please email us at office [@] makcenter.org if you are interested in joining the waitlist.

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture is pleased to invite you to the MAK Center Architecture Tour Spring 2025, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Our annual fundraising tour features two remarkable houses by R.M. Schindler and outstanding designs by Gregory Ain and John Lautner in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.

This year’s selected residences span from 1925 to 1964 and spotlight the innovative techniques architects used to navigate the steep, hillside terrain and capture the dramatic views of the Silver Lake neighborhood. From an arching concrete roof to suspended clerestory windows to interlocking geometric volumes cut into the land, the architects of the houses explored new technologies of the era which continue to shape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles today.

The tour features RM. Schindler’s How House (1925) and Yates Studio (1938-1947), Gregory Ain’s Orans House (1941), and John Lautner’s Reiner-Burchill House, commonly called Silvertop (1964). A ticketed reception will follow at the Cano House (2025), a contemporary residence designed by Diego Cano-Lasso.

All proceeds go directly to advancing the MAK Center’s mission and public activation of three R.M. Schindler historic sites: Schindler House (1922) in West Hollywood, the Fitzpatrick-Leland House (1936), the Mackey Apartments (1939).

The MAK Center is the California satellite of the MAK—Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. Unique in its role as a constellation of historic architectural sites and contemporary exhibition spaces, the MAK Center develops local, national, and international projects in art, architecture, and their intersections and tangents.

Event Details

How House, 1925
R.M. Schindler

Yates Studio, 1938-1947
R.M. Schindler

Orans House, 1941
Gregory Ain

Reiner Burchill House (Silvertop), 1947
John Lautner

Ticketed Reception at
Cano House, 2025
Diego Cano-Lasso

Reception supported by Aplós, Catalina Apéro, and DADA ECHO PARK.

Call for Docents

Spend time in an extraordinary contemporary home that is rarely open to the public. You will steward the residences during the tour and then receive one free ticket for the Architecture Tour. 

Docent responsibilities include checking tickets at the door, overseeing designated rooms, and supporting parking needs. All houses will have a MAK Center staff member to whom you will report. They will share background information on the house and care instructions from the homeowners. 

More Info

Members: Please email office[at]makcenter.org for the discount code

Please Note: Portions of this tour include walking, driving, streets without sidewalks, and stairs.