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Ellwood Zimmerman House
The Ellwood Zimmerman House was an iconic mid-century modern house designed by Craig Ellwood built in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California in 1950. The architecturally-significant house was demolished in 2024, which drew criticism in the international press. History The Zimmerman House was a low-slung, , five-bedroom, three-bathroom house. According to the non-profit group USModernist, Martin and Eva Zimmerman commissioned the house in 1949. The Zimmermans sold the property to Richard Kelton in 1968; it was sold again in 1975 to Sam and Hilda Rolfe for $205,000. In 2022, the property was purchased for $12.5 million by actor Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger; they subsequently had the building razed to make way for a mansion. The destruction of the house has been viewed as symptomatic of "systemic problems", where older mid-century houses are seen as less valuable than the plot of land they occupy. The gardens and landscaping designed by Garrett Eckbo were also de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Ellwood
Craig Ellwood (born Jon Nelson Burke; April 22, 1922 – May 30, 1992) was an American architect whose career spanned the early 1950s through the mid-1970s in Los Angeles. Although untrained as an architect, he fashioned an influential persona and career through a talent for good design, self-promotion, and ambition. He was recognized professionally for fusing of the formalism of Mies van der Rohe with the informal style of California modernists. Early life Ellwood was born Jon Nelson Burke in Clarendon, Texas, on April 22, 1922. Along with many others in the 1920s, his family moved west, following U.S. Route 66 and finally settling in Los Angeles in 1937. There, as Johnnie Burke, he attended Belmont High School; he was class president before graduating in 1940. He and his brother Cleve both joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, and he served as a B-24 radio operator based with his brother in Victorville, California, until his discharge in 1946. Career After his discharge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |