Kimpson/Nixon House (1940)*

Artist/Designer: Raphael Soriano

Project Location: California, United States

Figure 1: Raphael Soriano, Kimpson/Nixon House. Source: SoCal Modern, Los Angeles, California. 2007, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : August 1, 2014 )

Figure 2: Raphael Soriano, Kimpson/Nixon House. Source: SoCal Modern, Los Angeles, California. 2007, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : August 1, 2014 )

Figure 3: Raphael Soriano, Kimpson/Nixon House. Source: SoCal Modern, Los Angeles, California. 2007, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : August 1, 2014 )

Figure 4: Raphael Soriano, Kimpson/Nixon House. Source: SoCal Modern, Los Angeles, California. 2007, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : August 1, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Glass

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Los Angeles Conservancy. "Kimpson Nixon House." | Accessed : August 1, 2014

SoCal Modern. "Kimpson/Nixon House." | Accessed : August 1, 2014

Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter. "Raphael Soriano." | Accessed : August 1, 2014

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Hines, Thomas S. Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism 1900-1970. New York: Rizzoli, 2010.

Kaplan, Wendy. California Design, 1930-1965 Living in a Modern Way. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.

Wagener, Wolfgang. Raphael Soriano. New York: Phaidon, 2002.

Building Address:

380 Orlena Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90814

Significant Dates:

Construction began 1939

Completed in 1940

Went on sale in 2012

Supporting Staff/ Designers:

N/A

Tags:

Modernism, California, Ralph Soriano, 20th Century, California Modernism

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