Irving J. Gill: Horatio West court (Santa Monica, Calif.)

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Description

Gill helped Schindler and Claude Chase form and raise the tilt-slab walls for the Schindler house on Kings Road, 1921. Invoices in the Schindler archive show that Schindler rented some of Gill’s equipment for the concrete work. Chase assisted Gill on the construction of Horatio West, which has concrete floors and roof, and walls thinly constructed of plaster covered lathe. The building permit for this project was announced in 1922.

The Horatio West and Lewis Courts are among the best examples of Gill’s intentions and compositional strategies. Richard Neutra was sufficiently intrigued when he first saw Gill’s buildings in 1925 that he included Horatio West, and several other Gill buildings,in his 1930 book, Amerika.

Creator

Irving J. Gill, architect

Source

Irving John Gill papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara

Date

1922

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Citation

Irving J. Gill, architect, “Irving J. Gill: Horatio West court (Santa Monica, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed March 28, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/293.