Thornton Abell: Rich house (Los Angeles, Calif.)

The steel magnate Gustav Rich commissioned this house from Abell in 1966. The steel frame with stucco also contained long walls of glass and interior walls of walnut.
The house was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006, after an extensive restoration.

Thornton Abell, architect
Richard Fish, photographer

Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

1966-1970

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