Smith and Williams: Divina Vista tract housing (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Description
Smith and Williams designed the Divina Vista housing tract for the Security Development Corporation in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park.
Smith and Williams argued that the problem of tract houses— small lots too close together—could be solved by skillful designers. They believed that “the house and lot must be intensively used together to result in a unit of total living.”
Smith and Williams argued that the problem of tract houses— small lots too close together—could be solved by skillful designers. They believed that “the house and lot must be intensively used together to result in a unit of total living.”
Creator
Smith and Williams, architects
Julius Shulman, photographer
Julius Shulman, photographer
Source
Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Date
1955-1956
Rights
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
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Collection
Citation
Smith and Williams, architects
Julius Shulman, photographer, “Smith and Williams: Divina Vista tract housing (Monterey Park, Calif.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed April 20, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/517.