SILVER LAKE ARCHITECTURE

04/11/2025

03/28/2025

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157604608077159/ Remembering architect Gregory Ain on his birthday.

Gregory Samuel Ain (1908 –1988) was one of the most important architects working in Los Angeles in the mid-20th century, best known for bringing modern architecture to lower- and medium-cost housing, addressing "the common architectural problems of common people". Architectural historian...

12/25/2024

Christmas with Lorrain at Kingsley Manor

10/27/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157635828495023/ off to Brentwood today to photograph more of its iconic architecture.

Brentwood is one of Los Angeles' great neighborhoods. Located on Los Angeles' westside, Brentwood has a temperate climate influenced by marine breezes off the Pacific Ocean. The area is affluent and has many famous residents both past and present including actors James Arness, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bea A...

10/26/2024

Time to cancel my LosAngeles times subscription not endorsing Kamala Harris for president is inexcusable

10/20/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157629782184421/ Remembering architect Don Hensman on his 100th birthday

Architects Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman began their careers as architects out of a friendship forged while both were students at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. The firm became one of the most influential architectural practices in Southern California. Calvin Straub,....

10/19/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157695750015274/ Remembering architect Pierre Koenig on his 99th birthday

Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He taught at the USC School of Architecture from 1964 until his death in 2004. He was the director of the undergraduate building science prog...

10/18/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157627837538129 Remembering William Kesling n his birthday: Master of the Streamline Moderne.

William Kesling (1899-1983) was a Los Angeles based architectural designer who designed primarily in the Streamline Moderne style for which he is recognized as one California's most prolific practitioners. His first project was begun that summer and completed in 1935. For the next two years, Kesling...

10/18/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157627837538129/ Remembering William Kesling on his birthday: Southern California's master of the Streamline Moderne.

10/17/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72157695750015274/ Remembering architect Pierre Koenig on his birthday

Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He taught at the USC School of Architecture from 1964 until his death in 2004. He was the director of the undergraduate building science prog...

10/12/2024

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/albums/72177720311907913 Remembering architect Cear Pelli on his birthday.

César Pelli was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. The American Institute of Architects named him one of the ten most influential living American architects in 1991 and awarded him the AIA Gold Medal in 1995. He design...