Landfair Apartments
Residential complex in Los Angeles, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Landfair Apartments is a historic two-building multi-family complex located on the southwest corner of Landfair Avenue and Ophir Drive in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. They were colloquially known as The Glass House and was renamed Robison Hall after UCHA member Everett Robison was drafted and killed in action in World War II.[1]
Landfair Apartments | |
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Location | SW corner of Landfair Ave. and Ophir Dr. 10940-10954 Ophir Dr., Westwood, Los Angeles, California. |
Coordinates | 34°04′05″N 118°27′04″W |
Built | 1937 |
Architect | Richard Neutra |
Governing body | University Cooperative Housing Association |
Designated | May 20, 1987 |
Reference no. | 320 |
The building is a part of a collection of homes designed by Los Angeles based modernist architect, Richard Neutra, and built in North West Westwood Village, which includes the Strathmore Apartments, Elkay Apartments, and Kelton Apartments.[2] Architectural historians Robert Winter and David Gebhard has said that the Landfair Apartments is Neutra's "most International Style designs...of the 1930s."[3]