Architecture Field Trip - The Derby House in Glendale, CA

A couple weeks ago my instagram feed alerted me that a Lloyd Wright designed home was on the market and the first open house would be the following Wednesday. Lucky for me that it was nearby in neighboring Glendale!

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Neighborhood Field Trip - San Diego, Bankers Hill

I used to live a short jog from the Bankers Hill neighborhood near downtown San Diego and put together the following list of mid-century/modernist architecture places for a friend who was visiting.

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Architecture Field Trip - Glendale (mini)

This was a fun mini architecture fieldtrip in Glendale that included a house by architect A. Quincy Jones, a mid-century church and a mid-century library. It took all of an hour, including transportation!

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Architecture Field Trip - Century City

It’s very easy to turn a staycation into a mini-architecture field trip! This one was designed around a stay at the Century Plaza Hotel designed by Minoru Yamasaki. There were many other noteworthy architectural buildings near the hotel including the iconic Century Towers, also by Yamasaki.

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