#shulman

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“there’s a hole in our life”

“but you will not forget this grief”

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Listen/purchase: Mushroom Therapy by Shulman

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Thompson House (1950) in Los Angeles, CA, USA, by Richard O. Spencer. Photo by Julius Shulman.

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Kaufman House, Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, California, Julius Shulman, 1947

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Sandra Shulman - The Interpretation of Dreams and Nightmares - Harrow - 1973 (cover design by One+One Studio)

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Durnin House, Long Beach, California, 1981. Photographed by Julius Shulman, © J. Paul Getty Trust.

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Julius Shulman, Case Study House #22, Pierre Koenig, architect, Los Angeles, California, 1960.

The building is also known as Stahl House.

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Woman and the ocean, ca. 1930 - by Julius Shulman (1910 - 2009), American

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Killingsworth Brady Smith | Julius Shulman

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Lee Shulman and Omar Victor Diop. Fom the series Being There

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Benedict and Nancy Freedman House

LOST in the L.A. fires...

Freedman House at 315 Vía De La Paz, Pacific Palisades was designed in 1949 by Modernist architect Richard Neutra.

The clients were Benedict and Nancy Freedman, a husband-and-wife screenwriting partnership who worked from home and had a new baby.

Sliding walls of glass opened the house up to the private yard and swimming pool. Inside, a built-in chaise lounge near the living room fireplace enhances this mini writers' retreat.

Over the decades, the house underwent thoughtful renovations by architect Peter Grueneisen for subsequent owners, ensuring its relevance while maintaining its architectural integrity.

Despite its historic significance and status as an enduring symbol of Neutra's vision, the Freedman House was tragically lost in recent fires.

This destruction serves as a sobering reminder of the vulnerability of architectural landmarks to environmental challenges, especially in wildfire-prone regions like California.

The loss not only diminishes our physical connection to mid-century modernism but also underscores the urgent need to prioritize the preservation and protection of culturally and architecturally significant structures through adaptive reuse and resilient design strategies. 

Photos: Julius Shulman, 1950,

©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; photo restoration by Modernist Collection.

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Cabana and Pool (1958) of the Brown Residence in Los Angeles, CA, USA, by Candreva & Jarrett. Photo by Julius Shulman.

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Case Study House #22, Julius Shulman, 1960

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Sandra Shulman - The Interpretation of Dreams and Nightmares - Castle - 1973

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Igor Shulman Morning Revelations 2021

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University of California dormitories, Los Angeles, 1981. Photographed by Julius Shulman, © J. Paul Getty Trust.