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West Hollywood · California · 1922

Two couples, one house, no bedrooms

They slept in rooftop 'sleeping baskets' under the stars.

Rudolph and Pauline Schindler — West Hollywood · California
Photo: Allan Ferguson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source

Architect Rudolph Schindler built this house in 1922 for his family and friends Clyde and Marian Chace, with shared kitchen and studios instead of traditional bedrooms.

The couples slept in open-air 'sleeping baskets' on the roof. It became a salon for artists and radicals in 1920s Los Angeles.

It is now the MAK Center for Art and Architecture.

Timeline

  1. 1922
    The house is completed.
  2. 1953
    Schindler dies.
  3. 1994
    Opens as the MAK Center.

An experiment in living together became one of the first modern houses in the world.

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