Westwood in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Landfair Apartments

Photographed By Craig Baker, August 17, 2023

1. Landfair Apartments Marker

Inscription. International style. Built 1937. Richard Neutra - architect. Historic-Cultural Monument No. 320, Declared - May 20, 1987, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department.

Erected 1987 by City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 320.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.

Location. 34° 4.108′ N, 118° 27.071′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Westwood. Marker is at the intersection of Landfair Avenue and Ophir Drive, on the right when traveling east on Landfair Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10944 Ophir Dr, Los Angeles CA 90024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Strathmore Apartments (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kelton Apartments (approx. ¼ mile away); Los Angeles National Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tischler Residence (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fox Village Theater (approx. half a mile away); Fox Bruin Theater

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(approx. half a mile away); Address by President Lincoln (approx. half a mile away); Birthplace of the Internet - 1969 (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Landfair Apartments. This is a two-building multi-family complex located on the southwest corner of Landfair Avenue and Ophir Drive in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Colloquially known as The Glass House and renamed Robison Hall after University Cooperative Housing Association member Everett Robison was drafted and killed in action in World War II.
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. Architectural historians Robert Winter and David Gebhard has said that the Landfair Apartments is Neutra's "most International Style designs...of the 1930s." A model of the building was one of two chosen to represent Neutra's work in a 1982 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
It was designed in 1937 in the International style. It originally consisted of five townhouses

Photographed By Craig Baker, August 17, 2023

2. Landfair Apartments Marker

Also mounted to the wall is a 1/25/87 L.A.Times article about raising funds to Renovate Landfair Apartments.

and two apartments and was purchased in 1941 by the University Cooperative Housing Association. The balconies and exterior glazing were removed when the building was converted to dormitory-style living for UCLA. It has been altered to meet seismic and accessibility standards. One unit was left unchanged to document Neutra's original townhouse design.

On May 20, 1987, the City of Los Angeles designated the building Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 320.

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Photographed By Craig Baker, August 17, 2023

3. Landfair Apartments

Photographed By Craig Baker, August 17, 2023

4. Landfair Apartments

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5. Sheats Apartments

On Strathmore north of Landfair, designed by John Lautner, built in 1949. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 367.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 19, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 5. submitted on August 20, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.