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Paul Laszlo’s Schiff House

Nov 21, 2022
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Doctor to the stars Hans Schiff built a shining example of International Style in Whitley Heights — by architect and interior designer Paul Laszlo.


6624 Whitley Terrace was photographed by Julius Shulman for the February 1940 edition of The Architectural Forum (J. Paul Getty Trust)
6624 Whitley Terrace was photographed by Julius Shulman for the February 1940 edition of The Architectural Forum (J. Paul Getty Trust)

In 1939, a decade after the neighborhood’s Mediterranean restriction ended, German-born Schiff hired the Hungarian émigré to design his family’s modern home at 6624 Whitley Terrace, characterized by glass brick and a “moat of air” separating the residence from the street.

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