California’s History of Residential Design Innovation UCB OLLI Spring 2021 Syllabus Dr. Linda L. Day Each lecture is a gallery of images that tell the story of California’s housing innovation. Week 1 Adobes, Cottages, Bungalows Peralta Adobe Interior, 1797 Perkins Cabin, 1849 Geography, climate, and culture influenced the Spanish/Mexican adobe building traditions and those of the Americans and Europeans who used coastal forests and wood frame building traditions who followed them in colonizing California. Wood frame workers’ cottages and bungalows reflected and influenced American home building. Suggested Reading and Viewing for Session 1 Kirker, Harold, California’s Architectural Frontier: Style and Tradition in the 19th Century, NY: Russell & Russell, 1960. McCoy, Esther, Five California Architects, NY: Praeger, 1975. Winter, Robert, The California Bungalow, LA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1980. Restoring Presidio Adobe Walls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLgbzNGuHrs Buster Keaton’s “One Week” from 1920 depicts his attempt to assemble a mail order bungalow. https://www.jamescolincampbell.com/california-bungalows/
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California’s History of Residential Design Innovation UCB OLLI Spring 2021 Syllabus
Dr. Linda L. Day
Each lecture is a gallery of images that tell the story of California’s housing innovation.
Week 1 Adobes, Cottages, Bungalows
Peralta Adobe Interior, 1797 Perkins Cabin, 1849
Geography, climate, and culture influenced the Spanish/Mexican adobe building traditions and
those of the Americans and Europeans who used coastal forests and wood frame building
traditions who followed them in colonizing California. Wood frame workers’ cottages and
bungalows reflected and influenced American home building.
Suggested Reading and Viewing for Session 1
Kirker, Harold, California’s Architectural Frontier: Style and Tradition in the 19th
Century, NY: Russell & Russell, 1960.
McCoy, Esther, Five California Architects, NY: Praeger, 1975.
Winter, Robert, The California Bungalow, LA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1980.