If
you missed our in-person program at Franklin D. Israels Roberts Residence last
year, here is your chance to learn about his legacy from Todd Gannon, author ofFranklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture(Getty Research Institute,
2025).
Acclaimed
Los Angeles designer Israel (1945-1996) created innovative residential projects
and office interiors that made him one of the most talked-about designers of
his generation. In this vivid account, Gannon draws on archival resources,
analyses of Israels buildings, and recent interviews with colleagues, clients,
and contemporaries, including Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, and Robert A. M. Stern.
Gannon
traces Israels development from his early years and career on the East Coast to
his formative world travels and residence at the American Academy in Rome. The
author guides readers through LAs architectural context, Israels influential
teaching at UCLA, his dalliance with Hollywood, and the personal motivations
behind his work—all aspects of an influential career that was cut short by his
death from AIDS-related complications at the age of 50.
Gannon is professor of architecture at Ohio State Universitys Knowlton
School and the author ofReyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High
Tech(Getty, 2017), which was the subject of a previous SAH/SCC "Authors
on Architecture" program.
Gannon on Israel—Sunday, March 2, 2025; 1-2:30 PM Pacific;
$5. Go to www.sahscc.org and pay via PayPal; or mail in order form with
check; Zoom link sent upon registration.
