Interior Style: The Temple of Wings
March 12, 2015 |
Diane Dorrans Saeks takes us inside the Temple of Wings, now a landmark and tribute to the bohemian early twentieth century in Berkeley. The original structure was designed by Bernard Maybeck in 1911–1914 as a residence and studio for dance teacher Florence Treadwell Boynton, her husband Charles, and their seven children. For Maybeck, influenced by the utopian ideals of John Ruskin and William Morris, the perfect California house was the native California landscape with just a few buildings scattered around “in case of rain,” and the Boynton’s home embodied this ideal. The structure was destroyed in the Berkeley wildfire of 1924 but was eventually rebuilt in a more conventional style than the Maybeck design. John Getty acquired the property in the 1990s, at which time he and his mother, Ann Getty, devoted their attention to assembling a focused collection of objects and paintings worthy of such a romantic and graceful home.
About the Lecturer: Diane Dorrans Saeks is a noted design lecturer, founder of the design/style blog The Style Saloniste, and the author of more than twenty books, including Hollywood Style, Palm Springs Living, and Michael S. Smith Elements of Style. She is contributing editor to House Beautiful and editor for C magazine and Papercity.
About the Venue: Pasadena’s First Church of Christ, Scientist (1910) was designed by Franklin Pierce Burnham in the Greek Ionic style to echo the design of the “mother” church in Boston. At the time of its construction, the church was the largest building in Pasadena, boasting an innovative fireproof design and featuring an impressive concrete reinforced dome.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist |
80 Oakland Street
Pasadena, CA 91101 |
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