When German photographer Mona Kuhn visited the 1922 house designed by the Austrian architect Rudolph Schindler, she was captivated less by its repute as a premier example of modernism in Los Angeles than a sense of what it must have been like to live there. She imagined Schindler, who had come to the city to work with Frank Lloyd Wright, enjoying the promise of the post-war era. His house was built on a dirt track called Kings Road, which is also the title of Steidl’s book on Kuhn’s project. It embodies his 'space architecture', rooms that he designed to be open to the warm climate with outdoor dining, warm wood finishes and intentionally human, even cosy, proportions.
