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John Elgin Woolf (1908 in Atlanta – 1980 in Beverly Hills, California), was an American architect noted for the Hollywood homes he created with partner and adopted son Robert Koch Woolf.
Known for a theatricality that echoed the flamboyance of movie sets, Hollywood Regency style eschewed the spare Bauhaus-derived designs built by many architects in Southern California during the postwar period.
Jun 6, 2015 · John Elgin Woolf Office and Residence, Los Angeles (1945-48) The tour will conclude with a viewing of one of John Elgin Woolf’s most iconic projects: his 1940s Office and Residence on Melrose Place, where the key design elements and strategies of the “Architect to the Stars” were born.
The personal office and studio of John Elgin Woolf on Melrose Place in Los Angeles, was a multi-building compound with an imposing entrance door, secluded courtyards, and light-filled rooms. The office allowed Woolf to bring his specific design…
Feb 28, 2015 · Known for his lavish Bel Air and Beverly Hills estates, John Elgin Woolf was the mid-20th-century’s preeminent architect to the stars, designing houses for the likes of Katharine Hepburn,...
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The house for Pendleton in Beverly Hills was one of the first and most complete realizations of Woolf's Hollywood Regency style. With the large front entrance door, mansard roof, and symmetrical oval windows flanking the front door, the residence contains all of Woolf's signature style.
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Jun 12, 2010 · In the 40s, 50s, and 60s, architect John Elgin Woolf and his partner, lover, and, later, adopted son, designer Robert Koch Woolf, gave the Beverly Hills elite a new kind of home, as glamorous...
