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Title: Lek, Dr. and Mrs. Lodewijk, residence
Creator: Parker, Maynard L., 1900-1976
Contributor: Harris, Harwell Hamilton, 1903-1990, Architect
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1942]
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Exterior and interior views of house.
"Dr. & Mrs. Lodewijk Lek House (1942) 1600 Mecca Drive La Jolla - destroyed Like Harris’ Birtcher House (Los Angeles, 1942), the Lek residence design began as the US entered WWII. Harris’ Solar House for Libbey-Owens-Ford (1942), with some modification became the Lek House. Within the structure’s L-shaped plan, Harris devised ways to control the sun by reflecting it, filtering it, intercepting it, harnessing it, and absorbing it – including a continuous band of clerestories as well as a hinged fin rotating with the sun to extend the afternoon’s duration of shade. Published in Pencil Points 24, May 1943." [http://www.modernsandiego.com/HHHaris.html]
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Type: image
Extent: Number of items: 22 ; Black-and-white negatives (22)
Identifier: photCL MLP 0520
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll5/id/6836
Language: English
Subject: Architecture, Domestic--Photographs
Architecture--Details--Photographs
Architecture, Modern--20th century--Photographs
Lawns--Photographs
Gardens--Photographs
Dining rooms--Photographs
Outdoor living spaces--Photographs
Living rooms--Photographs
Private libraries--Photographs
Bedrooms--Photographs
Interior decoration--Photographs
House furnishings--Photographs
Decorative arts--Photographs
Place: La Jolla, Calif.
Source: Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material
Maynard L. Parker Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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