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AKA: Solar Umbrella House, Venice, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses
Designers: Pugh + Scarpa, Architects (firm); Gwynne Pugh (architect); Lawrence Scarpa (architect)
Dates: constructed 1924
Scarpa re-designed the house to accommodate three people in 2004-2005.
The Committee on the Environment of the American Institute of Architects named the Brooks-Scarpa House one of its Top Ten Green Buildings of 2006.
The house originally contained 450 square feet and was altered in 1934 with the addition of 600 square feet; work in 1997 created 650 more square feet of space. Lawrence Scarpa renovated the house in 2004-2005, adding 1,150 square feet at that time.
PCAD id: 8356
