LA Architecture: Celebrating Greystone Mansion Architect Gordon Kaufmann

One of the most celebrated architectural sites in Los Angeles, the Greystone Mansion, is the creation of renowned architect Gordon Kaufmann. A new book, Gordon P. Kaufmann, authored by Marc Appleton, Bret Parsons, and Steve Vaught, is the first of a new series Master Architects of Southern California published by Angel City Press. We have enjoyed collaborating with Appleton and Parsons on various design projects through the years.

Gordon Kaufmann was born in 1888 in Forest Hill, London, England and graduated from London Polytechnic Institute, circa 1908. Kaufmann then moved to Vancouver, BC, where he spent the next six years. He arrived in California in 1914 and settled in Fresno, CA. Three of his most notable projects of his career are recognized as the Greystone Mansion, Santa Anita Park and the Hollywood Palladium.

Celebrating the Style of Greystone

Greystone Mansion, also known as the Doheny Mansion, is a Tudor Revival mansion on a landscaped estate with distinctive formal English gardens, located in Beverly Hills. Architect Gordon Kaufmann designed the residence and ancillary structures, and construction was completed in 1928. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as Doheny Estate/Greystone. The 55-room, Tudor-style former residence, 46,000 sq ft, is situated on 16 acres of land. It was built at a cost of over $4 million, and was the most expensive home built in California up to that time.

ADG Lighting was proud to be a part of the 2013 Designer Showcase at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills with interior design company L’Esperance Design, celebrating business titan William Randolph Hearst. The Greystone grand foyer was one of the spaces selected to honor the design taste of the media mogul. We selected atelier chrome fixtures and lamps that formerly sat at the Hearst estate for the showcase. Read more about our project at the Greystone Mansion!

“Every great architect is – necessarily – a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”

~Frank Lloyd Wright

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