A Los Angeles apartment building designed by modernist architect Rudolph Schindler has been updated by local firm Enclosure Architects to provide accommodation for its owners as well as short-term stays.
Tash Rahbar and Scott Strumwasser of the firm were enlisted to restore the sixteen-unit complex Manola Court, which Austrian-born American architect Schindler completed in Los Angeles between 1926 and 1939.

Schindler, who is a celebrated modernist architect, designed Manola Court to step down a sloping lot in the Silver Lake neighbourhood. The building's features were intended to suit California's hot climate, including a white, concrete construction, outdoor walkways and patios, and numerous custom details.

The property, also known as the Sachs Apartments, had fallen into disrepair over the decades since its completion. It was purchased in 2013 by its current owner Paul Finegold, who sought to revive the design. Enclosure Architects began by surveying the site and the building, finding its foundation was in need of substantial work.

"The condition of the buildings was very poor," Rahbar and Strumwasser told Dezeen.
"Rotted lumber, poorly conceived remodels, missing or damaged cabinetry, leaky roofs and dangerous electrical conditions is the short list of the items that needed attention."

The studio gathered plans and elevations, performed extensive forensic work, and researched the building's history and Schindler's other works in the area. They als...