Prefab house tour, from start to finish
AH, modern living: handsome. Environmentally friendly. Delivered, move-in ready. Prefab enthusiasts can witness the possibilities as Marmol Radziner Prefab hosts a tour of the company’s new modular housing factory in Vernon on Sunday. Potential customers can get an inside look into the production of the Utah House 1, which will be prefabricated entirely in the factory and transported for site installation. Fans of prefab can preview the house’s structural insulated panels (SIPs), floor-to-ceiling windows, custom cabinets, concrete tile floors and solar panels. The factory holds three assembly lines that can produce 20 prefab modules at once; a cabinet, metal and window shop are also on site. The tour runs noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 3. Admission is free. Children must be 12 or older. Sign up by calling (310) 689-0089 or e-mailing rsvp@marmolradzinerprefab.com.
TODAY
Lecture: Architectural historian Robert Winter will lecture on his new book, “The Architecture of Entertainment: L.A. in the Twenties,” at 6:45 p.m. Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 913-4710.
Design house: Tours continue at the 2006 CALM Design Showcase House and Gardens, benefiting Child Abuse Listening and Mediation, a nonprofit prevention and treatment agency. Professionals have designed a 1922 George Washington Smith house in Santa Barbara. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 1. $30. (805) 965-2376.
Ceanothus: Horticulture writer David Fross will discuss newer cultivars and traditional selections of ceanothus and will suggest innovative uses as the opening installment of this fall’s Thursday Morning Seminar With Lili Singer series. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. $20 per class, payable at the door. Registration: (626) 821-3222. Next Thursday: “Nursery Hopping to Worldwide Exotics in Lakeview Terrace, and Bellefontaine Nursery in Pasadena.”
SATURDAY
Ethnobotany lecture: Instructor Cynthia Guthrie discusses the history of the Gabrielino-Tongva and Fernando-Tataviam people in “Traditional Uses of Native Plants in the Modern World.” A tour of the grounds follows at the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Theodore Payne, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley. Members $30, nonmembers $40. (818) 768-1802 or www.theodorepayne.org.
SUNDAY
Gardening class: Steve Gerischer opens the series “Gardening 101,” held the third Sunday of every month from 2 to 4 p.m. Classes will cover seasonal bulbs, lawn alternatives and preparing gardens for winter. $45 to $52 for the series or $18 to $20 per class. Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. Registration: (626) 821-3222.
SEPT. 30
Home tour: CA Boom, the annual springtime exposition catering to fans of modern design, continues its fall modern home tours. Destinations include West Hollywood (Sept. 30), Hollywood Hills and Los Feliz (Oct. 21), and Echo Park and Mount Washington (Nov. 11). Each installment will cover five to seven projects -- a mix of recently completed, nontraditional structures as well as contemporary renovations of 1960s homes. Shuttle service is included. Participants buy tickets for timed departures from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and projects remain open until 4:30 p.m. Admission is $75 or $85 per day. For more information, call (310) 394-8600 or go to www.caboomshow.com.
OCT. 1
Architecture tour: The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts a self-driven tour of Modernist residences in the Hollywood Hills, including homes by Pierre Koenig, Irving Gill, Frank Lloyd Wright, R.M. Schindler and John Lautner. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission $80, students and MAK members $65. Surcharge for shuttle service, $40; box lunches available for $15. Advance purchase recommended. (323) 651-1510, www.makcenter.org.
OCT. 14
Antiques show: The Golden California Antiques Show will include Arts and Crafts furniture, early California pottery and tile, fine artwork, American Indian pieces and other collectibles. Oct. 14 and 15. Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Road. www.goldencaliforniashow.com.
OCT. 15
AIA Home Tour: The American Institute of Architects’ Los Angeles chapter presents a self-guided tour of West L.A. homes designed by Ray Kappe, Anne Troutman and Aleks Istanbullu, Frank Fitzgibbons and Jennifer Siegal, among others. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. $75. (213) 639-0777, www.aialosangeles.org.
Lisa Boone
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