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Rosen House (1962)

Craig Ellwood, Designer & Jerrold Lomax, Architect

 Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA,

The design of this Mid Century Modern house was heavily influenced by the Edith Farnsworth House of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Characteristics include a highly symmetrical layout around a sunken center courtyard. Boxlike linearity is maintained with floor to ceiling windows along with vertical and horizontal planes of contrasting materials.

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Cleistocactus candelilla

Cleistocactus flowers are often wonderful displays of color-fades - in this case, purplish-red at the base, then abruptly fading to pale yellow before ending with purple tips. These are South American slender-columnar cacti from the southern Andes, and C. candelilla comes from south-central Bolivia. The narrow flowers are custom-tailored for hummingbird bills.