Pasadena Heritage: The Asian Roots of Pasadena’s Arts and Crafts Architecture

Join Pasadena Heritage for Pasadena’s Architectural Legacies, three virtual Zoom programs and a walking tour featuring often-overlooked people and places of diversity that helped build Pasadena’s community.

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In The Asian Roots of Pasadena’s Arts and Crafts Architecture, Pasadena Heritage researcher and docent David Nufer explores the history, culture and architectural contributions of one the city’s largest minority communities. The influence of Asian architecture on the houses of Greene & Greene, vernacular Craftsman bungalows, and Mid-Century Modern houses of Buff & Hensman highlight why Pasadena has perhaps the best examples of Arts and Crafts architecture in the Western United States. This lecture highlights the connections between ancient Chinese and Japanese wooden architecture and these 20th Century building styles.

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