Hollywood’s Seventh House gallery opened in 2021 within the spaces of Frank Gehry’s Danziger Studio and Residence. A design gallery dedicated to early 20th century, postmodern and contemporary design, it made itself right at home in the cubic building.
Started as an off-project of nearby Galerie Half, a Melrose Avenue gallery specialising in antiques and early 20th-century furniture, Seventh House gallery features a more modern interpretation of design, mixing earlier examples of modernism with pieces from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as contemporary design.
Bed by Green River Project LLC
Conceived like a house, the gallery’s interiors are curated to be in dialogue with Gehry’s original architectural features. Described as ‘an understated token of early Gehry architecture’, Danziger Studio and Residences is located at the intersection of Melrose Avenue with North Orange Drive, and appears as two offset grey cubes with a stucco façade. Designed in 1965 and commissioned by graphic designer Louis Danziger, the building explored some of the themes that would later recur in the architect’s work, including material exploration and the intersection between aesthetics and sustainability.
‘Ahmedabad Stools’ by Le Corbusier
Inside, the airy structure is defined by exposed ceiling beams and tall windows, giving the space a distinct lightness. The interiors of the historic landmark were kept as a home, with each room maintaining its original function and at the same time displaying modern works by the likes of Maria Pergay, Enzo Mari and Le Corbusier. These are complemented by contemporary pieces by American designers Courtney Applebaum and Giancarlo Valle, while New York-based Green River Project LLC has created sculptural bedroom furniture among other pieces. In the compact courtyard, designs include Gae Aulenti’s legendary poolside furniture as well as 1950s lounge seats by Walter Lamb.
The house's architecture means Seventh House gallery is completely insulated from the busy streets outside, and makes it a peaceful, quiet design escape in the city.
Detail of masonite bed by Green River Project LLC
View from the first floor. On the left, Ahmedabad console desk by BV Doshi and Le Corbusier, 1960. On the right, Flying Carpet daybed by Maria Pergay, 1968
Emme daybed by Enzo Mari, 1974, Tem pedestal by Atelier Viollet, 2021
Jane coffee table in stoneware and zinc, by Studio Giancarlo Valle, 2021, Apis bench by Atelier Viollet, 2021
Danish sofa from the 1940s in the bedroom
INFORMATION
ADDRESS
7001 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA
90038
-
Designer Marta de la Rica’s elegant Madrid studio is full of perfectly-pitched contradictionsThe studio, or ‘the laboratory’ as de la Rica and her team call it, plays with colour, texture and scale in eminently rewarding ways
-
‘Nothing just because it’s beautiful’: Performance artist Marina Abramović on turning her hand to furniture designMarina Abramović has no qualms about describing her segue into design as a ‘domestication’. But, argues the ‘grandmother of performance art’ as she unveils a collection of chairs, something doesn’t have to be provocative to be meaningful
-
A local’s guide to Los Angeles by defiant artist Fawn RogersOregon-born, LA-based artist Fawn Rogers gives us a personal tour of her adopted city as it hosts its sixth edition of Frieze
-
Art, artefacts and Armani Casa: step into our Made in Italy showcaseIn this photographic series, we combine Armani Casa’s timeless furniture collections with Italian art and rare artefacts to tell the story of Made in Italy craftsmanship
-
Playful design codes rule in this London Victorian family home2LG Studio embraces colour and comfort in an extensive renovation of a Victorian family home
-
Design at the White House: the creatives working with US Presidents past and presentInterior designers, fashion designers and artists, whose collaborators have included the White House and its residents, with commissions that range from interior refits to presidential portraits
-
Essx store opens in New York’s Lower East SideEssx is a new concept and community store by local architecture firm Leong Leong and designer Yossi Shetrit
-
Eastside Bowl scores big with a maximalist postmodern aestheticDesigned by Cowboy Creative, Eastside Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee, combines American nostalgia and southern charm
-
The Design Parade kicks off a creative Summer in the French MediterraneanDesign Parade 2023, set between Hyères and Toulon until the fall, features a showcase of design by emerging and established talent
-
This Los Angeles bolthole by Masastudio and Kelly Wearstler is a carefully considered gemLaid out like a village, the first collaboration between LA-based Masastudio and Kelly Wearstler is a sculptural family home inspired by Mediterranean architecture
-
Building Salmon Creek Farm: inside California’s ultimate creative retreatSalmon Creek Farm's founder, the architecture-trained artist Fritz Haeg, opens the doors to his cultural commune and tells us its story
