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His principal early work consisted of
private houses in the Los Angeles area, but like both
Schindler and Neutra, Ain had a marked interest in low-cost
housing. One example is his Dunsmuir Flats (1937-9), 1281
South Dunsmuir Avenue, Los Angeles. In 1940 Ain received a
Guggenheim Fellowship to explore a system of panel design
for such housing. In collaboration with landscape architect
Garrett Eckbo (b 1910) Ain produced setback housing units in
garden settings for various locations in the Los Angeles
area; most notable were Park Planned Homes (1946), Altadena,
CA, and two groups in Los Angeles, the Mar Vista Housing
complex and the Avenel Housing complex, 2839-45 Arenel
Street, Silver Lake (both 1948). In 1950, with Joseph
Johnson and Alfred Day, Ain designed an exhibition house for
the garden of MOMA, New York. Ain served as Dean of the
School of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, from
1963 to 1967. |
