Evan Curtis Charles Hall A'17

Project Chimney

Evan Curtis Charles Hall A'17 and his nonprofit, House Museum, were recently featured in The Art Newspaper, ArchPaper, and Los Angeles Daily News for Project Chimney, a memorial initiative in response to the devastating January wildfires in Pacific Palisades. Collaborating with the Los Angeles Conservancy and the Pacific Palisades Preservation Coalition, House Museum is documenting and relocating historically significant chimneys—some designed by icons like Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., Richard Neutra, and Paul R. Williams—to create the Palisades Fire Memorial. This public installation will serve as a site for remembrance and a resource for future rebuilding, honoring both the community and over a century of Southern California design.

Donations to support the project can be made here.

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