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State of California -The Resources Agency
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET
<br />Resource Name or #: 1700-1740 E. Garry Avenue
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<br />The post-WW II construction boom created a demand for more efficient construction methods, creating
<br />inroads for the tilt -up industry. The advent of high -capacity mobile cranes, portable welders (for rebar),
<br />custom lifting devices, structural wall bracing, and ready -mix concrete trucks enabled builders to erect tilt -up
<br />buildings quickly. Into the 1970s, engineers began developing designs to use tilt -up concrete walls as load -
<br />bearing structural elements. The proliferation of microcomputers enabled more sophisticated architectural
<br />treatments and complex panel shapes. These methods and systems were employed throughout the United
<br />States, including in Southern California where suburban business parks and commercial -office / business
<br />centers were constructed in isolated campus settings and along auto corridors radiating through cities
<br />between connecting highways. By the 1970s, Tilt -up construction was widely recognized by builders and
<br />commercial real estate owners as durable, with less opportunity for leaks, and an efficient construction
<br />process, making it the primary method of industrial and commercial buildings constructed in the 1970s and
<br />beyond, secondarily resulting in a monotonous horizontal landscape throughout Southern California's
<br />commercial -industrial zones. By the mid-1980s the Tilt -Up Concrete Association (TCA) was formed from the
<br />Portland Cement Association to provide input to code bodies, develop technical information to meet the
<br />needs of the Tilt -Up industry, and promote the benefits of Tilt -Up. Originally led by Executive Director Don
<br />Musser, the TCA was originally funded by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) and the National
<br />Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), with each association also providing organizational supportY
<br />In the contemporary period, the most significant examples of cast concrete, tilt -up, and modular construction
<br />generally originate from the Brutalist style. From the French phrase ,beton ,brut, meaning "raw concrete,"
<br />Brutalist architecture peaked in the 1960s and 1970s, but the style began several decades earlier, following
<br />World War II as Europe was in a state of rebuilding. The word "brutalism" in relation to architecture was
<br />coined in 1950 by Swedish architect Hans Asplund in reference to a home called Villa Goth. The style was
<br />designed for function and utilitarianism and was primarily used in social and institutional buildings. Mass-
<br />produced tilt -up buildings like 1700-1740 E. Garry represent the basest form of modular construction and are
<br />not regarded as examples of Brutalism, sharing only a common material and temporal dimension.
<br />Property Ownership History
<br />Between 1973 and 1974, the property was under the ownership of the Rodeffer Investments.15 Rodeffer
<br />Investments was a local land development company that was founded by Elmer Orion Rodeffer in 1967.
<br />During the 1960s and 1990s, the company purchased several investment properties and constructed both
<br />commercial and industrial -use buildings throughout the Orange County area.16 They were known for using
<br />the tilt -up concrete building method, which offered a fast, efficient, and economical way to build." From their
<br />main office in Newport Beach, the company designed custom office condominiums at affordable prices. By
<br />the 1980s, as the company expanded they established a partnership with the Hawthorne Development
<br />Company." Together they designed and constructed several commercial -use buildings in the Laguna Hills
<br />area.19 In 1981, the company was awarded the Construction Industry Award For Engineering Excellence for
<br />their work on an unidentified project in Sun City.20 Around this time, Rodeffer Investments served as the
<br />starting point for noted architect Mark Singer, who briefly worked at the company following his graduation
<br />from California State Los Angeles.21 Singer would go on to become an award -winning architect in Laguna and
<br />a fellow of the American Institute of Architect's.22 Over the years, the property was acquired by different
<br />s Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1974.
<br />6 Ibid; Las Vegas Review -Journal, March 23, 1997.
<br />17 Ibid.
<br />1s Ibid.
<br />19 The Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1981.
<br />20 Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1981.
<br />Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2015.
<br />zz Mark Singer, Mark Singer Architect: Awards. Website. http://www.marksin�zerarchitects.com/awards.
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