Asian Influence on Pasadena’s Craftsman & Mid-Century Modern Homes

Kansha Pasadena and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California will be co-sponsoring a two-and-a-half-hour bus tour on “Asian Architectural Influence on Pasadena’s Craftsman and Mid Century Modern Homes” on Sunday, June 4.

Pasadena has one of the best, and most extensive, collections of Asian influenced architecture in the United States. There are significant Asian architectural influences on four different residential building styles in Pasadena: “High style” Arts and Crafts by Greene and Greene and the Heineman Brothers, vernacular Craftsman bungalows, Mid Century Modern by Buff and Hensman and other Pasadena modernist architects, and even in California Ranch Style Homes.

The tour will be narrated by Dave Nufer, a presenter, docent, and program developer with Pasadena Heritage and the LA Conservancy. 

The co-sponsoring organization, Kansha Pasadena, is a leading Pasadena cultural organization celebrating and highlighting Asian American and Japanese American culture and history. 

This tour explores these, sometimes subtle, Chinese and Japanese architectural influences on thousands of Pasadena area homes, influences that have helped to shape our cityscape. This bus tour will be passing by and stopping at numerous examples of Greene and Greene, vernacular bungalow, and  Mid Century Modern, the Pacific Asia Museum and other Asian inflected architectural styles. 

The two-and-a-half-hour bus tour begins at Parking Lot I (Brookside Aquatics Center) at 10 AM.

Rose Bowl Stadium-Lot I
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, California 91103

Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour, if not sold out.