Ashes of Modernism - The loss of modern architecure during the great LA Fires 2025

Ashes of modernism’ by Marc Trautmann.

Following a series of devastating fires, the destruction of iconic mid-century, brutalist and contemporary modernist homes in Pacific Palisades and Altadena was documented over an eight-week period. Among the losses were rare works by Gregory Ain, Ray Kappe, Robert Bridges, Kemper Nomland and Richard Neutra, including the Freedman House (1949) and the Bridges House (1991), a unique blend of Brutalism and wood. These buildings, which once represented the pinnacle of innovation, are now skeletons and ashes. This project, supported by the Richard Neutra Society in Germany, aims to reflect the fragility of architectural heritage in the face of climate catastrophe.
The project is currently seeking contacts with institutions and magazines to disseminate it.
The project includes the production of a ten-minute video recording.

“Ashes of Modernism”
Ashes of Modernism- a documentation on the loss of iconic modern architecture
“Skoda-Enyaq-RS-Marc-Trautmann”
Skodagram
“Toyota HILUX GR”
Beschreibung
“BMW M4 x RICK OWENS”
Two worlds meet in vibrant and contrasting Cape Town
“Touching Infinty”
Only a single breath separates us from the unknown
“VEHICULE x LAND ROVER DEFENDER”
At the edge of the world, we feel freedom and infinity, but also humility in the face of its power.
“DTLA Tracker”
It is not an overwhelming urge to reach out to them, but a silent desire to see them only from afar, forever.
“MORPH”
The new BMW IX 40 shot in Milan with Ilaria Nazarova by Next Models Milan.
“Find your Ikigai”
A filmed surf trip from Malibu to Point Mugu with the Audi Q8
“Moving on”
A film of a personal voyage
“The Forest”
Mini Clubman Cooper S in Taunus Mountains
“Audi Q3”
Urban and private spheres in the metropolis of Tokyo
“Moving lightz”
The moving light