los angeles architecture the strick house michael boyd and gabrielle doré interview by OLIVIER ZAHM photography by OLIVIER ZAHM All pictures of the Strick House copyright Niemeyer, Oscar / ADAGP, Paris, 2018 The Strick House in Santa Monica, by the legendary Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer, architect of the capital city Brasília, was the only residential structure he built in the United States, from which he was banned because of his communist politics. Niemeyer designed it from photographs and oversaw the construction via telephone and many letters. Several years ago, a developer bought the house, planning to raze it, and started to destroy the garden. Michael Boyd and his wife Gabrielle Doré heard about the endangered house on the day they were closing on the sale of their townhouse in Manhattan. The next day, Michael was on a plane to Los Angeles on a mission to save the house. He eventually renovated…