Lovell House or the Lovell Health house was a large modernist style house designed and built by Richard Neutra¸in 1929 on a site in Los Angeles, California for the physician Philip Lovell. The house was a turning point in Neutra's career. This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... Kaufman House, Palm Springs, California. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official language(s) English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

It was the first steel frame house in the United States and also made extensive use of concrete. Neutra was his own contractor for the project, not being satisfied with the quality of the work of available contractors.

Neutra exploited the steep hillside site fully by spreading out the house and making terraced gardens overflowing with greenery. More than any other of his other creations of domestic architecture, Lovell house showed off his mastery of landscaping. Many pictures of the house show only the main body, neglecting the gardens and their concrete retaining walls, and the outbuildings, which together combine to form a work of Art. Landscaping can refer to more than one subject: Real estate on large scale, see Landscape architecture Gardening on a large or small scale, see Landscape gardening Artwork, see Landscape painting Maintenance, see Landscape maintenance This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...

As was the case with other Neutra houses, the interior was both beautiful and cosy. In this domain, Neutra set himself apart form other genial modernist architects, who all too often put aesthetic considerations above human comfort. Not surprisingly, Philip Lovell was enchanted with the house and praised his architect publicly.

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References

• Hines, Thomas. Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
• Neutra, Richard Joseph. Life and Shape. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962.