Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, California. (Photo taken 2000.)

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Biography

Neutra was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1892. He studied under Adolf Loos, was influenced by Otto Wagner, and worked for a time in Germany in the studio of Erich Mendelsohn. He moved to the United States by 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1929. Neutra worked briefly for Frank Lloyd Wright before accepting an invitation from his close friend and university companion Rudolf Schindler to work and live communally in Schindler's Kings Road House in California. Neutra subsequently opened his own practice in Los Angeles with his son, Dion. He was famous for the great attention he gave to defining the real needs of his clients, whether he was commissioned to build a simple house or a mansion. This was in contrast with other genial architects, who would often do everything to impose their artistic vision on a client, regardless of what was really needed to create a home. He would sometimes use detailed questionnaires to find out exactly what the owners would need, much to the surprise of many of his clients. His domestic architecture was a blend of art, landscape and practical comfort. For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia–August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early-20th century Viennese architect. ... Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. ... Translation in progress Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in their style. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the worlds most prominent and influential architects. ... Lovell Beach House, Los Angeles California Rudolf Michael Schindler (1887–1953) was an Austrian-American architect who worked in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century. ... Schindler House exterior from Kings Road The Kings Road House, also known as Schindler Chace house or Schindler House, is a house in West Hollywood, California designed by architect Rudolf Schindler. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Treetops House

Neutra had a sharp sense of irony. For example, in his autobiography, Life and Shape, he included an anecdote about an anonymous movie producer-client who electrified the moat around the house that Neutra designed for him and had his Persian butler fish out the bodies in the morning and dispose of them in a specially designed incinerator. This was a much-embellished account of an actual client, Josef von Sternberg, who indeed had a moated house but not an electrified one. In a case of art imitating life, Ayn Rand based part of the character of Howard Roark in The Fountainhead on Neutra and lived - herself - in the Sternberg house. (A photo of Neutra and Rand at the home was famously captured by Julius Shulman.) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1708 KB) Aufnahme zeigt Treetops, entworfen von Richard und Dion Neutra, fertiggestellt 1980 von Dion Neutra. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1708 KB) Aufnahme zeigt Treetops, entworfen von Richard und Dion Neutra, fertiggestellt 1980 von Dion Neutra. ... Ironic redirects here. ... Josef von Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] known for creating a philosophy she named Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the... For the film, see The Fountainhead (film). ... This image by Barbara Alfors shows the Kaufman House in Palm Springs, California. ...

The revival in the late 90s of mid-century modernism has given new cachet to his work, as it's become (along with Lautner and Schindler's) trophy property for wide variety of Los Angeles pop culture, arts and media figures from hair stylist Vidal Sassoon and ex-Gucci and YSL head Tom Ford, actress Kelly Lynch and her screenwriter husband Mitch Glazer to more cutting-edge personalities such as XL clothing line founder Eli Bonerz and hardcore punk musician Jonathan Anastas. Prices have topped $4 million for Case Study 20 and $6 million for the Singleton House (purchased by Mr. Sasson in 2004 - the Singleton house is now back on the market, post renovation, at $20 million dollars). Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928) is a hairdresser. ... This article is about the fashion designer. ... Kelly Colleen Lynch (born January 31, 1959) is an American actress. ... Look up XL in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jonathan Anastas was an early influencer and participant (recording his first record at age 15) in the American musical movement known as Hardcore punk. ...

Neutra died in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1970. Wuppertal university Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

Neutra's son Dion has kept the Silverlake office open as "Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture" in Los Angeles. The office building itself - designed and built by Neutra - is currently on the market for $3.1 million dollars.

Selected works

• Lovell House, 1929, Los Angeles, California
• Von Sternberg House, 1935, San Fernando Valley
• Van der Leeuw House, also VDL I Reserach House, also Neutra House, 1932, Los Angeles, California{ [1]
• Windshield House, 1938, Fisher's Island, New York
• Emerson Junior High School, 1938, West Los Angeles, California
• Strathmore Apartments, 1938, Westwood, Los Angeles, California
• Ward-Berger House, 1939, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California
• Bonnet House, 1941, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California
• Kaufmann Desert House, 1946, Palm Springs, California
• Moore House, 1952, Ojai, California (received AIA award) [2]
• Bond House, 1960, San Diego, California
• R.J. Neutra Elementary, 1960, Naval Air Station Lemoore, in Lemoore, California (designed in 1929).
• Gettysburg Cyclorama Center, 1962, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• United States Embassy, 1963, Karachi, Pakistan
• Kuhns House, 1964, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
• Van der Leeuw House II, also VDL II Reserach House, also Neutra House, 1964,(rebuild with son Dion Neutra Los Angeles, California{ [3]
• Delcourt House, 1968-1969, Croix, Nord, France
• Case Study House programs

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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.

Sources

• Rand Biographical information, as documented on the Rand.org website and in the Shulman photographed meeting of Neutra and Rand at the Sternberg House, which Rand purchased in 1944.

External links

• http://www.neutra.org/
• http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888091,00.html
• http://www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/neutra.htm
• http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Richard_Neutra.html
• http://davidszondy.com/future/city/neutra.htm
• http://www.isdesignet.com/Magazine/J_F'01/cover.html
• http://www.modernsandiego.com/RichardNeutra.html
• http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/shulman/architects/neutra/projects2.html
• http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfont&id=18
• Troxell Residence (LandLiving.com)
• Winkens.ie (Info from the Winkens family with photos)
• http://www.neutravdl.org (history, plans and photographs of the VDL I & VDL II Research Houses