What Set Him Apart: The Books on Neutra’s Shelves
Modernist architect Richard Neutra (1892 – 1970) is renowned for his sleek, taut form-making. His ubiquitous trademarks include full-height glass walls, flat roofs, silver paint, white walls, bands of identical fenestration, crimped metal fascias, and broad overhangs. Above all, there is his famous “spider leg,” where a long beam stretches out beyond the building envelope, … Continue reading
The Bailey House / Case Study House #20
In the summer of 1946, Richard Neutra was recommended to a young dentist, and correspondence between the 30-year-old dentist and the 54-year-old architect began late that year. Stuart Bailey bought his lot in the Pacific Palisades directly from John Entenza, impresario and publisher of Arts and Architecture, who had purchased five acres on a beautiful … Continue reading
Die Ideen des Richard Neutra: The Ideas of Richard Neutra
This is a wonderful and little-known documentary. The Viennese-American Modern architect Richard Neutra (1892 – 1970) not only discusses but in a very physical way demonstrates his radical, prescient ideas about how to design for the human being. The setting is his birth home, Vienna, where Neutra gets to show off in the best sense … Continue reading
Video/Movie Appearances
1. Neutra: Survival Through Design by PJ Letofsky 2. VS Neutra – The Boomerang Chair
Ionic Perspectives: Neutra’s VDL Studio, a Dwell Video
Ionic Perspectives: Neutra’s VDL Studio, a Dwell Video
Visiting Neutra’s VDL Research II with Globe Trekkers
The British program on global adventures tours Los Angeles Modernism
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