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Key Buildings:
Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs, California, USA
1946
Lovell House, Los Angeles, California
1928
The Kaufmann House to be auctioned by Christies New York in May
2008
Richard Neutra (1892-1970)
Modernist architect famous for sleek luxurious private houses in southwestern
USA.
Richard Neutra was born in Vienna. In 1923 he emigrated to the United
States of America.
Richard Neutra - key
influence: Rudolf Schindler
Californian
Architecture
Richard Neutra - Buildings (chronological):
Lovell House, Los Angeles, California, USA
1929
Von Sternberg House, San Fernando Valley, USA
1935
Emerson Junior High School, West Los Angeles, California
1938
Strathmore Apartments, Westwood, Los Angeles, California
1938
Ward-Berger House, Hollywood Hills, California
1939
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, California
1946
Moore House, Ojai, California
1952
Bond House, San Diego, California
1960
R.J. Neutra Elementary, Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California
1960
Gettysburg Cyclorama Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1962 - due for demolition 2008
United States Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan
1963
Kuhns House, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
1964
Delcourt House, Croix, Nord, France
1968-69
Case Study Houses
The Moore House won an AIA Award
Richard Neutra
architect : American buildings
Links re Richard Neutra:
Adolf Loos architect
Erich Mendelsohn architect
Frank Lloyd Wright architect
Richard Neutra - Education:
Technische Hochschule, Vienna, Austria : 1917
Taught by architect Adolf Loos
Richard Neutra - Early Career:
He worked for Erich Mendelsohn (1921-22) and in America for Frank Lloyd
Wright
then Rudolf Schindler. He set up his practice in Los Angeles.
Similar to Ray and Charles Eames, Richard's architectural partner was
Dione, his
wife. Later his son Dion worked for the practice.
Neutra died back in Europe in Wuppertal, Germany. Richard's son Dion continued
the practice as Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture
Richard Neutra - Books:
Life and Shape (Autobiography)
Richard Neutra
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962
Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture
Thomas Hines
Oxford University Press, 1982
Richard Neutra : American
architect
World Architecture : e-architect
- a guide to key buildings across the globe
Richard Neutra teacher :
architect Adolf Loos
Austrian architect
Comments / photos for the Richard Neutra Architecture page welcome:
info@e-architect.co.uk
Richard Neutra - page : adrian
welch / isabelle lomholt
Website: www.neutra.org
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