Key Buildings:
Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs, California, USA
1946
Lovell House, Los Angeles, California
1928

The Kaufmann House to be auctioned by Christie’s 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



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Richard Neutra teacher : architect Adolf Loos

Austrian architect

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