Triangle Modernist Houses

Compiled by George Smart, Jr.                                                          

RICHARD JOSEPH NEUTRA (1892-1970)

Richard Neutra was born in Austria and moved to the US in 1923.  He worked briefly for Frank Lloyd Wright before opening up his own practice in Los Angeles.    Novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand based part of the character of Howard Roark in "The Fountainhead" on Neutra and lived in one of his houses, the Sternberg House.  

1946 - The Kaufmann House, 740 W. Chino Canyon Road, Palm Springs, CA.  Designed for the same family that owned Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Pennsylvania.  When Kaufmann died in 1955, the house was vacant for a number of years.  Then came several new owners, including Barry Manilow.  Bought by Brent and Beth Harris for $1.5M in 1992.  The house was then restored by architects Marmol and Radziner.    Now for sale by Christie's, who expect to get around $25 million.

The Case Study House #20 (The Bass House), Altadena, CA.  Recently sold for $4 million.

1959 - 15000 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. The Singleton House, bought in 2004 for $4 million by Vidal Sassoon.  He has it on the market for $20 million.