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RICHARD JOSEF NEUTRA (1892-1970) Richard Neutra was born in Vienna, Austria. He was educated with Adolf Loos and influenced by Otto Wagner at the Technical University of Vienna, graduating in 1917. He also studied at the University of Zürich. Neutra moved to the US in 1923 and became a US citizen in 1929. He worked for Frank Lloyd Wright in 1924 and Rudolf Schindler from 1924-26 before opening up his own practice in Los Angeles in 1928. Novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand based part of her character “Howard Roark” on Neutra in her seminal novel The Fountainhead. She also lived in his Sternberg House. In 1949, Time magazine featured Neutra on its cover (below) and ranked him second only to Frank Lloyd Wright in American architecture. After that, he had all the work he could ever want. Between 1927 and 1969, Neutra designed more than 300 houses in California and a few elsewhere. Neutra coined the term biorealism, which means "the inherent and inseparable relationship between man and nature.”
In 1965, Neutra formally partnered with one of his sons, shown below, as Richard and Dion Neutra and Associates. In 1966, he moved back to Vienna. He died in Germany in 1970. The firm, however, continues today.
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1929 - Neutra’s reputation was firmly established with the Philip M. and Lea Lovell house, aka the Health House, 4616 Dundee Drive, Los Angeles CA. 4807 square feet. It was the first US steel-framed house built in the International style. It is also an early example of the use of gunite (sprayed-on concrete). Neutra’s client, who was a fitness expert, wanted the house to symbolize physical well-being. Once the house was built, Neutra conducted tours which resulted in more than 15,000 visitors. The house was included in the 1932 Museum of Modern Art exhibit that rdefined the International style. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Appeared in the film LA Confidential. Sold in 1973 to current owner Betty L. Topper.
1932 - The Van der Leeuw House (aka the VDL Research House or The Neutra House), 2300 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles CA. Neutra and his family lived here. Tragically, it burned in 1963 but was rebuilt in 1964. In 1990 Richard Neutra's wife Dione, left it to the California Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design. Open for tours on Saturdays and by appointment. In 1999 it was named one of the World Monument Fund's 100 Most Endangered Sites. There are several roof leaks which are particularly troublesome - and expensive. More info here.
1932 - The Austrian Werkbund House, built for a competition in Vienna Austria.
1933 - The Ernest and Bertha Mosk House, 2742 Hollyridge Drive, Los Angeles CA. As of 2007, the owners were Martin and Leslie Suarez.
1933 - The Nathan Koblick House, 98 Fairview Avenue, Atherton CA. As of 1994, owned by the Taube family, who did renovations.
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1934 - The Anna Sten-Franke House,
126 Mabery
Road, Santa Monica CA.
1934 - The William and Melba
Beard
House,
1981 Meadowbrook, Altadena CA.
Designed with Gregory Ain. Steel construction with components by the H.H. Robertson Company
of Pittsburgh PA. A foundation slab composed of
diatomaceous material served as a radiant heat source. Bottom color photos by S. Saute.
1200 square feet. As of 2007, the owner was Charles W. Devore.
1934 - The Galka E. Scheyer House, 1880 Blue Heights Drive, Los Angeles CA. Later renovated by Gregory Ain. As of 2007, the owner was Frank M. Devine.
1935 - The Josef Von Sternberg House, 10000 Tampa Avenue, Northridge area of Chatsworth CA. Movie director Von Sternberg famously insisted that there be no door locks on the bathrooms in case a temperamental actor or actress decided to kill themselves in the stalls. After passing through several owners, Ayn Rand bought the house with her husband, Frank. She called it “unbelievably wonderful.” It was demolished in 1972 to make way for a housing development. Photos by Julius Shulman.
1935 - The Largent House, 49 Hopkins Avenue, San Francisco CA. Sold to Wayne Edfors.
1936 - The Josef Kun House I, 7960 Fareholm Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed with Gregory Ain. Sold to Bruce and Kimi Westcott. Sold in 2008 to DEVO musician Gerald Casale for $2M. Near the Kun House II.
1936 - Plywood Model Experimental House, 427 Beloit Avenue, Los Angeles CA. As of 2008, the owners were William J. and Shirley Brice.
1937 - The Harry Koblick House,
1816-1818 Silverwood Terrace, Los
Angeles CA.
1937 - The Albert Ruben House, 50 Haldeman Road, Santa Monica CA. Has been expanded and remodeled. As of 2008, owned by Ronald and Catherine Kurstin.
1937 - The Charles and Lillian B. Richter House, 1820 Kenneth Way, Pasadena CA. He invented the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes. 1245 square feet. The house was seized by the state and destroyed in 1970 to make way for the 210 freeway. Featured in Architectural Forum, 1937.
1937 - The Ford-Aquino Duplex at
2430
Leavenworth, San Francisco CA.
1937 - The Darling House,
90 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco
CA.
1937 - The Edward Kaufman House,
234
Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1937 - The Grace Lewis Miller House, aka the Mensendieck House, 2311 North Indian Canyon Drive. Palm Springs CA. This was the first modernist residential home to go up in Palm Springs, according to The Palm Springs Modern Committee. After Miller sold the home in the 1940s, it was altered and ended up a neglected rental property for several decades. In 2000, Catherine Meyler bought the house. Her restoration efforts included replacing the roof; re-piping and re-plumbing; replacing the electrical system; reframing the living room and garage; installing new insulation in all walls and ceilings; replacing window glass; refinishing the concrete floor; and adding a 6-foot wall around the property. She also had a new HVAC system designed to fit seamlessly into the existing structure, and commissioned craftsmen to recreate the original built-in furniture in the living room/studio and master bedroom.
1937 - The George Kraigher House I, aka the Brownsville House, 525 Paredes Line Road, Brownsville TX. This was the state's first Modernist residence. Kraigher left for WWII did not return to Brownsville after the war and sold the house in 1946. He organized air services for Aramco in Saudi Arabia and in the 1950s Neutra designed him a second house in Litchfield CT where he lived until his death in 1984. As of 1998, the house had been empty for 20 years and was covered in graffiti. In 1999, it was purchased by the City Of Brownsville. In 2005, the City leased it for 99 years to the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, who did a complete restoration (bottom photo). Photos by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The location is located erroneously on The Pacific Coast Architecture Database in Dallas.
1937 - The Malcolmson House,
491 Mesa
Road, Santa Monica CA.
1937 - The Arthur and Mona Hofmann House, 1048 La Cuesta, Hillsborough CA.
1937 - The Frank and Kathryn Davis House, 2914 West 21st Street, Bakersfield CA.
1937 - The Strathmore Apartments, 11009 Strathmore Drive, Los Angeles CA. The original owner commissioned Neutra to design a four unit building. Now condos.
1938 - The John Nicholas Brown and Anne Brown Residence, aka the Windshield House, Fisher's Island, New York. Neutra’s only house on the East Coast at the time, it was severely damaged by a hurricane only weeks after completion. The Browns rebuilt the house and lived there until 1959. It was destroyed by fire in 1975.
1938 - The Leon Barsha Residence, now located at 302 Mesa Road, Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles CA. Saved from destruction by the Hollywood Freeway expansion with its relocation to Santa Monica Canyon. As of 2005, owned by Anne Elizabeth Jones Vadja. Sold in 2008 to current owner Scott Lander who did a restoration. For sale in 2009.
1938 - The Ilse Schiff Duplex, aka the Overway-Schiff House, 2056-2058 Jefferson Street, in the Marina District of San Francisco. Architect Chad Overway purchased the building from original owner Ilse Schiff in 1993 and lives there now. Color photos by Thomas Story. On the market in 2009.
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1938 - The Albert Lewin House, 512-514 Ocean Front Avenue (aka Palisades Beach Road), on the ocean at Santa Monica CA. Sold to Mae West in 1954. She had nude gladiators painted on the curved wall leading to six bedrooms upstairs. She frequently held ESP demonstrations with favorite psychic, Richard Ireland. Sold several more times. Charles Gwathmey added a pool in the 1970's. Sold in 1988. Restored and extended by architect Steven Ehrlich in 1998. As of 2007, the owners were John Law and Hope Warschaw. 5400 square feet.
1939 - The James Ward - Harry Berger House, 3156 Lake Hollywood Drive, Los Angeles CA. As of 2007, owners were Samuel E. Robertson, D. Janet, and Benjamin D. Robertson.
1939 - The Harrison (Harry) McIntosh House, 1317 Maltman Avenue, Los Angeles CA. As of 2003, the owners were Neutra expert John Bertram, principal of Bertram Architects and his wife actress-writer Ann Magnuson.
1939 - The Jacqueline Johnson House, aka the Neutra House, 183 Hillview Avenue, one of three originally at 180/182/184 Marvin Avenue, Los Altos CA. In 1935, Neutra started the design for two poets, Jacqueline Johnson who owned two, and Clayton Stafford. At 750 square feet, this house was moved to Los Altos City-owned land in November 2005 and is now a community center.
1939 - The Philip Gill House, 542 Suncourt Terrace, Glendale CA. Restored.
1939 - The Alvin Eurich House, 13081 West Sunset Drive, Los Altos CA. Eurich was Vice President at Stanford and became acting President in 1948.
1939 - The Scioberetti House, 35 Alamo Avenue, Berkeley CA.
1940 - The Sidney Kahn House, 66-70 Calhoun Terrace, San Francisco CA.
1940 - The William (Bill) and Alice Davey House, 520 Loma Alta Road, Monterey CA. Commissioned in 1939. The Daveys separated shortly after completion.
1940 - The Sweet House, 541 Suncourt Terrace, Glendale CA.
1940 - The Jan De Graaff House, 1900 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland OR. Designed with Van Evera Bailey. Extensively renovated, such that most of Neutra's design is unrecognizable.
1940 - The William H. De Graaff House, 6308 Southeast 28th Street, Portland OR. Also extensively renovated, such that most of Neutra's design is unrecognizable (bottom right photo).
1940 - The Frieda Hauswirth House, 11 El
Portal Court, Berkeley CA.
1940 - The Mildred and Grant Beckstrand House, 1400 Via Montemar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. As of 2007 the owner was David Goldhammer.
1941 - The Bonnet House, 2256 El Contento Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1938. Sold to David Hay in 1989 who did a renovation. According to Hay, "previous owners had painted the exterior pink, then white. The living room's wood paneling had been painted, the closet doors replaced with sliding mirrored versions. And a new bathroom mirror featured a distinctly un-Modernist light fixture. The hardwood floors had been pickled white and further desecrated by an indoor plant, which had left an ugly stain." Sold in 2003 to Jonathan P. Anastas.
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1941 - The Charles and Sybil Maxwell House, 475 North Bowling Green Way, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA. An addition in 1959 was also done by Neutra. Sold in 2002 to new owners Jeffrey and Karen Brandlin -- who threatened demolition in 2003. The structure was purchased by developer Barbara Behm in 2004 and moved (middle photo) in 2008 to a new site in Angelino Heights, Los Angeles CA. Photos by Brian Thomas Jones.
1942 - The John Nesbitt House, 414 Avondale, Los Angeles CA. Won a Distinguished Honor Award from the Southern California AIA in January 1947. Sold to Jonathan and Susan Sheinberg. As of 2007, the owner was Phillippa Scott. Top photo by Edward Van Altena. Black and white photos by Julius Shulman. Bottom color photo by Annie Wells.
1942 - The Rethy House,
2101 Santa Anita Avenue, Sierra Madre CA.
1942 - The Branch House,
7716 Firenze Avenue, Los Angeles
CA.
1942 - The VDLA Pavillion House,
2353
Edgewater Terrace, Los Angeles CA.
1943 - The Howard C. Bald House, 917 McAndrew Road, Ojai CA. Commissioned 1941.
1945 - Case Study House #6 (unbuilt). Background here.
1946 - The Schmidt House, 1460 Chamberlain Road, Pasadena CA. Sold to Mike and Ricki Harpster. As of 2007, it is a rental house owned by the Robert Deblasis and Pizzo family trusts.
1946 - The Kaufmann Desert House, 740 West 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. Sold to Brent and Beth Harris in 1991. The house was then restored by architects Marmol and Radziner. On the market in 2009.
1946 - Case Study House #13. Background on this landmark design series here. This specific design was never built, but see the Wilkins House below.
1946 - The Stuart Bailey House, aka Case Study House #20, 219 Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles CA. Background on this landmark design series here. Sold to Stuart G. Bailey. Sold in 2005 to Samuel Simon. Often confused with the 1958 Case Study House #20, 2275 Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena CA, designed by Buff, Straub and Hensman. Leo Marmol worked on a renovation of the Bailey House in 2003.
1948 - The David Treweek House,
2250 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
Sold to Jack F. and Nancy Sanders.
Destroyed in a 1979 fire.
1948 - The Van Cleef House, 651 Warner Avenue, Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1942. Sold to Howard and Barbara K. Katzman. Sold in 2004 to Kevin Crotty and Phyllis Alia. For sale in 2006. On the market again in 2008-2009.
1948 - Holiday House Motel and Restaurant, 27400 Pacific Coast Highway #101, Malibu CA. Built by director Dudley Murphy, it opened in 1948 and catered to the era’s biggest Hollywood stars, including Frank Sinatra, Lana Turner and Marilyn Monroe. Dion Neutra added 12 apartment units in 1954. The restaurant became Geoffrey’s in 1983, which continues today, and its stunning ocean views make for memorable meals. The upper floors have been converted to private condos.
1948 - The Sokol
House,
2242 East Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
1948 - The Warren Tremaine House, 1636 Moore Road, Montecito area of Santa Barbara CA.
1949 - The Gordon Wilkins House, 528 South Hermosa Place, South Pasadena, CA. Sold in 2000 to Stacey and Jeff Mann who did a restoration. Almost a carbon copy of Case Study House #13, as discovered by Barbara Lamprecht in 2004.
1949 - The Betty Rourke House,
9228
Hazen Drive, Beverly Hills CA.
1949 - The Alpha Wirin House, 2622 Glendower Avenue, in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles CA. Across the street from Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis-Brown House. Was headed for a teardown in 2004 when it was bought by Mark Seliger and restored by architect Sharon Johnston-Lee.
1949 - The Chase House, 4254 Cresta Avenue, Santa Barbara, Goleta CA. Destroyed, replaced with a massive villa, above photo.
1949 - The Coe House,
7 Cinchring Road, Rolling Hills CA.
1949 - The Joseph Tuta House, 1800 Via Visalia, Palos Verdes Estates CA. It appears to be destroyed - and this massive home built in its place.
1949 - The Atwell House, 1411 Atwell Road, El Cerrito CA. For sale in 2002. Current owners Ben Galick and Nancy Woodruff.
1949 - The Benedict and Nancy Freedman House, 315 Via De La Paz, Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles CA. They are the authors of the novel, Mrs. Mike. Expanded several times. Peter Grueneisen did renovations for two different subsequent owners. The first, 1995 to 1999, centered on the landscape/hardscape. The second phase, from 1999 to 2002, involved significant renovation of the first-floor master bathroom and kitchen and the addition of a second story containing two bedrooms, a bath, and a sitting area.
1949 - The Greenberg House,
10525
Garwood Place, Los Angeles CA.
1949 - The Reunion House, 2440 Earl Street, aka 2440 Neutra Place, Los Angeles CA. Remodeled in 1966 by the current owner, Dion Neutra.
1950 - The Nick Helburn House, Sourdough Road, Bozeman MT. 2500 square feet. Sold to current owners Steve and Cindy Kleimer, who rent it out.
1950 - The Alexander Meltzer House,
1508 Murray Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1950 - The Josef Kun House II, 7947 Fareholm Drive, Los Angeles CA. As of 2007, the owners were Christopher J. Hacker and William F. Thomas. Photo is of the Kun House I (left) and II (right). Commissioned 1938.
1950 - The Grant and Mildred Beckstrand Lodge, Drycreek Ranch, Meadow UT.
1950 - The Hees House, 250 Trino Way, Pacific Palisades CA.
1950 - The William O'Brien House, 4740 or 4770 Richmond Avenue, Shreveport LA. Frank Lloyd Wright was originally hired but proved too difficult for the clients. The only Neutra house in Louisiana. Sold to Lee Miller London.
1950 - The Sanders House, 868 Via Del Monte, Palos Verdes Estates CA.
1950 - The Samuel Miller House, 6400 Drexel Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1951 - The Milton Goldman Residence, 3970 Archdale Road, Encino area of Los Angeles CA. Greatly expanded and updated in 2001 by architect Roberta Weiser. Was on the market in 2006 for $2.9M.
1951 - The Everist House, aka the Herbert House, 400 West 45th Street, Sioux City IA. Current owners Gia and Ron Emory.
1951 - The Hinds House,
3940-41 San
Rafael Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1951 - The Nelson House, 511 Miner Road, Orinda CA. Sold in 2001.
1951 - The Fischer House, 1618 Pine Crest Road, Spokane WA. Current owner Jose Conceicao.
1951 - The Hunter House, 2311 Bancroft Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1951 - The Logar House, 17728 Ridgeway Road, Granada Hills CA. Sold around 1966 to someone who did not occupy it. Sold in 1970 to current owners. For sale in 2010.
1951 - The Brod House, 1203 North Oakwood Drive, Arcadia CA.
1951 - The Gloria and Donald L. Heryford House, 3444 Bonnie Hill Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1951 - The Arthur James Mosbe and Ruth Mosby House, 103 Artemos Drive, Missoula MT. The home was donated to the University of Montana for a president’s residence after Mosby's death in 1970.
1952 - The Weston House, 3220 Durand Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1999 to Niels Ostergard.
1952 - The Heller House,
811 North Camden Drive, Beverly
Hills CA. Above photo is the right address; however it looks
like the original Neutra has been destroyed. 1952 - The Richard A. Matlock House, 1560 Ramillo Avenue, Long Beach CA. The eight-room house plus three-car garage is of wood frame and stucco construction. Building regulations dictated the use of pitched roofs. Built by the Matlocks after they had seen the Neutra house of Dr. Grant Beckstrand. The house was purchased in 1968 by the Matlocks' daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Masterson.
1952 - The Auerbacher Lodge, 31483 Pleasant Drive, Running Springs CA.
1952 - The John Miller House, 941 Arlington Blvd., El Cerrito CA. Sold in 1999.
1952 - The Marshall House, 5303 Linea Del Cielo, Rancho Santa Fe CA.
1952 - The I.B. Van Sicklen House, 6009 Mimulus Road, Rancho Santa Fe CA.
1952 - The McElvain House, 6232 Lindley Avenue, Reseda area of Los Angeles CA.
1953 - The Kramer House, 108 West 8th Street, Corona CA.
1953 - The Price House, 255 South Gillette Avenue, Bayport NY. Looks extensively remodeled.
1953 - The Kesler House,
1367 Monument Street, Pacific
Palisades CA.
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1953 - The Elliot House,
7125 Conelly Boulevard, Bedford OH.
1953 - The Schaarman House, 7850 Torreyson Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1993 to Jeffery B. Gorman and the Liebert Family Trust. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, who live nearby, tried to buy it several times.
1953 - The Auerbacher House, 121 Sierra Vista Drive, Redlands CA.
1953 - The Olin G. and Aida Haefely House, 5561 La Pasada Street, Long Beach CA. Designed by Neutra at the same time as the Moore house next door.
1953 - The Bethuel and Doris Moore House, 5551 La Pasada Street, Long Beach CA. In 1968, following the death of Mr. Moore by a heart attack, the home was purchased by Dr. Evelyn Blackman, a sociology professor at California State University, Long Beach. The home was sold in 1971 to Terry and Janice Atzen. In 1981, the house was refurbished. With the exception of the peninsula counter dividing the kitchen from the living room, there were no significant architectural changes.
1953 - The James and Orline Moore House, 512 North Foothill, Ojai CA. Received an national AIA FIrst Honor Award in 1954. The Moores were disciples of Krishnamurti, a spiritual leader based in Ojai. Located on 40 acres. Commissioned 1950.
1953 - The Hall House,
900 West Bay Avenue, Newport Beach
CA. May be destroyed.
1954 - The Hammerman House, 201 Bentley Circle, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2003 by the Hammerman heirs to Adele and Gordon Binder. Sold in 2005 to Thomas and Kathy Mendoza. Was on the market in 2006 for $5.8M.
1955 - The Constance Perkins House, 1540 Poppy Peak Drive, Pasadena CA. Perkins died in March 1991 and left the house to the Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Sold in 2004 to John Mack Faragher and Michele Hoffnung.
1955 - The Brown-Sidney House, 10801 Chalon Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2000 to fashion mogul Tom Ford. Sold 18 days later to Ten 801 Chalon Road Holding Trust, controlled by Ford.
1955 - The Hansch House, 4070 Olive Knoll Place, address was formerly called Via Padova, Claremont CA.
1955 - The Cohen House #1, 8805 Cheltenham Avenue, Springfield PA.
1955 - The Henry and Betty L. Corwin House, 25 Huckelberry
Lane, Weston CT.
1955 - The Roberts House, 539 South Grand Avenue, West Covina CA. May be destroyed.
1955 - The Weihe House, 25 Sweetbay Road, Rancho Palos Verde CA. Sold in 1994 to Lynn and William Petak.
1955 - The Grelling House, Strada del Roccolo 11, Ascona, Switzerland. Neutra oriented this two-story house to look out over the Lago Maggiore; on the upper floor, kitchens, closets, and maid's quarters line the west side, leaving the living room and master bedroom a panoramic view of the lake. Below, a garage, extra bedroom, and an added living space.
1955 - The Kronish House,
9439 Sunset
Boulevard, Beverly Hills CA.
1955 - The George and Dorothy Serulnic House, 3947 Markridge Road, La Crescenta (Tujunga area), CA. Dorothy was Neutra's secretary. Fordyce S. Marsh was the builder. Was an Architectural Record house in 1956. Owners as of 1999 were Lari Pittman and Roy Dowell.
1956 - The Slavin House, 1322 Dover Road, Santa Barbara CA.
1956 - The Sidney R. Troxell House, 766 Paseo Miramar, Pacific Palisades CA. Sold to architect Charles Scott Hughes who renovated and expanded it in 2005. Sold to Hikaru Utada in 2005. Sold to Kazuhiro Iwashita.
1956 - The Alfred de Schulthess House, 19A #15012, Cubanacan Playa, Havana, Cuba. 9350 square feet. Raul Alvarez worked as supervising architect; Benno Fischer, Serge Koschin, John Blanton all worked on the architectural design; the noted Brazilian landscape architect, Roberto Burle Marx, collaborated on the landscape design of the three-acre property. Now a diplomatic residence for Switzerland. Received the 1958 National College of Architects Gold Medal. Color photos by Patrick Denker.
1956 - The Staller House (aka the Levinsohn House), 899-901 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1955. Sold to Gary Levinsohn in 1998. Restored by Lorcan O'Herlihy in 2001.
1956 - The Schwind House, 1430 Carlton Road, Hillsborough CA.
1956 - The Adler House, 1438 North Kenter Avenue, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA.
1956 - The Artega House, 12960 Gladstone, Lake View Terraces, near Fernando CA. The Neutra house is on the right. There is a second house on the same lot, left. Sold in 1999 from Joseph Artega to Michael Artega.
1956 - The Gillen House, 7 Quail Canyon Road, San Bernardino CA. For sale in 2009.
1956 - The
Kilbury House,
920 Via Nogales, Palos Verdes
Estates CA.
1956 - The Philip and Jean Livingston House, 1718 Minnekahda Road, Chattanooga TN. Because of Neutra’s busy schedule, the Livingstons hired family friend and local architect MaryLou Droston, to help oversee construction. The contractor was Creed W. Maynard, a patient of Dr. Livingston. The current owner is their daughter, Ann Raines.
1956 - The Miller House, 109 South Whitehall Road, Norristown PA.
1956 - The Louis Nash House, 35 Marine View Drive, Camarillo CA. For sale in 2009.
1956 - The Cohen House #2, 27360 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu CA. Currently on the market as a rental. Last sold in 1998 to Daniel Alberstone and Lisa Ogawa.
1957 - The Gene Field House, 4341 Lanai, Encino CA. The owners got tired of modern and destroyed the house, building another in its place, above photo.
1957 - The Maury Sorrells House, Shoshone CA. As of 2001, it was owned by Susan E Sorrells, the daughter of the original owners. Video of her discussing the house.
1957 - The Edward J. Flavin House, 2218 Neutra Place, Los Angeles CA. Part of a grouping of ten houses known as the Neutra Colony. The Flavins tried to buy Neutra's Meltzer House and Sokol House. Not succeeding, they hired Neutra to do their own custom design. Sold to Natt Leipzig and Lynn Whitney. Sold in 2001 to Brock and Martha Houghton. Sold in October 2001 to current owners Dana Balkin and George Grandchamp.
1957 - The John P. and DeVee Clark House,
1780 Devon Road, Pasadena
CA
1957 - The Yew House,
2226 Silver
Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles CA.
1957 - The Wise House, 1371 Paseo del Mar, San Pedro area of Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2001 by Gaylord Carter to Tiberio P. Lizza. Sold in 2003 to Maureen and Stanley Bradford.
1958 - The Cole-Perkins House,
1362 Kashlan Road, La Habra Heights
CA.
1958 - The Annette Friedland House,
1020 North Lane, Gladwyne PA.
1958 - The Halley (or Hailey) House,
3319 Tareco Drive, Hollywood area
of Los
Angeles CA.
1958 - The Robert and Josephine Chuey Residence, 2460 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles CA. Photo by Julius Shulman.
1958 - The Hasserick House, Cherry Lane, former address 3033 West School House Road, Philadelphia PA.
1958 - The Huebsch House,
320 de la Fuente, Monterey Park CA.
1958 - The Hughes House, 1560 Oriole Lane, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2008 to Burt Levitch.
1958 - The Millard Kaufman House, 3574 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2007 to Thierry Marchand. Sold in 2004 to Van Scott Jones and Thierry Marchand. Sold in 2002 to Michael Lafetra.
1958 - The George Kraigher House II, 2 Bethlehem Lane, Litchfield CT.
1958 - The Rados House, 2209 West Daladier Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1958 - The Albert M. and Patricia (Patty) Leddy House, 2501 Dracena Street, designed with Robert E. Alexander, Bakersfield CA. Still owned by the Leddy's as of 2008.
1959 - The O'Hara House, 2210 Neutra Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Patricia Marie Moritz. Sold in 2003 to Christopher J. Bonura. Sold in 2003 to David Netto.
1959 - The Henry E. Singleton House, 15000 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles CA. Bought in 2004 for $4 million by Vidal and Rhonda Sassoon. Listed in June of 2007 for $20M where it languished for 470+ days before being delisted in late 2008. Back on the market in 2009 for $14M.
1959 - The Ninneman House,
4218 Via Padova, Claremont CA.
1959 - The Dailey House, 953 Granvia Altamira, Palos Verdes Estates CA. Sold in 2008 to Charles A. Bennett, Jr.
1959 - The Larsen House, 5435 Jed Smith Road, Calabasas CA.
1959 - The Loring House,
2456 Astral Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1959 - The McSorley House, 1248 La Peresa Drive, Thousand Oaks CA.
1959 - The Oyler House,
771 Thundercloud Lane, Lone Pine
CA.
1959 - The Daniel and Gertrude (Trudi) Pariser House,
27 Judith Street, Uniontown PA.
This redwood and sandstone this suburban house is comprised of two
interlocking rectangles. Walls of different heights and textures are
used as planes extending into space to clearly separate public
welcome from private entrance. The small but effective gesture
gently scoops up the visitor and propels him to the entry, where
another solid plane, rendered in golden sandstone, steps forward to
shield the long bedroom wing and sky lit gallery. Still occupied by
the Parisers.
1959 - The Warner House, 22 Summitt Drive, Dune Acres area of Porter IN, near Chesterton.
1959 - The Lew House, 1456 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1999 to Caroline Stokely Chaffin. Renovated by architects Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner.
1960 - The Julian Bond House, 4449 Yerba Santa, San Diego CA. Moved from its original location at 2680 Greentree Lane, La Jolla, San Diego CA.
1960 - The Kambara
House,
2232 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
1960 - The Bizzarri House, 6070 Kenridge Drive, Cincinnati OH. Sold in 1997 to Diane Travis.
1960 - The Bell House, 222 East Constance, Santa Barbara CA.
1960 - The Glen House, 130 Brookhollow Lane, Stamford CT.
1960 - The Quant House, 13 Castle Rock Road, Lucerne Valley, CA.
1960 - The Sale House, 1531 Tigertail Road, Los Angeles CA. Last sold in 1978.
1960 - The Pickering House,
225 Via Genoa, designed with Robert E.
1961 - The Oberholtzer House,
27274 Eastvale Road, Rolling Hills
CA.
1961 - The Leo and Tillie Cytron House,
2249 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly
Hills CA.
1961 - The Levit House,
1705 Summitridge Drive, Beverly
Hills CA.
1961 - The Linn House, 7820 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles CA. Owned by James B. Byrnes.
1961 - The Rang House, Hardtbergweg 15 624 Koenigstein, Königstein im Taunus, Germany.
1961 - The Milan and Blanca Roven /
Abraham Spiegel House,
1961 - The List House, 679 Manhattan Road SE, Grand Rapids MI. Sold in 2000.
1962 - The Akai House, 2200 Neutra Place, Los Angeles CA. Part of a grouping of ten houses known as the Neutra Colony. Owned by William and Susie Fukuhara.
1962 - The Samuel and Luella Maslon House, 70-900 Fairway Drive, Rancho Mirage CA. Located at the Thunderbird Country Club, formerly the Tamarisk Country Club, a gated community with no public access. For unknown reasons, Luella, who died in 2002, resisted placing the house on the National Register of Historic Places, or incorporating restrictions into its title. The Maslon heirs sold it to Richard J. Rotenberg in 2002 on the promise he would preserve it. Shortly thereafter, he demolished it (middle photos) touching off great controversy among historic preservationists in Southern California -- as the house was in pristine condition. The Maslon Residence was replaced by the house in the bottom photo, above, which Neutra's son Dion photographed in 2008.
1962 - The Gonzales-Gorrondona House, Avenida de la Linea 65 Sabana Grande, Caracas Venezuela.
1962 - The Hrabe House, 5851 Clear Valley Road, designed with Robert E. Alexander, Hidden Hills CA. Sold in 2005 to Bentley Max Richards.
1962 - The Taylor House, 3816 Lockerbie Court, Glendale CA. The second owner of this home is John Solomon who is a producer of films for Disney theme parks.
1962 - The Erman House, 16535 Oldham Street, Encino CA.
1962 - The Robert L. Hendershot House,
2866 Westbrook Avenue, Los Angeles
CA.
1962 - The Stone-Fisher Speculative Platform Houses, 3631-3821 Oakfield Drive, Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles CA. Designed with William Beckett. Color photo by Marissa Gluck. For rent as of January 2010.
1962 - The Feodor U. Pitcairn House, 2860 Paper
Mill Road, Bryn Athyn area of Huntington Valley PA.
1964 - The John L. and Pauline Kuhns House, 4359 Camello, Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles CA. Current owner is the Kuhns Estate, Laura Kuhns Moody, Trustee. Photos by Scott Moody Photography@WhiteRiverRanch.com.
1966 - The Bucerius House, aka
Casa Navegna, Via
Val Resa, Brione sopra
Minusio,
1966 - The Rentsch House, In der Ledi, Wengen 3823 in Lauterbrunnen Switzerland. The landscape architect was Ernst Cramer. Commissioned 1964.
1966 - The Virzintas Penthouse, 4338 1/2 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Los Angeles CA.
1966 - The Von Huene Cabin, 168 Joaquin Road, Mammoth Lakes CA.
1966 - House in Hamburg, Germany. If you know more about its location please email.
1967 - The Wilhelm Kemper House, Dorner Weg 100, Wuppertal-Ronsdorf, Germany.
1967 - The Nuffer Cabin, 433 Mono Street, Mammoth Lakes CA.
1967 - The Paul and Alice Shinoda House,
1124 Camino Del Rio, Santa Barbara
CA.
1968 - The Stern House, 621 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Current owners Farshid Shohed and Sandy Shohed.
1968 - The Walter and Inga Rice House, 1000 Old Locke Lane, Richmond VA, donated to the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation in 1996. 6000 square feet. Built by Kayhoe Construction. Neutra's only house in Richmond.
1968 - The Ann and Donald Brown House, 3005 Audubon Terrace NW, Washington DC, overlooking Rock Creek Park. Heather Willson Cass designed an addition in the early 1990's. 4000 square feet. Neutra's only house in DC.
1969 - The Pescher House, Am Freudenberg 75, Wuppertal, Germany.
1969 - The Marcel Delcourt House,
18bis Avenue General de Gaulle, Croix,
Sources include: Ojai Valley Museum, Silver Lake News, Freebase, The Palm Springs Modern Committee, Blockshopper, Arts and Architecture Case Study Houses, LALife, YouAreHere, Pacific Coast Architecture Database, Archiportal, Classic houses of Portland Oregon: 1850-1950 by William John Hawkins and William F. Willingham; Private landscapes: modernist gardens in Southern California by Pamela Burton and Marie Botnick,Virtual GlobeTrotting, Neutraweb |
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