and closed to the public -- so don't go
tromping around uninvited.
"Architects must have a razor-sharp sense
of individuality."
After working for
Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin, Neutra moved to the US in 1923. At the funeral of
Louis Sullivan, Neutra met Frank Lloyd Wright,
who hired him in 1924 to work at
Taliesin East while Wright was in Japan. Work ran out and in 1925 Neutra
left to work in
California with Rudolf Schindler.
Neutra and Schindler and their wives shared space in
Schindler's house. Neutra split from
Schindler upon getting a large commission from one of Schindler's
best clients, Philip Lovell. Neutra and Schindler rarely interacted after that,
and the Neutras moved out.
When Neutra had a heart attack in 1953, he found himself in the same
hospital room as Schindler who was dying of cancer. According to Neutra's sons, Schindler and Neutra made peace before Schindler
died. Novelist and
philosopher Ayn Rand based part of her character “Howard Roark” on
Neutra in her novel The Fountainhead. She also
lived in the Von Sternberg House. Between 1927 and 1969, Neutra designed more than 300 houses in California and a few
elsewhere. In 1949, Time
magazine featured Neutra on its cover (left) and ranked him second
only to Frank Lloyd Wright
in American architecture. After that, Neutra
had all the work he could ever want. Neutra coined the term biorealism, which means "the
inherent and inseparable relationship between man and nature.”
On December
13, 1957, Richard Neutra was a guest lecturer at the NCSU School
of Design. He decided to lead the class in writing a letter to
Frank Lloyd Wright: “Certainly
today all serious architectural students are aware of your
tremendous contribution to both the fiber and spirit of the art,
and almost all are in sympathy with the means you have used in
giving your ideas form, even though our own incipient
philosophies and forms may be directed in many different ways.
With these thoughts in mind, we would like to join with Mr.
Neutra in sending you heartfelt greetings at this Christmas
season. With respectful wishes-- [Signed by fourteen students.] In 1965, Neutra
formally partnered with architect and son Dion Neutra as Richard and
Dion Neutra and Associates. In 1966, he moved back to Vienna.
He died in Germany in 1970 while in the middle of an argument with a client,
according to his grandson Justin, who later made a short film about his
grandfather (left). Dion Neutra and his brother
Raymond Neutra both spoke to
TMH in 2012.
1923 - The Adolf Sommerfeld Houses, four homes designed while working for Erich
Mendelsohn, located along Onkel-Tom-Strasse in Berlin-Zehlendorf,
Germany. Bottom two photos by Raymond Neutra.
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.
Harwell Hamilton Harris was the
project architect. Once the house was built,
Neutra
conducted tours which attracted more than 15,000 visitors.
The house was included in the 1932
Museum of Modern Art exhibit that
redefined the International style. Added to the National
Register of Historic Places in 1971.
1932 - The
Van der Leeuw House (aka the VDL
Research House or
The Neutra House),
2300 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles
CA. A benefactor, Van der Leeuw, loaned Neutra the funds to build a
prototype Modernist house and use it to research future design challenges.
Neutra and his family lived here.
Tragically, while Neutra was on a speaking tour, it
burned in 1963 but was rebuilt in 1964.
In 1990 Neutra's wife Dione left it to the
California Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design. Open
for public tours. 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 - and fundraising is ongoing. Top b/w photos by Greg Loskorn. More info
here.
1932 - The Austrian Werkbund
House, Woinonichgasse 9, Vienna, Austira.
1933 - The Ernest and Bertha Mosk House,
aka Study for Steep Hillside Development,
2742 Hollyridge Drive, Los Angeles
CA. Sold to Martin and Leslie Suarez.
1933 - The Nathan and Malve Koblick House,
98 Fairview Avenue, Atherton CA.
As of 1994, owned by Michelle G. Taube, who did renovations in 1995.
1934 - The Anna Sten and Eugene Franke House,
126 Mabery Road, Santa Monica CA.
Sold to Bernie Gould. The
Gould's sold to Jeffrey and Jeanne Levy-Hinte who hired Biber
Architects in association with Marmol-Radziner for a renovation. Sold in September 2009 and altered again. Video.
1934 - The Galka E. Scheyer House,
1880 Blue Heights Drive, Los
Angeles CA. Owned at one time by Harvey Schaffer.
Renovated in 1935 by architect Gregory Ain. This was Ain's
first completed commission. Ain's future wife was
Scheyer's roommate. As of 2007, the owner was
Frank M. Devine.
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. Near the Kun House II.
1936 - The Brice House, aka the Douglas Plywood Model Experimental House,
427 Beloit Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
A few years later, it was sold to architect Maynard Lyndon.
Sold a few years later to William J. and Shirley Brice, who moved it
to this address and lived there until at least 2008, if not longer. B/W
photos by Edward Van Altena. Featured in Architectural Forum,
July 1936.
1936 - The Josef Von Sternberg House,
10000 Tampa Avenue, Northridge area
of Chatsworth CA. Commissioned 1935. 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 there. After
passing through several owners, Ayn Rand bought the house with her
husband, Frank, and lived there from 1943 to 1963. She called it “unbelievably wonderful.” It became a rental, then went vacant for years.
According to Dion Neutra, the house was destroyed
because the homeless had taken up residence. The owner refused to hire security,
and in the late 1960's gave Dion a week to find a solution to move it.
Then she went ahead anyway, without further notice,
to destroy it. A
housing development was built there several years later.
Photos by Julius Shulman.
1937 - The Harry Koblick Duplex,
1816-1818 Silverwood Terrace, Los
Angeles CA. Designed with Gregory Ain.
As of 2007, the owner was Marcia Legere Binns. Sold in 2012.
1937 - The Albert and Ruth Ruben
Addition,
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
1973 to make way for the 210 Foothill Freeway. Featured in
Architectural Forum, 1937.
Interestingly, there is a another house
with an address of 1820 Kenneth Way, built in 1951, shown in the
photo above. It's still there, showing an owner of Roberta Bailey.
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 house in Palm Springs, according to The Palm Springs Modern Committee.
After Miller sold the home in the 1940s, it was altered and neglected
as a rental property for several decades, including a short
career as a crack house.
In 2000, Catherine Meyler's
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
six-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.
Meyler also put in a guest house addition, designed by Neutra in 1938 but never
built. Meyler had the original plans and it was constructed
with little modification. As she reports, the guest house
"stands in the exact spot it was designed for and is enjoyed
enormously by friends who previously only had day beds as an option
for overnight stays." Interior color photos by Raymond Neutra.
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 and did not
return to Brownsville after the war. He sold the house in 1946.
In the 1950s
Neutra designed a second house near 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). As of April 2012, maintenance of the building was in
question as TSC and UT-Brownsville ended their partnership.
1937 - The David Malcolmson Guest House,
491 Mesa Road, Santa Monica CA.
Designed with Peter Pfisterer.
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 Landfair Apartments, Landfair Avenue
and Ophir Drive,
1937 - The Strathmore Apartments,
11005-11009 Strathmore Drive, Los Angeles
CA. The original owner commissioned Neutra to design a four-unit building.
There are now eight units, four of which are
apartments and four of which are condos. Around 1937 - A 20th Century Home for the
Harnischfeger Corporation, Houses Division, Milwaukee WI. Unsure if
built. Featured in Architectural Forum, February 1937.
Designed with Peter Pfisterer.
1938 - The John Nicholas Brown and Anne
Brown
Residence, aka the Windshield House,
Fisher's Island, New York.
Designed with Peter
Pfisterer. As 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. Was sold. Destroyed by fire in 1975.
1938 - The Leon and Helen Barsha Residence, now
located at
302 Mesa Road, Pacific Palisades
area of Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1937. 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
Scott Lander who did a restoration. Available for rent as of 2012.
1938 - The William Schiff/Ernst Wolfes Duplex, aka the Ilse Schiff Duplex, aka the
Schiff-Overway House,
2056-2058 Jefferson Street, in the
Marina District of San Francisco. Built for two doctors, William
Schiff and Ernest Wolfes. Schiff's wife Ilse Schiff made a number of trendy
changes in the building towards the end of her life. Architect Chad Overway
purchased the building from Schiff in 1993 and undid many of those
changes. Color photos by Thomas Story, Mark Darley. Was on the market in 2009.
1938 - The Albert Lewin House,
512-514 Palisades Beach Road, on the ocean at Santa Monica CA. Designed
witih Peter Pfisterer. Built by Frank A. Hellenthal. Sold to Mae
West in 1954. She did renovations in 1957, including 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. Leased to
Francois De Menil as of 1981. Sold in 1988.
Restored and extended by architect Steven Ehrlich 1996-1998. As of
2007, the owners were John Law and Hope Warschaw. 5400 square
feet.
1939 - The James Ward and Harry Berger
House,
aka the Ward-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. Sold in 1992 to Ann Magnuson. She
married Neutra expert John Bertram, principal of Bertram
Architects, shown in bottom photo by Christine House.
1939 - The
Jacqueline Johnson House, aka the Neutra House,
aka House for a Poet,
183 Hillview Avenue, one of
three originally at 180/182/184 Marvin Avenue, Los Altos CA.
In 1935, Neutra started
the design for 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. Photos by Raymond Neutra.
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. Now home to Flying Pigs Aviation
LLC and Aqua Partners LLC. Photos by Raymond Neutra.
1939 - The Scioberetti House,
35 Alamo Avenue, Berkeley CA.
Sold to Jean Paul Bourdier.
1940 - The Sidney
Kahn House,
66-70 Calhoun Terrace, San
Francisco CA. Sold in 1989 to Joseph Devalle Jr. Sold in 2009 to
David Davies and John D. Weeden.
1940 - The William (Bill) and Alice
Davey House,
520 Loma Alta Road, Carmel CA. Commissioned in 1939. The Daveys separated shortly
after completion. Featured on the cover of Architectural
Record, November 1942. The house was destroyed by 1960's owners
and replaced, bottom photo.
1940 - The Matilda 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. Sold to Andy and Laura Ford.
1940 - The William H. De Graaff
House,
6308 Southeast 28th Avenue,
Portland OR. Also extensively renovated, such that most of
Neutra's design is completely unrecognizable (bottom photo).
For sale in 2010.
1940 - The Frieda Hauswirth House,
11 El Portal Court, Berkeley CA.
Sold to
Angela T Boryczka.
Sold in 2008 to Carolyn and Reva Walker.
1940 - The Mildred
and Grant Beckstrand House,
1400 Via Montemar, Palos Verdes
Estates, CA. Sold to second owner David Goldhammer. For sale
in 2012.
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. Interior design renovation by Woodson &
Rummerfield’s House of Design. For sale in 2013.
1941 - The Charles and Sybil Maxwell
House,
475 North Bowling Green Way,
Los Angeles CA. An addition in 1959 was also
done by Neutra. Sold in 2002 to 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 in 1992 to Phillippa Scott. Top photo by Edward Van
Altena. B/W photos by Julius Shulman. Bottom
color photos by Annie Wells and Raymond Neutra. Restored by
designer Barbara Barry and architect David Serrurier. For sale in 2013.
1942 - The Channel Heights Housing Project, North Western Avenue and
West Capitol Drive, San Pedro CA. Designed with Lewis E.
Wilson as low-cost housing for shipyard workers. 600 units on
160 acres. Won an Honor Award from the Southern California
Chapter of the AIA in January 1947. Destroyed. Neutra
designed the Boomerang Chair for these houses, shown in the bottom
photo by Julius Shulman.
1942 - The Geza Rethy House,
2101 Santa Anita Avenue, Sierra Madre CA.
As of 2007, owned by John Scheliga. Featured in Arts and
Architecture Magazine, March 1947. Color photos by Raymond Neutra.
1942 - The Branch House,
7716 Firenze Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
Has been altered beyond recognition from Neutra's design. Sold
to Jesse Beaton and Carl M. Franklin. Three bedrooms, 3356
square feet.
1942 - The VDLA Pavilion House,
2353 Edgewater Terrace, Los Angeles
CA. Sold to Stanley G. Hubert. Sold in 2001 to
Shinazia LLC.
1942 - The Kelton Apartments,
646-648 Kelton Avenue, Westwood area of Los Angeles CA. Five apartments in
two buildings. BW photo by Ezra Stoller/ESTO. Color photo by Raymond
Neutra.
1943 - The Howard C. Bald House,
917 McAndrew Road, Ojai CA.
Commissioned 1941. Sold to a second owner around 1981 who made
a few changes. Sold around 1985 to Sidney and
Susan Baldwin. Photographer Julius Shulman gave them his old photos so
they could restore the house properly. According to
Sidney Baldwin, "Mr.
Shulman told us that Neutra stood with him and told him exactly how
to frame the shots. It has been a dream to live here."
Third photo by Sidney Baldwin. Interior shots by Raymond Neutra.
1945 - Case Study House
#6, aka the Omega House, Lasheart Drive, La Canada Flintridge CA.
Unbuilt. Get background on the famous Arts and Architecture
Case Study Houses
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,
470 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 Edwards Harris in 1991
who hired architects
Marmol and Radziner for a
restoration. Chris Shanley was the project architect. Featured
in the movie
Visual Acoustics. On the market in 2009.
1946 - Case Study House #13, aka the
Alpha House, Lasheart Drive, La Canada Flintridge CA.
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 the landmark Case Study series
here.
Sold to Stuart G. Bailey. Sold
in 2005 to Samuel Simon. Leo Marmol
worked on a renovation of the Bailey House in 2003. Often confused with the 1958
Case Study House #20, aka the Bass House,
2275
Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena CA, designed by Buff Straub and Hensman.
1948 - The David Treweek House,
2250 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
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. Has been on and off the market several times.
Around 1948 - Cooperative
Apartments near Sierra Nevada Mountains in Southern CA.
1948 - The 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. Featured in Arts and
Architecture Magazine, September 1948. 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 Elkay Apartments, 638-642 Kelton
Avenue, Westwood area of Los Angeles CA. Extension of the Kelton
Apartments next door.
1948 - The Sokol House,
2242 East Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
1948 - The Warren D. Tremaine House,
1636 Moore Road, Montecito area of
Santa Barbara CA. The lot was subdivided years ago and this
house has been renumbered to 1642. What now stands on 1636
Moore Road is another interesting Modernist house designed by Donald
Hensman. BW photos by Ezra Stoller/ESTO.
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 bought by Mark Seliger and
restored by architect Sharon Johnston-Lee.
1949 - The Chase House,
4254 Cresta Avenue, Santa Barbara,
Goleta CA.
1949 - The Coe House,
7 Cinchring Road, Rolling Hills CA.
1949 - The Joseph Tuta House,
1800 Via Visalia, Palos Verdes
Estates CA. 2.7 acres. In the late 1970's, it was
destroyed by Gloria Marshall (of figure salon fame) who built the
massive home, bottom photo. Top photo by Jane Haylor.
1949 - The Atwell House,
1411 Atwell Road, El Cerrito CA.
Color photo by Raymond Neutra, 2002.
Sold to 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. Architect 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.
1950 - The Nick Helburn House,
Sourdough Road, Bozeman MT.
2500 square feet.
1950 - The Alexander Meltzer House,
1508 Murray Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1950 - The Josef Kun House II,
7947 Fareholm Drive, Los Angeles CA.
Commissioned 1938. Original landscape design by landscape architects,
Lockwood de Forest and Ralph Stephens. In 1997, a landslide lead to the
failure of one slope.
As of 2007, the owners were Christopher J. Hacker and William F.
Thomas.
Bottom photo is of the Kun House I (left) and II (right).
New landscaping design by Lisa Gimmy.
1950 - The Grant and Mildred B.
Beckstrand Lodge, Drycreek Ranch, Meadow UT.
1950 - The Hees House,
250 Trino Way, Pacific Palisades CA. Sold
at least once.
1950 - The William O'Brien House,
4740 Richmond Avenue,
Shreveport LA. Frank
Lloyd Wright was originally hired but proved too difficult for the
clients. This is the only Neutra house in Louisiana.
Sold to Wesley Glassell for about 20 years, who did a series of
renovations. After Glassell moved out, it sat five years empty.
Sold in 2000 to Steve N. and Diann London who did a
restoration. Photos by Diann London. For sale in 2013.
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 CA.
Sold to Aileen and Robert Coulter. Greatly expanded and updated
in 2001 by architect Roberta Weiser. Sold in 2006 to Steven and
Melissa Bochco. Has appeared in four films including Superman 4.
1951 - The Everist House, aka the
Herbert House,
400 West 45th Street, Sioux City IA.
1951 - The Hinds House,
3940-41 San Rafael Avenue, Los
Angeles CA.
1951 - The
Nelson House,
511 Miner Road, Orinda CA. Sold to
James and Judith Fletcher. Sold in 2001 to
Timothy and Syndi Master.
1951 - The
Fischer House,
1618 Pine Crest Road, Spokane WA.
Sold to Jose Conceicao.
1951 - The Hunter House,
2311 Bancroft Avenue, Los Angeles
CA. Sold to Susan and Elisa Johnson.
1951 - The Logar House,
17728 Ridgeway Road, Granada Hills
CA. Sold around 1966 to someone who did not occupy it.
Sold in 1970 to Juanita and Gage Wilson. Sold
in 2010 to Farshad Asl and Mina Ghaemmaghami.
1951 - The Brod House,
1203 North Oakwood Drive, Arcadia
CA. Sold to Lawrence C. Papp.
1951 - The Gloria and Donald L.
Heryford House,
3444 Bonnie Hill Drive, Los Angeles
CA.
1951 - The Arthur James Mosby and Ruth
Mosby House,
103 Artemos Drive, Missoula
MT. After Mosby's death in 1970, it was donated to the University of
Montana for a President’s residence . Sold by the University to a
private owner in 2010. Photos by Philip Maechling.
1952 - The Mrs. Weston House,
3220 Durand Drive, Los Angeles CA. She was a
schoolteacher who wanted an inexpensive Modernist house. Sold in 1999 to Niels
Ostergard.
1952 - The Maurice L. Heller House,
811 North Camden Drive, Beverly
Hills CA. A U-shaped house. B/W photos by Julius Shulman. Destroyed and replaced, bottom photo.
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, John A. Masterson.
1952 - The Frederick and Mary Jane 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,
6323 Lindley Avenue, Reseda area of
Los Angeles CA. Has been significantlly altered (right photo). Sold to Wilfram and Renate Berger.
1953 - The Kramer House,
108 West 8th Street,
Corona (Norco) CA.
1953 - The Price House,
255 South Gillette, Bayport
NY.
1953 - The Kesler House,
1367 Monument Street, Pacific
Palisades CA.
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, have tried to buy it several
times.
1953 - The Frederick and Mary Jane Auerbacher House,
121 Sierra Vista Drive, Redlands CA.
Commissioned 1951. Neutra created furniture, including
a coffee table and living room chairs, that are still in place
(along witih the original owners) nearly 60 years later. Most of the north walls are glass.
Put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
1953 - The Olin G. and Aida Haefely
House,
5561 East La Pasada Street, Long
Beach CA. Designed by Neutra at the same time as the Moore
house next door. For sale for the first time in 2010.
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 a 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. Designed with Robert E. Alexander.
Destroyed and replaced with a much larger house, bottom
photo.
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.
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. Bottom two photos by Raymond Neutra.
1955 - The Brown-Sidney House,
10801 Chalon Road, Los Angeles
CA. Sold in 2000 to fashion mogul Tom Ford (second photo, left).
Sold 18 days later to Ten 801 Chalon Road Holding Trust, controlled
by Ford.
Restored by
Marmol-Radziner (principal Ron Radziner, standing, next to Ford lying down). Chris Shanley and John Bertram were design
associates.
Brad Dunning assisted with the interiors.
1955 - The Corwin Hansch House,
4070 Olive Knoll Place, Claremont
CA. The address was formerly called Via Padova.
Bottom photo by Raymond Neutra.
1955 - The Cohen House #1,
8805 Cheltenham Avenue, Springfield
PA. For sale in 2012.
1955 - The Henry and Betty L. Corwin
House,
25 Huckelberry Lane, Weston CT.
1955 - The J. M. Roberts House,
539 South Grand Avenue, West Covina
CA. The house was situated on a hill surrounded by an extensive
avocado plantation with a northerly view of the Sierre Madre
Mountains. Has been destroyed.
Around 1955 -
31483 Pleasant Drive, Running Springs CA.
Sold in 1990. Sold in 2002.
1955 - The Weihe House,
25 Sweetbay Road, Rancho Palos Verde
CA.
1955 - The Herbert Kronish House,
9439 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills
CA.
Kronish bought the property from actress Shirley Temple. At 6891 sf, it was one of Neutra's largest.
Two acres. Six
bedrooms. At one time it was owned by
industrialist/philanthropist Norton Simon and actress Jennifer Jones.
The kitchen (last photo) was renovated - poorly, says
son Dion Neutra. Sold in 1999 to Massoud Yashouafar. Foreclosed in January 2011
and sold to Soda
Partners LLC for about $6M, according to Blockshopper LA. Saved from demolition; sold in October 2011 for
$12.8M to Hestia Properties LLC controlled by Stavros Niarchos III, young Greek shipping tycoon. Color photos by Michal Cherwonka.
1955 - The George and Dorothy Serulnic
House,
3947 Markridge Road, La Crescenta
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. Sold
to Levine Family Trust.
1956 - The Sidney R. and Arilla Troxell House,
766 Paseo Miramar, Pacific Palisades
CA. Sold in 2003 to architect Charles Scott Hughes who renovated and
expanded it in 2005. Interiors by Brad Dunning. Sold to
Hikaru Utada in 2005. Sold to Kazuhiro Iwashita.
Video. For sale 2011-2012. Bottom
three photos by Brad Dunning. The house features a reflecting pool, glass walls, birch doors, radiant-heat
pipes under the concrete floors, recessed lighting, and a catwalk outside the
master bedroom to make it easier to clean the windows.
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. Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx collaborated
on the landscape design of the three-acre property. Now a
diplomatic residence for the Swiss Ambassador to Cuba. Received the 1958
National College of Architects Gold Medal. Color photos by Patrick
Denker, except for last two by Raymond Neutra.
1956 - The Staller House (aka the
Levinsohn House),
901 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles
CA. Commissioned 1955. Sold to Gary Levinsohn in 1998.
Restored by Lorcan O'Herlihy in 2001. Features a
4200-bottle wine cellar. For sale 2011-2012. Bottom photo by Roger
Straus III/ESTO.
1956 - The
Schwind House,
1430 Carlton Road, Hillsborough CA.
1956 - The
Adler House,
1438 North Kenter Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
Has been renovated.
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. Deeded in 1999 from Joseph
Artega to Michael Artega.
1956 - The
Gillen House,
7 Quail Canyon Road, San Bernardino
CA. For sale in 2009.
1956 or
1958 - The Mary 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 Mary Lou Droston to help oversee construction. The contractor
was Creed W. Maynard, a patient of Philip Livingston. Sold to their daughter, Ann Raines.
1956 - The
Frank and Betty Miller House,
109 South Whitehall Road,
Norristown PA.
1956 - The
Louis Nash House,
35 Marine View Drive, Camarillo CA.
Sold in 2003 to Michael and Elayne A Harbert. Sold to Scott McBryde. For sale 2009-2012.
1956 - The
Cohen House #2,
27360 Escondido Beach Road, Malibu
CA. Sold in 1998 to Daniel
Alberstone and Lisa Ogawa. Has been a rental house for several years.
1957 - The Gene Field House,
4341 Lanai, Encino CA. The owners
got tired of modern and destroyed the house, building another house 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. Here's a
video of her discussing the house. Interior
photos by Raymond Neutra. 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 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 Jack and Annette Friedland House,
1020 North Lane, Gladwyne PA.
1958 - The Hailey House,
3319 Tareco Drive, Los Angeles CA. 1958 - The Robert and Josephine Chuey
Residence,
2460 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles
CA.
1958 - The Hassrick House (not spelled
Hasserick),
3033 Cherry Lane, formerly called
3033 West School House Road,
Philadelphia PA. 4800 sf. Sold to John Hauser who
purchased the house out of foreclosure around 2008 and spent two years in
renovations. According to Hauser, the addition, a peaked roof room
with the planter and tiled floor, bottom photo, is not by Neutra.
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 Addition,
3574 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles
CA. Kaufmann was a screenwriter who invented the character Mr. Magoo.
Landscaping by Garrett Eckbo. Sold in 2002 to Michael La Fetra.
Sold
in 2004 to Van Scott Jones and Thierry Marchand.
Sold in 2007 to Thierry Marchand.
For sale in 2012.
1958 - The George Kraigher House II.
The
address listed at Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture: a Biography
and History by Thomas S. Hines
and Richard Joseph Neutra is
Bethlehem Road, which is outside of
Litchfield CT. Correspondence between Neutra and Kraigher
reveals this is the Bethlehem Route, which is now Route
63, Morris CT.
Julius Shulman photographed the house
in the summer of 1958. Now under restoration by designer Paul
Worthington, who provided the above photo.
1958 - The Rados House,
2209 West Daladier Drive, Los
Angeles CA.
1958 - The Albert M. and Patricia Leddy House,
2501 Dracena Street, Bakersfield CA. Still owned by the Leddys
as of 2013. According to Patricia Leddy, construction was a group effort
between her husband, an attorney, and his attorney friends working on the
weekend like an old-fashioned barnraising. They had to build it themselves
as no bank would lend money for this Modernist design. Color photos by Raymond Neutra.
1958 - The Arthur (Art) L. and Kathleen Connell House, 1170 Signal Hill Road, Pebble Beach CA.
4124 sf on 2.13 acres. Sold in 1985 to Clifford and Patricia Mettler. Sold
in 2004 to Massy Mehdipour, software CEO in Palo Alto CA, who rented it out.
She transferred the property in March 2010 to a personal trust then to
a wholly-owned limited liability corporation, Signal
Hill LLC. Plans were submitted in June 2010 to Monterey County for
destruction of the house and replacement with a new three-level 15,740 square
foot house designed by Bernstein
Zubieta Architects of Venice CA. The plan has since been changed to around
12,000 sf. The
parcel number is 008-261-007-000 and the public documents are
here. The approval process is roughly
halfway, with several more opportunities for public comment and participation
before any permits are issued.
Photos
by Tony Kirk.
Additional photos by Neutra's son, Raymond,
from January 2012.
1959 - The June and Hitoshi Ohara 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. One of the locations for the
movie "The Holiday."
1959 - The Henry E. Singleton House,
15000 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles
CA. Sold in 2004 to Vidal and Rhonda (Ronnie) Sassoon. On the market sale
for five years. Sold in 2013 to Francois Pinault.
1959 - The Ninneman House,
4218 Via Padova, Claremont CA.
1959 - The Dailey House,
953 Granvia Altamira, Palos Verdes
Estates CA.
Sold for the first time in 2008 to Charles A. Bennett, Jr. Restored by
John Blanton who had worked with Neutra. For sale in 2012. 1961 - The David and Grace Poster Apartments,
6847 Radford Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1959 - The Larsen House,
5434 Jed Smith Road, Calabasas CA.
Located in Hidden Hills. Sold in 1989 to Vicki Schankman.
1959 - The Loring House,
2456 Astral Drive, Los Angeles CA.
1959 - The Arthur F. 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 suburban house is two
interlocking rectangles. Walls of different heights and textures
separate public and private entrances. Trudi
Pariser died in 2010 and the house has been for sale since.
1959 - The Lloyd and Mildred Warner House,
22 Summitt Drive, Dune Acres IN.
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,
now at
4449 Yerba Santa,
San Diego CA.
Moved
from its original location at 2680 Greentree Lane, La Jolla, San
Diego CA. Sold to the Koutz Trust. Sold in 1999 to Susan Camiel.
Sold in 2006 to Tamara Well.
1960 - The Kambara House,
2232 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA.
1960 - The Bizzari House,
6070 Kenridge Drive, Cincinnati OH. Sold
to Joan Morgan.
The original house had three bedrooms and two baths. Neutra designed a
bunk bed in one bedroom, as well as built-ins for the children and planned for
the family to add more children. Thaddeus Longstreth, who collaborated with
Neutra, supervised the Neutra-planned western extension of the house to
accommodate two more bedrooms and another full bath. Longstreth included
built-ins in the same style in the expansion. After Neutra's death, Longstreth
supervised the design and installation of an artist studio for Sarah Coveney in
1976, bringing the total square footage to 3,217. Neutra designated a place for
a swimming pool, which was never installed. Over the 52 years of ownership, the
Coveneys have been true curators of Neutra's extraordinary design, faithfully
maintaining the house.
1960 - The Bell House,
222 East Constance, Santa Barbara
CA. Sold to John and Joy Kuntz.
1960 - The Glen House,
130 Brookhollow Lane, Stamford CT.
Commissioned 1959. Sold to Eric C. Rota. Restored by architect Joeb
Moore around 2010. Won an AIA CT 2011 Design Award. Bottom photo by
Michael Biando.
1960 - The Quandt House,
13 Castle Rock Road, Lucerne
Valley, CA.
1960 - The Robert D. Sale House,
1531 Tigertail Road, Los Angeles CA. Still
controlled by the Sale family.
1960 - The Thomas E. and Ellen Pickering House,
225 Via Genoa, Newport Beach CA.
Has been significantly altered,
bottom photo. As of 2012, the owners were Susan O'Neal and Stephen J.
Kearney.
1960
- The BEWO-Bau GmbH Development I, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany.
Neutra’s first housing development project in Europe after World War
II: a dense estate of detached houses near Frankfurt Airport, now
partly spoiled by subsequent alterations. Interior photos by Iwan
Baan.
1961 - The Oberholtzer House,
27274 Eastvale Road, Rolling Hills
CA. Has been expanded.
1961 - The Leo and Tillie Cytron House,
2249 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly
Hills CA.
1961 - The Levitt House,
1705 Summitridge Drive, Beverly
Hills CA.
1961 - The Linn House,
7820 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles
CA.
1963 - The Maximilian (Milan) and Blanca Roven /
Abraham Spiegel Houses,
900 and 910 North Alpine Drive,
Beverly Hills CA. The Rovens (lower lot) and Abraham Spiegel
(upper lot) engaged Neutra to design two 6000 sf+ houses starting in
1956. However, according to Neutra expert
Barbara Lamprecht,
several factors ranging from apparently uneasy client relations,
questions about the legality of the subdivided lot, and Neutra's two
bouts in the hospital, led to the loss of the project.
In 1961, Benno Fischer, a long-time lead project architect for
Neutra and now established with his own practice, redesigned the
project, based in part on Neutra's original layout, and gleaning
high praise from his clients. The houses were built in 1963. The
Roven house has changed hands but is still there. The Spiegel
House has been demolished.
1961 - The Carl List House,
679 Manhattan Road SE, Grand Rapids
MI. 1962 - The Akai House,
2200 Neutra Place, Los Angeles CA.
Part of a grouping of ten houses known as the Neutra Colony.
Sold to 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 building was replaced by the
house in the bottom photo, 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, Hidden Hills, Calabasas
CA. In 1980, it was added on and substantially altered from the original
design. Sold to Donald and Margee Menell. Sold in 2005 to Bentley
Max Richards.
1962 - The Taylor House,
aka the Solomon House,
3816 Lockerbie Court, Glendale CA.
1962 - The Eugene and Rowene Erman House,
16535 Oldham Street, Encino CA.
As of 2008, still owned by the Ermans.
1962 - The Robert L. Hendershot House,
2866 Westbrook Avenue, Los Angeles
CA.
1962 - The Stone-Fisher Speculative
Houses,
3631-3847 Oakfield Drive, Sherman Oaks area of
Los Angeles CA.
Color photos by Marissa Gluck.
There are at least 12 of these houses.
3631:
Sold in 2005 to Baruch Regwan.
1963 - The Stone-Fisher Speculative
House,
2105 Trentham Road, Lake Sherwood CA near
Thousand Oaks. Overlooks Lake Sherwood. Sold to Russell Goodman.
1962 - The Feodor U. Pitcairn House,
2860 Paper Mill Road, Bryn Athyn area of Huntington Valley
PA.
1963 - The Hans Grelling House, aka Casa Tuja, Strada del Roccolo 11,
Ascona, Switzerland. Commissioned 1961. Neutra oriented
this two-story house to look out over Lake Maggiore
at the foot of Monte Verità (‘mountain of truth’) above Ascona.
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. Well-preserved.
1964 - The John L. and Pauline
Kuhns House,
4359 Camello, Woodland Hills area of
Los Angeles CA.
1965 - The BEWO-Bau GmbH Development II, Marienhöhe, Quickborn,
Germany. About 13 miles outside Hamburg. A dense estate
of 67 detached houses; they have been better preserved than the first
BEWO development of 1960. Der Spiegel on 26 August 1964 had an
article about the development, which got off to a very difficult
start - with only four homes sold 18 months into the development.
The houses were expensive and didn’t sell well. Material and
craftsmanship were outstanding, but instead of large representative
homes situated on large lots for such an amount of money, Neutra
demanded a new thinking from the purchasers, by offering smallish
homes tightly packed together, 44 of them even attached, with small
private gardens but blocked views. Spiegel wrote that Bewobau had
totally overestimated Neutra as a magnet architect, and subsequently
cancelled plans for another 422 houses. For the remaining
homes, historic preservation status came through in 2005. As of
1994, 62 of the homes are supposedly kept “in the Neutra-spirit",
only five homes got major alterations. Interior color photos by
Iwan Baan. 1966 - The Ebelin Bucerius
House, aka Casa Navegna, Via Val Resa,
Brione sopra Minusio, Switzerland. The landscape architect was
Ernst Cramer.
High above Lake Maggiore, House Bucerius has a breathtaking view
exploited by Neutra to the fullest. This huge villa, which cost a small
fortune to build, was the most elaborate ever erected by Neutra in
Europe and is a milestone of his later work. It has
been painstakingly and exquisitely restored and renovated. Last two photos by Alberto Flammer and Martin Hesse,
respectively. Color photos by Iwan Baan.
1966 - The Rentsch House, In der Ledi, Wengen
3823 in Lauterbrunnen
Switzerland. The landscape
architect was
Ernst Cramer.
Commissioned 1964. Built on the outskirts of Wengen
with an impressive view of the Eiger-Mönch-Jungfrau mountain massif.
Originally designed with a flat roof, Neutra was forced by planning
officials to add a gabled roof. Color photos by Iwan Baan.
1966 - The Virzintas Penthouse,
4338 1/2 Laurel Canyon Boulevard,
Los Angeles CA. The address of the main building is 4336.
Sold in 2006 to David Berger and Seth Caplan.
1966 - The Von Huene Cabin,
168 Joaquin Road, Mammoth Lakes CA. 1967 - The
Wilhelm Kemper House,
Dorner Weg 100, Wuppertal-Ronsdorf, Germany. The interior has
been dramatically altered from Neutra's original design. 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. Sold to Farshid and Sandy Shohed.
Destroyed and replaced with a new house, bottom photo. 1968 - The Walter and Inga Rice House,
1000 Old Locke Lane, on an island in
the James River, 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. Heather Willson Cass designed an addition (bottom left photo) in
the early 1990's. 4000 square feet. Neutra's only house in DC
and his last in the United States.
TMH toured it in 2010.
1969 - The Pescher House, Am
Freudenberg 75, Wuppertal, Germany. Commissioned 1968. Well-preserved in
original condition, similar to the Rentsch House. Bottom photo by
Iwan Baan.
1969 - The Marcel Delcourt
House, 18bis Avenue General de Gaulle, Croix,
Nord-Pas-de-Calais,
France. Neutra's last house, and
his only house in France. Now surrounded by a high wall.
Photos by Iwan Baan. 1970 - The Stettfurt House, aka the Jürgen Tillmann House, Thurgau,
Switzerland. Begun as a
low-budget project drawn by his son Dion, and completed (after a break during
which financing was unavailable) by Honegger, a Swiss architect who previously worked with Neutra. Even so, a few months before he died, Neutra requested in a letter to be referred to as the
home's
original designer. Sold to a second owner, an attorney. Sold in the
late 1980's to the Bachmanns, third owners. The interior has been
renovated. Photo by Iwan Baan. 2011 - A house for sale in Madrid is listed as designed by Richard Neutra.
However, Neutra never designed any houses in Spain. TMH alerted noted
Neutra expert Barbara Lamprecht. She commmunicated with the family of the
owner. According to the owner's nephew, "This
project was done in the 60's for the soldiers of the American base in Torrejon
de Ardoz, that is why it was called Aneutra." The real estate listing agent saw this
term and made an incorrect assumption. Case closed. Sources include:
Diann London,
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; Neutra: The Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht; Tobias Kaiser;
Richard Neutra in Europe, Buildings and Projects
1960–1970; Exhibition by the Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany, May-August
2010; Richard Neutra 1950-1960 Buildings and
Projects by Karl Krämer Verlag; Catherine Meyler;
Los Angeles:
An Architectural Guide by David Gebhard and Robert Winter; Raymond Richard
Neutra; Dion Neutra; Ted Cleary;Patricia Leddy.
-- Richard Neutra
With famed architectural photographer Julius ShulmanRICHARD JOSEF NEUTRA (1892-1970)
Richard Neutra was born in Vienna,
Austria. He was educated by Adolf Loos and influenced by Otto Wagner
at the Technical University of Vienna, graduating in 1917. He also
studied at the University of Zürich.
Architect Robert Evans
Alexander joined Neutra and the firm was called
Neutra and Alexander
from 1949-1958. An agreement was made that Neutra
would still design residential commissions within his own independent firm,
while larger commericial and institutional commissions would be developed at the
shared firm of Neutra and Alexander. Alexander was actively involved in many
multi-housing projects but only two single-family houses during that period:
the Hall House, and the Governor's house on Guam. They broke up in 1959 when Alexander and
Neutra disagreed over the development of large-scale jobs.
Perspectives in Architecture: Dion Neutra discusses his Dad and the VDL
house, with cello music by his mom Dione
Clip on the Ennis House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and
the Lovell House, designed by Richard Neutra
Richard Neutra: An Interior View, a film by grandson Justin Neutra
Raymond Neutra discusses his Dad and the VDL house in Los Angeles
Richard Neutra on a German panel discussion in the 1960's
Richard Neutra interviewed on a German TV show in the 1960's
Sold in 1973 to Betty L. Topper. Bottom photo taken during
construction: Neutra is 4th from right,
Harwell Hamilton Harris 2nd from right. The house appeared in
the film
LA Confidential. Fourth photo by Ken McCown. Sixth photo by
Luckhous Studios. Betty Topper still lived
in the house with her son Ken as of 2006. 
Designed and built
for a competition.
1934 - The Rosalind Rajogopals Addition, 2126 North Gower Street, Los Angeles
CA. Neutra expanded a Spanish-style house by putting on a second floor.
Later, Paul Hoag did a studio apartment addition, bottom photo. For sale 2012-2013.
1935 - Architectural Forum published two
Neutra designs in April as part of a competition.
View article. Probably not
built.
Owned by Michael Aquino. 
Sold to Alvin and Elaine Pelavin.
Sold to Richard Edlund.
Published in Architectural Forum, April 1937.
Owned by Marjorie Forrey.
Bottom three photos by Raymond Neutra.
Sold to David Coffey. Photos by David Coffey.
Westwood area of Los Angeles CA. Designed
with Peter Pfisterer.
Sold in 2003 to Frank
and Tracey Lentz III.
Sold to CR and Vivienne Dunham. Sold in 1993 to
Dorothy Roush.
6306 Denny
6307 Denny (has been added on)
6312 Denny
6313 Denny
6318 Denny
6319 Denny (house on the left)
6322 Denny
6323 Denny
6328 Denny
6329 Denny
6334 Denny
6335 Denny
6338 Denny
6339 Denny
1942 - The
Progressive Builders Homes, Denny Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built
for defense worker housing near the Lockheed aircraft factory, these modest
homes were originally around 1000 sf and 2-3 bedrooms.
SFValleyBlog found 14 homes, listed above.
As of 2007, owned by Yoshiye Honda.
Appeared in Architectural Record, February 1948. Views of Mount
Wilson and Mount Lowe. Unbuilt.
Owned by Kenneth K. Lee as of 2007.
As of 2007, owned by Adam and Melanie Levin.
Destroyed, replaced with a massive villa in 1987, bottom
photo. 
Sold to Bruno and Rosina Baur, shown above.
Destroyed. A massive home, bottom photo,
was
built in its place in 1999. 
As of 2007, owner was Philip N. Colman.
Sold in 1966 to Neutra's
son Dion Neutra, who remodeled it has lived there since.
Sold to Steve and Cindy Kleimer, who rent it out.
Sold to Alan Lindgren and Ken Carlsten. Restored by designer
Daniel Sachs.
Has been sold
several times. Photos by Greg Allen.
Owners are Ed Barlow and Patrick Convey.
Sold to Arun K. Mittal.
Sold to Stewart Shaun Regen.
11 acres.
Sold to Gia and Ron Emory. Photos from Neutra.org.
As of 2007, owned by Ruby Nomura. Commissioned 1947.
Still owned by the Heryfords as of 2009.
1952 - The Goodman House,
4225 North Golden Avenue, San
Bernardino CA.
Burned down sometime between 2000 and 2006.
B/W photo by Julius Shulman. Has been significantly added
onto.
1953 - The Governor's House, Agana, Guam.
Designed with Robert E. Alexander. Commissioned 1951.
Major reconstruction
followed the destruction wrought by Super Typhoon Pamela in 1976.
BW photos by Ezra Stoller/ESTO.
Has been greatly altered, bottom photo.
Sold in 2006 to Lynn Fehr.
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Sold in 2009 to Erica Yang and Gregory Kinzelman.
1954 - The Mountain Home AFB Housing, aka Capehart-Wherry,
designed with Robert E. Alexander. They designed 270 Capehart
units. More than 770 units were built during the first phases of the
Capehart-Wherry programs at MHAFB. In all, nearly 250,000 units were
built for the military nationwide. However, Lemoore Naval Station CA and MHAFB were the only installations that Neutra and
Alexander received initial housing designs. In 1959, MHAFB won the
best new housing award.
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As of 2006, still owned by
Betty and Henry Corwin.
Sold in 1994 to Lynn and William Petak.
Renovations in 1961.
Still owned by Mary Kilbury as of 2007.
As of 2007, the owners were Rudolph and Candida Perez.
Sold in 1999 to Foek Nan Tang and Han Yong Teng.
As of 2012, still owned by the Friedlands. Color photos by son Mark
Friedland.
Sold in 1996 to Gabriel Ramirez. Sold in 2013.
1958
- The Sue Oxley Residence,
2680 Greentree Lane, La Jolla CA.
Original address was 9302 La Jolla Farms Road. Previous owners
moved it to the edge of a large lot and then built a new large house
in the middle. Sold to Thomas Masserat who did a restoration. Bottom photo by Julius Shulman.
Photo by Julius Shulman.
In 2002 it was still owned by the Huebsch family.
Sold in 1999 to Domingo and Martha N. Paglia. Photos by Raymond Neutra.
Eight units. Commissioned 1959. Fell into disrepair.
Sold in 2005 to Mike Resnick, who did extensive
renovations. Resnick provided the bottom
photo.
Sold to Lewis S. Baskerville. Photos by Tim Street-Porter/ESTO.
Sold to Mitch Glazer and Kelly Lynch. Incredible mountain views.
Mailing
address Chesterton IN. Sold in 2007.
1960 - The Icandomi House,
2238 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los
Angeles CA. Sometimes listed as Inadomi. Part of a grouping of ten houses known as the
Neutra Colony. Sold to Dinah Lee. Sold in 2005 to Eli Bonerz.
Part of a grouping of ten houses known as the Neutra Colony.
Still owned by the Kambara family.
Sold in 1997 to Diane Travis. Do you have a better photo?
Sold to Steven and Dana Traversal.
Sold to Shirley C. Cytron.
Sold to Matthew Rolston and Ted Russell.
Sold to James B. Byrnes. Sold in 2012 to Clifford Watts.
1961 - The Rang House, Hardtbergweg 15 624 Koenigstein, Königstein im
Taunus, Germany. Small detached house built in a woodland clearing on
the outskirts of Königstein for a professor at the University of
Frankfurt. Now owned by architect Hilmer Goedeking who
specializes in restoring Neutra houses. Bottom two photos by
Iwan Baan.
Sold in 2000. Sold to Thor and Kathryn Sorenson.
Photos by Raymond Neutra.
Sold to John Solomon. Photos by Tim
Street-Porter/ESTO.
Owned by Hendershot as of 2004.
3645:
Sold in 1999 to Robert Morelli. Sold in 2000 to Dean Hussein. Sold
in 2009 to Richard Stromberg.
3701:
Sold to Timothy Shamroy.
3707:
Sold in 2002 to Donald Goldstein.
3715:
Sold in 2001 to Mohammad Moayery and Parvaneh Afshar.
3723:
Sold in 2000 to Michael Reilly.
3733:
Sold to Terence Azaldo.
3737:
Sold in 2002 to Bruce Bibby.
3749:
Sold in 2003 to the Robert Brown and Janie Nelson Trust.
3759:
Sold in 1997 to Lorraine Johnson.
3821:
Sold in 2005 to Barbara McKnight and Steven
Sadd.
3847:
Sold to Sang Ahn Yoo and Hye Ri Kim.
Sold in 2000 to Scott Cort and Jeanne Young Yang.
Transferred to the Kuhns Estate,
Laura
Kuhns Moody, Trustee.
Photos by
Scott Moody.
Photo by
Raymond Neutra.
