Los Angeles Modernism Revisited - Houses by Neutra, Schindler, Ain and Contemporaries

Richard Neutra and Rudolph M. Schindler's residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s in California is celebrated in a new book featuring 20 famous and lesser-known houses. These buildings, characterized by modern form, inventive construction, and new materials, offer a modern vision of living that remains inspirational today. The images by photographer David Schreyer showcase the buildings' present state as a commodity of highest quality, while Andreas Nierhaus's texts explore the relationship of the present inhabitants to their homes and what they mean to them. Together, the authors offer unique insights into a sophisticated way of life still too little known outside California.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2022
Publisher: Park Books

Two Austrian-born designers, Richard Neutra (1892-1970) and Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953), left an indelible mark on California's residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s by combining modern form and inventive construction with new materials to create a truly modern vision of living that remains inspirational to the present day. This new book features twenty famous and lesser-known houses from that period, designed by the two pioneers and other architects influenced by Neutra's and Schindler's ideas. All are marked by highly economical use and outstanding quality of space, a minimalist aesthetic, and their ideal adaption to climatic conditions. They are monuments of a period as well as timeless models for contemporary and future architecture. The images by photographer David Schreyer show the buildings in their present state as a commodity of highest quality that can be altered to meet today's changed demands to a living space. Andreas Nierhaus's texts, based on interviews, explore the relationship of the present inhabitants to their homes and what they mean to them. Together, the authors offer uniquely intimate insights into a sophisticated way of life still too little known outside California.

Weight: 1436g
Dimension: 306 x 243 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783038601616