History of the neutra vdl house i built in 1932 illustrated by photographs taken by julius shulman in 1958 the impetus for vdl and selecting a site across from the silver lake reservoir.
Neutra vdl house roof.
We decided to open up the interior of the building as much as possible.
The neutra vdl house ii is open for tours on saturdays from 11am to 3pm there is no need to contact us ahead of time to make an appointment.
Tours are given by cal poly pomona architecture students and are typically 30 minutes long.
The building department condemned the structure calling it unsafe and mandated that it be demolished and rebuilt from the foundation up.
Lorenzen supervised devised and implemented projects collaborations and programs that physically and culturally restored it.
Neutra vdl studio and residences the home of architect richard neutra is located in los angeles california it is also known as the neutra research house the van der leeuw house the richard and dion neutra vdl research house ii or the richard and dion neutra vdl research houses and studio it was designed by richard neutra and his son dion neutra.
Since the initial design and inception by richard and his wife dion the house has become an epicentre of experimentation exploration design and life conversation.
The vdl was built for neutra s own family back in 1932 but was damaged by fire in 1963.
In 1932 richard neutra built his house thanks to a donation from the dutch philanthropist dr van der leeuw hence the acronym vdl.
The richard and dion neutra vdl research house ii of 1966 was redesigned largely by me after a disastrous fire in 1963.
Richard and his son dion rebuilt the house and richard lived there until he died in 1970.
An important legacy sarah is well.
The garden house was undamaged.
Vdl research house underwent many transformations over the years particularly after a fire destroyed the property in 1966.
Richard neutra s career as a modernist north american architect saw the vdl house as an experiment of types with the intent to accommodate his own office and two families at any one time.
The college of environmental design manages the 4 200 square foot property.
The neutra vdl house was donated to cal poly pomona foundation by richard neutra s widow dione.
Neutra and his architect son dion rebuilt the house on the existing footprint.
The louvers which resemble jet plane wings track the sun powered by a motor connected to a solar sensor on the roof.
The vdl house ii paid homage to the design and aesthetic of the original as well as to its.
Last tour starts at 2 30pm.
A fire consumed the vdl research house in 1963 destroying everything but the original basement and its prefabricated concrete rafters.
