Richard Neutra and the Making of the Lovell Health House, 1925–35

Lovell Health House, designed and built by Austrian
American architect Richard Neutra is perched on a steep hillside with
panoramic views of Los Angeles. It pioneered the use of concrete and
steel; radically advanced the ideals of hygienic, carefree, and open-air living; and
explored new relationships between space, structure, the natural world, and physical and psychological well-being. 

Icon in the history of modernism, it also helped to launch the global
career of one of the central figures of twentieth-century architecture.

Introduction by Edward Dimendberg, new texts by Crosby Doe and Thomas Hines. Six
portfolios on the background, design, making, circulation, reception, and resonance of this seminal residence by curator and archivist Nicholas Olsberg.

Historical photography by Willard Morgan and contemporary photography by Grant Mumford, this volume will help bring Neutra’s masterpiece to an
entirely new audience. 

GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 144 pages, 9  x 11 inches, 13 color and 132 b/w illustrations
hardcover