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

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798887120089

Publisher: Getty Research Institute, 2025

Synopsis

This absorbing volume traces the Lovell Health House from its inspiration through its construction to its impact.

This book tells the story of the Lovell Health House, designed and built by Austrian American architect Richard Neutra (1892–1970). Perched on a steep hillside with panoramic views of Los Angeles, the home 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. It was widely documented and written about in leading architectural journals when it was erected, and these publications elevated the house to the status of an icon in the history of modernism and an essential work of the international modern movement. It also helped to launch the global career of one of the central figures of twentieth-century architecture.

The book includes new texts by Edward Dimendberg, Crosby Doe, and Nicholas Olsberg, a chronology by Thomas Hines, and historic texts by Willard D. Morgan and Richard Neutra. At the heart of the book are six narrated portfolios of visual and textual documentation on the background, design, making, circulation, reception and resonance of this seminal house. Featuring historical photography by Morgan and contemporary photography by Grant Mudford, this volume will help bring Neutra’s masterpiece to an entirely new audience.

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About the Author

Edward Dimendberg is a professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the editor of the English edition of Anton Wagner’s Los Angeles (Getty, 2022).

Edition details

• Publisher: Getty Research Institute
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798887120089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Dimendberg Edward