Richard Neutra's Miller House

Leet, Stephen; Neutra, Richard Joseph

ISBN 10: 1568982747 / ISBN 13: 9781568982748

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2004

Signed by Julius Shulman on the title page. A crisp, clean, unread copy in a bright dust jacket. 189 pp., profusely illustrated with renderings, drawings, plans, profiles, sections, correspondence and related ephemera and numerous Julius Shulman photos from 1937. The Miller house was one of Shulman's earliest commissions from Neutra whom he met in 1936. These same photos comprised Shulman's first appearance in a book in 1937. Seller Inventory # 010097

Synopsis:

At the dawn of his international fame, architect Richard Neutra was approached by a St. Louis socialite, Grace Lewis Miller, to design a small winter home on the edge of glamour-baked Palm Springs. Miller wanted an open, light-filled house that could also act as a studio for her fashionably avant-garde exercise course in posture and grace, "The Mensendieck System." This unique program, combined with the desert landscape and the proactive health-minded client appealed to the idealist in Neutra. The frequent, fervent dialog between Neutra and Miller, who had great mutual respect, produced a work of forward-thinking and artful architecture. In Richard Neutra's Miller House, Stephen Leet traces the conception and realization of the house, examines the complex relationship between architect and client, and shows how the Mensendieck System influenced the creation of this seminal Neutra project. Beautiful duotone photographs by Julius Shulman, excerpts from the detailed correspondence between Neutra and Miller, and sketches and drawing provide valuable insight into the design process. Like the houses of Albert Frey, a contemporary of Neutra's who also build in the desert, the Miller House shows how architecture, the California landscape, and an interest in well-being can intersect in a moment of the architectural sublime.

Synopsis: Following her husband's death in 1936, Grace Lewis Miller (1895-1976) left Missouri to relocate in Palm Springs, California. A certified teacher of the Mensendieck System of Functional Exercises--a posture-improving fitness program that originated in Germany in the 1920s--Miller commissioned Austrian-born architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970) to des

Bibliographic Details

Title: Richard Neutra's Miller House
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition