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Two Austrian-born designers have left their indelible mark on California's residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s : Richard Neutra (1892-1970) and Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953) combined 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 that were influenced by Neutra's and Schindler's ideas. All are marked by highly economical use and outstanding quality of space, a minimalist aesthetic, and by 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, and should be, altered to meet today's changed demands to a living space. Andreas Nierhaus' 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.

Architecture, Domestic --- Architecture, Modern --- Neutra, Richard Joseph, --- Schindler, R. M. --- Influence. --- Architecture domestique --- Architecture --- History --- Histoire --- Mouvement moderne --- Maison individuelle --- Neutra, Richard Joseph --- Schindler, Rudolf --- Ain, Gregory, --- Ellwood, Craig --- Evison, Leland Lewis --- Kappe, Ray --- Lautner, John --- Morris, Allyn E., --- Jones, Archibald Quincy --- Influence --- Californie --- Los angeles --- Architecture, Domestic - California - Los Angeles - 20th century --- Architecture, Modern - 20th century --- Neutra, Richard Joseph, - 1892-1970 - Influence --- Schindler, R. M. - (Rudolph M.), - 1887-1953 - Influence --- Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988 --- Morris, Allyn E., 1922-2009 --- Neutra, Richard Joseph, - 1892-1970 --- Schindler, R. M. - (Rudolph M.), - 1887-1953

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The distribution of the Schindler’s manifesto remains uncertain. This was an obligatory step in the life of a young European avant-gardist, and it probably passed from hand to hand. The interest paid to this text today is retrospective. It is an opportunity to go back over the training and early working life of an important architect who is still little-known. What conception of architecture did the young Schindler stand up for in this his first text? Would the beginning of his career follow this doctrinal commitment? How did such Viennese convictions travel to the USA?

Architecture --- Schindler, R. M. --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Schindler, R. M. - (Rudolph M.), - 1887-1953