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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.

Architecture --- Mensendieck system --- Californie (États-Unis ; sud) --- Régions arides --- History --- Arid regions. --- Neutra, Richard Joseph, --- Miller, Grace Lewis, --- Critique et interprétation --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Homes and haunts --- Miller House (Palm Springs, Calif.) --- Palm Springs (Calif.) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Richard Neutra 1892-1970 (° Wenen, Oostenrijk) ; emigreerde in 1923 naar de Verenigde Staten --- Architectuur ; California ; 20ste eeuw ; Richard Neutra --- Woningbouw ; R. Neutra ; Miller House --- 72.07 --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Mensendieck method --- Mensendieck system of functional exercises --- Exercise therapy --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Desert architecture --- Architecture and climate --- Arid regions --- Deserts --- Design and construction --- Neutra, Richard, --- Neutra, Richard J. --- Palm Springs, Calif. --- Miller House (Palm Springs, Calif.). --- Régions arides. --- Neutra, Richard --- Architecture, Primitive --- Habitat --- Habitat individuel --- Architecture - 20e siecle. --- Neutra, Richard Joseph --- Californie --- Critique et interprétation. --- Californie (États-Unis ; sud) --- Régions arides. --- Critique et interprétation