VDL Research House II (Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA) : West elevation, left portion, brise-soleil

Creator:

Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970

Published/Created:

Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States
1965-1966

Date Depicted:

1990
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

steel; glass; concrete

Notes:

With a no-interest loan from Dutch philanthropist Dr Charles Van Der Leeuw, Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra built a radical "glass house" with rooftop and balcony gardens on Silver Lake Boulevard for himself and his family. He called it the VDL Research house, after his benefactor. It was designed to accommodate his office and two families on a small 60 x 70 foot lot. Seven years later, as his family expanded, he built a garden house on the back of the lot. This compact wing had walls that slid open onto a pocket garden to be shared by the addition and main house. In 1963 after a disastrous fire, that left unscathed only the 1940 Garden house and basement of the original wing, Neutra and his son and partner Dion Neutra had a chance to redesign the main house. Two floors and a penthouse solarium were built on the original prefabricated basement structure. They applied what the practice had learned in the interim about sun louvers, water roofs, "nature-near", and physiologically motivated design.

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twentieth century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A1-NR-NH-A5

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
houses (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architecture; Artists' studios; experimental architecture; domestic architecture; passive solar International Style (modern European architecture style); Modernist; Twentieth century building divisions; rooms and spaces; studios (work spaces); buildings;

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1990

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10054797

PID:

digcoll:1837084