Papers, 1925-1970.

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Papers, 1925-1970.

Collection consists of travel sketches, papers, drawings, rolled plans, blueprints, audio recordings, and photographs related to the career of architect Richard Joseph Neutra. Includes office files containing correspondence, client files, manuscripts, architectural models, clippings, magazines, and photographs generated by Neutra and his architectural firm. Also includes awards and honors received by Neutra. The earliest pieces in the collection, pencil drawings of Baroque interiors from Neutra's student trip through Italy in 1913, reveal his developing skills as a delineator of architectural space.

661 boxes (330.5 linear ft.)479 oversize boxes.379 oversize folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400166

University of California, Los Angeles

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Richard and Dion Neutra, Architects and Associates

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Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970

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Richard Josef Neutra was born in 1892 in Vienna; immigrated to US, 1923; Frank Lloyd Wright invited him to Taliesin during the fall of 1924; Neutra moved to Los Angeles, CA, 1925; most productive years were during 1930s and 1940s; spent most of his last decade in partnership with his son, Dion; published several books, including Wie baut Amerika? (1927) and Survival through design (1954); died in 1970. From the description of Papers, 1925-1970. (University of California, Los Angeles)...