Located 15 miles north of LA in the La Crescenta foothills, the 6 acre property was originally planned as a hillside subdivision by Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra and comes with two pedigreed properties.
All tagged midcentury modern
Located 15 miles north of LA in the La Crescenta foothills, the 6 acre property was originally planned as a hillside subdivision by Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra and comes with two pedigreed properties.
The Loring House is a perfect example of Neutra’s ‘boxcar style’, featuring a minimalist design with a rectangular footprint with a large roof overhang and retractable glass doors which open to the compound’s lush grounds, complete with a pool deck and a bamboo garden.
The Kaufmann Desert House—made famous in Slim Aaron’s ‘Poolside Gossip’ in 1970— was built in 1947 as a vacation home for department store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann, designed by architect Richard Neutra who worked under Frank Lloyd Wright before starting his own firm in 1930.