Dr. Phillip M. Lovell House, Los Angeles, California (Scale model, 3/8"=1')

Richard Neutra

1927–1929 (model 1979)

Acrylic-and-wood scale model of Richard Neutra’s Lovell House that demonstrates his attempt to sit a sleek, cantilevered modernist home into a steep Los Angeles hillside to maximize light, views, and a seamless indoor‑outdoor life.

You’re struck by the crisp white horizontal planes and stacked terraces that seem to float over a carved-away slope, with exposed staircuts, ribbon glazing, planted terraces, and a rooftop deck revealing the building’s interior rhythms at a glance.

The Lovell House is a touchstone of early International Style modernism in the U.S., making visible Neutra’s ideas about healthful, technological living and shaping later notions of transparent, site-specific residential design.

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Art Terms

Architectural model Architecture Built environment International Style Model Modern art

Exhibitions

The Architecture of Richard Neutra: From International Style to Cal...

1982

Modern Architecture: International Exhibition

1932

Architectural Models from the Collection

1974

Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

1946