Photograph by Julius Shulman Van der Leeuw House II: View of roof with Richard Neutra Los Angeles, California, 1966, Printed in 2008.

The Friends of the Neutra VDL Research Site are pleased to announce that a photograph of Richard and Dion Neutra’s unique Silver Lake home and studio taken by famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman is available for sale through the Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design.

The print depicts Richard Neutra sitting on the terrace of the VDL II wing of the compound viewing its cooling water roof. The prints are numbered and signed by Julius Shulman (image 16 x 20 inches; sheet 21 x 24 inches); twice as large as the original 8 x 10 inch photograph taken over 40 years earlier.

Many have inquired as to where an affordable print can be purchased. In comparison to other available prints this print is extremely affordable AND the proceeds go towards a relevant cause.

For more information please visit the Neutra VDL website.

Life Magazine, April 11, 1949, pp. 146-7. Richard Neutra, Kaufmann House, 470 West Vista de Chino, Palm Springs, 1947. Julius Shulman Job No. 093, 1947. From the Journal of Architectural Education, November, 1993, “Glamourized Houses”: Neutra, Photography, and the Kaufmann House by Simon Niedenthal. From my collection.

The above iconic 1947 Julius Shulman image of Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House presaged the dynamic duo’s entree into the Pantheon of modernist architecture and photography. Arguably the most iconic architectural photograph ever taken….

“WHF Talbot, one of the first photographers, used to take architectural landscape photos from his hotel window, in the cities he visited. Roger Fenton, the first war photographer was the first one to take fine architectural studies, using calotypes, both in Britain, his home country, and in Russia (in Kiev, Moscow and St. Petersburg). He learnt the waxed paper calotype process….”

“Coming up this week are two events that will benefit the Los Angeles Conservancy’s Modern Committee and honor the late master photographer Julius Shulman. On May 12th at the American Cinematheque in Hollywood there will be a screening of the documentary Visual Acoustics, a film which is a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.

The second event takes place May 15th at the Shulman House. 50 lucky guests will travel via motocoach to the former home and studio in the Hollywood Hills. There will be cocktails and hors d’œuvres at sunset in the steel-and-glass house designed by Raphael Soriano in 1950, and in the extensive gardens by visionary mid-century landscape designer Garrett Eckbo.

The benefit program will also include a silent auction, guest speakers, and a brief visit to a nearby home also featured in the film. The coach will leave from the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood promptly at 6 p.m., and arrive back at the theatre at 9:30 p.m.

For more info about both events click HERE.”

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“I’ve been living and working in Los Angeles for the past 17 years. I’ve dined at some of the finest restaurants, visited some of the best places the city has to offer and taken in some great shows that come through town. Few things tend to surprise me these days – until my recent tour of the Stahl House…”

I am seriously, falling head over heels in love with Palm Springs and anything and everything is an excuse for me to drop whatever I am doing, get into my car, and make the 1.5 hour drive east to this desert oasis. Two weekends ago, Los Angeles Home Staging + Design Company, Modern Mecca had the opportunity to participate in an event celebrating the 84th birthday of renowned modernist architect, Donald Wexler.

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