Lovell Health House

[SDR]

Modernist architecture specialist Crosby Doe presents the classic Neutra house in vintage and contemporary photos.

https://crosbydoe.com/address/4616-dund ... nia-90027/

The upholstered seat hiding behind the fireplace is an apparently illogical allusion to Wright's inglenook, anticipating (equally illogically) the Usonian bench seat ?

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[Roderick Grant]

The light fixture in the wall between the faux inglenook and stair (photos 2-5), like the one at the Von Sternberg House, was a headlamp from an automobile.

[SDR]

One can't help referring to the 1962 Toio lamp by the brothers Castiglioni. I was surprised to see it's still (or back) in production:

https://www.dwr.com/lighting-floor/toio ... lsrc=aw.ds

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[DavidC]

Want to Live in Richard Neutra’s Los Angeles Modernist Masterpiece?


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