The Architecture of Richard Neutra: From International Style to California Modern

by Arthur Drexler, Thomas S. Hines

Excerpts from the back cover:

…In this book Arthur Drexler…closely analyzes Neutra’s style and discusses the background of his work, including the early influence of Wright and their shared admiration for aspects of Japanese design. Mr. Drexler comments also on Neutra’s early portrait and landscape drawings…and on fluctuations in critical esteem for Neutra’s work in relation to the development of modern architecture in the United States.

Thomas S. Hines…has provided a detailed chronology of Neutra’s life and work. His informative comments on the commercial as well as the domestic projects, and on the relevant personal events in Neutra’s life, provide an invaluable context in which to reexamine one of the most important architects of the modern movement.

114 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1982

Reviews

[jw468]

Initially I was inclined to give this a rating of three stars; however, I decided to give it four because the timeline is helpful, there are buildings covered here that aren't in the three volumes edited by Boesiger (1, 2, and 3), and there are important photographs in this publication that aren't in Boesiger's three books.