Inside the forgotten Neutra home in Los Angeles | Home Tour
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2023
- Discovering a forgotten Richard Neutra home is a rare occurrence, but that's precisely what happened when Erik and Dora ventured into a residence quietly circulating off-market in the picturesque Hills off of Mulholland. Stepping inside, they immediately sensed its unique charm, even though it was a blank canvas - rough concrete floors, bare walls, and taken down to the studs. However, the expansive glass walls framing breathtaking valley views ignited a vision that excited Erik and Dora.
Originally designed in 1960 for the renowned screenwriter Stephen Lord, the home took a unique turn in 1961 when Neutra and Stephen parted ways. In a generous gesture, the plans were handed over to Stephen, who proceeded with the construction without Neutra's direct involvement in 1962. The home remained within the Lord family until 2021, when Erik and Dora acquired it and embarked on a thoughtful year-long renovation, preserving any original features that had endured since its purchase.
This transition was significant for the family of four, having lived in a compact 700-square-foot home in Hong Kong for 15 years. Adjusting to their new expansive 3,000+ square-foot abode was a change they are still adapting to. It's a thought-provoking tale of what might have been had the architect duo, Erik and Dora, not stumbled upon this 'Lost' Neutra.
Film - Mick Aure
Producer - Elias Tebache
Photography - Gian Torres
Music - Nature Modena
Special Thanks - Erik Amir & Dora Chi
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Ends at 9:11, nice touch.
yet creepy at the same time 😅
Put up a thumbnail of a mid century house, I’ll watch it. Add a 911 to the thumbnail, I’ll definitely watch. Make the 911 a RS, I’ll be watching the timer run down to the release time!
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
Exactly The same thought as I clicked on the video haha
Me three!
Not that awesome
ME
Aside feom the horrible fountain in the garden, this house is a paradise!
If they took out the top part and left the bowl structure of the bottom part it would flow better.
i cant get enough of this house! beautiful
The love for Neutra's mind. It is extraordinary. Extraordinary.
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This house is so beautiful. This is how I imagined my future home to be.
This one is impeccable, as one would expect from a Neutra. The taste level of the owners is off the charts. I love hiw they aren't pretentious about it, either.
... and yet another Porsche! That long hood 911 is perfect with this house!
This one is top tier subject matter. It doesn't get much more perfect than a Neutra.
came for the Porsche, stayed for the house.
And the video is 9:11 long...
@@ScuffleYT That's a perverse detail that I didn't notice 😁😁😁
Stunning house and short film, excellent production.
Many thanks!
Oddly, I like the front exterior and outdoor area leading up to the front door over the entire interior of the actual home itself.
Oh.. I LOVE this house! Beautifully thought-out minimalism.
Pool, views, amazing. Kids must love it!
If I was independently wealthy, I would do what these architects did. I would purchase important architectural structures and lovingly restore them.
Architecture has been a life-long passion, and I studied it at USC for a couple of years so this story is near and dear to my heart. Mies van de Rohe, Schindler, Neutra, and even the work done by FLW in Los Angeles are some of my favorites of the 20th century.
Wow ❤ This One So Beautiful House and Great Views .
I Can Sure Daydream about Living here
Thank You I Your Work Great
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In my CZcams channel .
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Just beautiful and perfect renovated
Dora makes architecture sound like poetry, and Eric’s endearing comments about his family and his dedication to capturing the essence of the original architect made me watch this twice with captions on.
Amazing, love it 😊
Such a wonderful architectural design, the simple elegant lines of the house are timeless.
It really is!
This house is magical!
This series just keeps getting better and better. I so look forward to how each home and homeowner's story is portrayed. The cinematography, music, lighting is so wonderfully done. You really give the viewer a sense of what the space feels like. Thank you Elias, Mick, and team for sharing your passion project with all us architecture aficionados and documenting these important residences. Bravo Dora and Erik! What an amazing restoration! So happy you found this very special home and it found you!
Appreciate the kind words! ❤️
beautiful home and restoration/ update. nice Porsche ! Thank you again Open Space team for another great episode.
Our pleasure!
Beautiful entrance and kitchen. 😍
Literally magical.
Yes!
Love Neutra´s work!...is unique sense of simplicity, elegant and open to outside spaces. great!
Wonderful house and a very tasteful refurbishing - with one exception: the white statue at the pool 🙈
Agree
My first thought, literally. The water fountain comes second.
video duration 9:11 , love it
Geeeeeshuz. Another amazing story. Great work
Thanks again!
Chill furnishings going on in this one
Beautiful restoration, and still very livable for this family.
Absolutely!
Beautiful. Reminds me of Twin Palms
Not a Kreisal house.
Amazing home, wish we had a complete tour of the property. Very simple, and beautiful. Love the car, looks like a restomod and very nice. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing Dora And Erik, Fantastic
Stunning !
Thank you!
Beautiful house.
Stunning. What I wouldn't do to live there... Thanks for including the nighttime views. As a lighting fanatic, I love seeing this!
I get it, moving from Singapore to mid-west US, we bought a starter home becoz we couldn’t think about living in large sprawling homes. It’s alien. 😂 and the cleaning !!!
Amazing
the transition to the night shots was amazing
I really like the ideas they put forward: a house for living in and sharing. It sounds basic but it's forgotten sometimes.
This is so beautiful 🥺 the exterior and outdoor area of the house are so attractive
Beautiful place. Peoof of less is more.
Yes!
Wow beautiful house
Just beautiful! This house is beautiful, amazing job!
Glad you like it!
Yet another channel from which @dwell could learn a thing or two. Excellent work, Elias and Mick.
Thank you!!
Very sad that the Maslon House, in Rancho Mirage, California,( a city with limited preservation understading), designed and built circa 1963, was torn-down in 2002 by people who claimed they were going to protect it. The Maslon House, perfectly preserved by its original, sophisticated art-collecting owners, had so much of the Lord House vibe, and elegance. Sadly many Neutra homes, sitting on uber-prime lots, don't meet the mega-McNansion needs of some people and continue to be an endangered species of architecture.
Agreed!
Unfortunately, that's the reality of selling a house. Sellers well to the first person who makes them an acceptable offer, whether that person gets MCM or not. All it takes is one buyer in a chain of ownership to destroy a work of art. A way to protect a home is to get it on a city register, where changes have to be approved. Such restrictions will limit the buyer pool, however and therefore usually harm it's value. Contrary to popular belief, getting a home listed on the National Register does not protect it from an owner destroying it in any way.
So true. Ayn Rand's Neutra home in the valley was demolished to make room for cardboard condos.
I think Rand's Northridge-area home was originally built for film director Josef Von Sternberg, he discovered Marlene Dietrich. It featured an extra large garage space for his Rolls-Royce!
@@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt Thanks. I did not know.
First off, thank you both for sharing one of your passions. The open feeling was truly something. I was really impressed by the contrast that the evening lighting about the house. such a clean design. Second, you're saving this home and keeping it in the essence of its true design. What a thrill to have the prints along with the house. CHEERS
Love it ❤
just love it 😍 😊 🥰
"It's very quiet". Hey, we can see the Freeway right there!
the pool area is like a Hockney`s painting.
Absolutely beautiful home!!!!!
We agree!
Amazing family and house 🖤
Special respect that the house owner host loves the oldtimer Porsche cars
I love your channel, keep up the good work! ❤
Thank you! Will do!
Would have loved to see the camera follow the car into the property from the street to get a better feel of the property and entrance.
Looks amazing, well done. Cheers from the fishtank..😂
beautiful home
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful structure which they've lovingly restored and made their home. Well done.
Though it's a little ironic to talk about the importance of connecting and interacting with people and not close yourself off when you live on the top of an actual mountain. However, I can relate to the importance of the sentiment.
My dream home!
Brilliant house and location, (gotta ask, who's grandmother decided to add the ridiculous mermaid statue next to the pool... no doubt there is a collection of painted gnomes in the front garden too.)
stunning🤩
Thank you!!
Big Neutra fan here. Live the structure, but regarding the decor, I need much more textile/fabric around me. I need warm colors too.
beautiful home! glad they kept so many original features and respected the designer, but the landscaping looks sad! gravel and a couple small plants? this house deserved a richer, lusher, tropical landscape!
Not a good idea in drought country. Plus, it would cover up too much of the house.
Que bonito carro me gusta
Glad I found this channel! As a young guy who dreams to build his home in the future, this gives me inspiration, thank you. (Edit, the car is sick as hell too)
Awesome! Thank you!
this was very well done. could do a side episode on that Porsche!!
Lovely home, Los Angeles has so much smog though!
I manifest a home like this in the name of Jesus Christ Amen ❤
Great video, super beautiful house but im about to come over and hang all those art works you guys have on the floor lol. What with all the artwork on the floors?
That's a gem of a house. It's a terrible shame that MCM never caught on with the masses. Most people still want to live in the 1700's.
Mid Century Modern is the most sought after style in Palm Springs and a good part of the Coachella Valley.
@@marjoriecohn3868 Palm springs is MCM Heaven. That's an exception, not the rule. There are neighborhoods FULL of MCM homes there and people there GET it. Not so much in other places outside of CA.
I had a gorgeous MCM home in WA and it was next to impossible to sell because the people there are so backward.
couldn't understand a word the man said, bit of a thick accent but i like where he's coming from, where they're both coming from....that's one cool jetson's era crib. nice
"It's very quiet". It's next to fourteen lane freeway - doubt it!
It’s up on a hill not next to the freeway…
@@W.ealth.y Sounds travels uphill - it couldn't be any closer. Have a look on a map. All the drone footage has been very carefully curated.
Did you find it on the map?@@hifiandmtb
Been in a couple of Neutra houses, incl VDL 2. I had lunch with Raymond Neutra decades ago, who worked at the time for the L.A. County Dept of Health. He refused to be an architect, unlike his brother. I've been in a number of Lautner houses, too; Lautner was a student under FL Wright. Neutra designs are very mid century middle class. His design approach was very different from his contemporaries in L.A.
You did a marvelous restoration here. I am curious the condition you found it in.
it's like an Eichlar on steroids. awesome house.
Good
Love
Wooow! ❤😮
Gorgeous home! I’m curious how quiet it is. She mentioned it but I found it hard to believe it with the 101(I think?) freeway right behind it.
I’m betting the Hong Kong location was epic also ;-)
Neutra !! Genius !! Just get rid of the IKEA Chairs ok 😂
That RS!
Nice house and video, better with the sound turned off.
Nice house, what exterior color did you use for your home.
beautiful, important question - arent you worried people would be stalking you, more prone to thieves / lack of privacy especially having a transparent approach through the front door ?
We're focusing on the, 'spatial experience'.. Have a word with yourself...
very cool. is it quiet outside? that hwy looks pretty close
With enough Money anyone can create a Paradise for themself.
The discussion is great regarding architecture for rich and upwardly mobile folks, not to discount the love of rigorous mid-century, just inaccessible to a majority of people. So, in some ways seems more 'show-off' than discussion of what is plausible for the average American.
It’s ironic, bc there were architects like Eichler who created these mid-century modern homes for middle class individuals to live in. As a matter of fact, he did thousands these houses which were essentially like tract homes. It’s sad to see how greed today affects affordable homeownership in beautiful homes like these.
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I love homes of this style, and about every other year I pay money to tour them. But I couldn't imagine having an open car port as opposed to a proper enclosed garage - even on top of a hill in a nice neighborhood. I can't imagine where these people keep their tools, or where they store holiday decorations and all the other crap people seem to accumulate.
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You think they have tools, to do work? Lmfao I'm guessing they don't really do anything except type on a keyboard read books and bs about topics. No offense, but you don't get houses like this working with actual tools.
The King Neutra
Was that the house that was in the first ever episode TV movie of columbo
Good question. It would be nice to know.
to many things around.
We need a proper tour
Bailed on this video about midway because the music is mixed too loud to hear the speakers.
Hmmm, obviously beautiful house, but some questionable choices with their refurbishment. The flat line of the roof appears ruined with all the aircon/solar (?), then the mix of Japanese, Euro sculptures. Wish they gave us a schematic of the place. Overall, incredible but wish there was someone there to question some design choices.
is that an ikea chair by the pool
It looks like my old elementary school😂
The video started with a Porsche 911 and finished at exactly nine minutes and eleven seconds (9:11)
Good catch! Wonder if that was intentional.
just had to flex the rs 2.7... or maybe a replica?