Neutra Home Tour & LA Blogger Event

Calling all LA bloggers! There's a cool fundraiser coming up to save a piece of LA's architectural history and it's cheap at $10 a ticket. It's also an excuse to meet up with each other & talk shop.

This fundraiser will help save a Richard Neutra creation, the Neutra VDL House in Silverlake.

First, let me give props to Ron Woodson & Jaime Rummerfield of W&R Design. They designed one of his homes below, which is in Hollywood.





Isn't it gorgeous? They are the team who introduced me to Neutra's work.

In 1990 Richard Neutra's wife Dione, left the VDL Research Compound to the Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design and the architectural landmark is in dire need of funds to maintain the property. $30,000 must be raised by October of this year.
This is the home below.

100% of the admission fee goes towards keeping the property from being sold to a private party.

Here's the details...

LA Design Blogger Meet-up and Neutra House Tour! (you don't have to post much about design, just like it!)

WHEN Saturday, June 21st 11am-ish (exact times TBD)

WHERE Neutra VDL Research House

2300 Silver Lake Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90039

THE PLAN We'll meet-up at the Neutra house and take simultaneous tours in small groups starting at different locations on the property. Afterwards we can go for lunch somewhere in the Silverlake area. Suggestions for lunch are welcome!

BRING $10 admission fee* (cash only) a camera & lunch money

RSVP goodnightdean@gmail.com Tell her if you want to be in my group. Tell me too while you're at it!

Here's the gals behind this fun event for women & men!

Dean: My Little Apartment

Laure: At Home At Home

Cassandra: Coco+Kelley

What Does Heaven Look Like?

If JC was a carpenter, John Lautner is his architect. His homes are a slice of heaven.

I've blogged about his work before, when one of his fantastic creations was featured in The Big Lebowski. I'll be going to the Hammer Museum exhibition sometime between July 13 - October 12, 2008.


Lautner built the home below in 1957. Tree trunks break up the windowpanes.


The trees blend into the view. Breathtaking.

One of his most famous creations sits in Hollywood Hills. The Chemosphere was built in 1960 & was laughed off by some critics. I love it. It was a location in the recent "Charlie's Angels" film.

The home below sits in Acapulco Bay, Mexico. Notice how there are no railings. A moat of shallow water surrounds the edges to maintain an unobstructed view. It was created in 1973.

The home below was featured in the James Bond film, “Diamonds Are Forever.”

Want more? Check out the new book “Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner.”