Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann, who had commissioned Fallingwater, hired Richard Neutra to build a winter house in Palm Springs, completed in 1946.
Its steel and glass pavilions open onto the desert. Julius Shulman's photograph of the house at dusk became one of the most famous images of modern architecture.
Later owners restored it in the 1990s after years of changes.
Timeline
- 1946The house is completed.
- 1947Julius Shulman photographs it at dusk.
- 1990sRestored to Neutra's design.
One photograph turned a winter house into a symbol of Palm Springs.
