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Los Feliz · Los Angeles · 1929

A health columnist's steel-frame house

Sleeping porches, sunlight, and the first steel-frame house in America.

Philip Lovell — Los Feliz · Los Angeles
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Richard Neutra designed this house for Philip Lovell, a naturopath who wrote a health column for the Los Angeles Times, completed in 1929.

It was one of the first steel-frame houses in the United States, with sleeping porches for fresh air.

It appeared in the film L.A. Confidential and remains a private home.

Timeline

  1. 1929
    The house is completed.
  2. 1997
    Appears in L.A. Confidential.
  3. Today
    A private residence.

A house designed for healthy living became a milestone for modern architecture.

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