Richard and Dion Neutra Studio / Residence in Silverlake

Friends of VDL and Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Environmental Design have launched a joint campaign to Restore the Neutra VDL compound, to fund its ongoing Maintenance, and to institute new on-site Programming.

Visit the site at http://www.neutra-vdl.org

Significance of the VDL compound:

VDL was the private residence of the Neutra family.  It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Historic Monument #640.
The 1930’s, 40’s and 60’s phases of VDL illustrate the design evolution and experimentation of the Neutra firm.
It was able to accommodate three households and Neutra’s studio/office.
The Neutras’ office at VDL launched the careers of many renowned architects.
VDL served as a gathering place for important scientific, artistic, political and religious figures.
VDL set trends, still relevant today:
– How to achieve high-density, affordable mixed-use of a small site
– How to design landscape for indoor/outdoor living
– How to emphasize the sights, sounds and smells of nature
– How to accommodate climate through design
– How to use sustainable materials and technologies
– How biological and social sciences can inform design

PLANNING TASK FORCE Elisa Callow Rick Corsini Linda Dishman Crosby Doe Mitch Glazer Anthony Wolf Greenberg Anthea Hartig Adam Katz Sarah Lorenzen, Resident Director Kelly Lynch Christine Madrid French Raymond Richard Neutra, MD Gary Richwald, MD John L. Solomon Michael Woo, Dean, Cal Poly Pomona	HONORARY COMMITTEE Tadao Ando Jean-Louis Cohen Herman Hertzberger Thomas S. Hines Raymond Kappe Richard Koshalek Tom Kundig Barbara Lamprecht Jaime Lerner Richard Longstreth Marvin Malecha Richard Meier I. M. Pei Renzo Piano Prof. Erich Schneider-Wessling Julius Shulman Jeremy Strick Benedikt Taschen Sim Van der Ryn