8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970, was an Austrian-born American architect, best known for his residential architecture in Southern California and regarded as an important representative of classical modernism in the United States. Born in Vienna, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Vienna from 1910 to 1918 and attended Adolf Loos’s building school in parallel. After early professional experience in Europe, including work with Erich Mendelsohn, he emigrated to the United States in 1923.

Settling in California in the mid-1920s, he became associated with the International Style and developed a distinctive modern architectural language characterized by steel construction, extensive glazing, and a close integration of buildings with landscape. His breakthrough project, the Lovell Health House in Los Angeles (1927–1929), brought him international recognition. Over subsequent decades, he realized numerous private houses, schools, and public buildings, and articulated his approach as “biorealistic architecture,” emphasizing the relationship between humans and nature.

He became a U.S. citizen in 1929 and remained professionally active into the late 1960s, often collaborating with his son Dion Neutra. He died in 1970 during a lecture trip in Europe.

Reference:
Biography text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), German edition. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neutra