LTL Architects | By LTL. Richard Neutra. Richard Joseph Neutra (April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered among the most important modernist architects. Biography[edit] Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892 into a wealthy Jewish family.
His Jewish-Hungarian father Samuel Neutra (1844 – 1920)[1] was a proprietor of a metal foundry, and his mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Glaser[2] Neutra (1851 – 1905) was a member of the IKG Wien. Richard had two brothers who also emigrated to the United States, and a sister who married in Vienna. Neutra attended the Sophiengymnasium in Vienna until 1910, and he studied under Adolf Loos at the Vienna University of Technology (1910–1918). After World War I Neutra went to Switzerland where he worked with the landscape architect Gustav Ammann.
Neutra died in Wuppertal, Germany, on April 16, 1970, at the age of 78. Legacy[edit] Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Official Site. Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Architecture | Planning Interior Design. Olson Kundig Architects.