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The Library of Mr. & Mrs. Neutra

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A book about books. Specifically, the ones Richard and Dione Neutra kept — inscribed, dog-eared, and arranged within their VDL House in Los Angeles — a modernist residence that was itself a living argument for how space shapes thought.

This is architecture as autobiography: 112 pages indexing a personal collection where professional obsession, family history, and intellectual life converge on a single shelf. As much a treatise on the act of collecting as on the architect himself — what we gather, and why, says everything.

Co-published with Marta, Los Angeles, on the occasion of the Built In exhibition. Edited by Jeff Khonsary and Benjamin Critton.

A considered gift for those who read architecture the way others read fiction.

Customer Reviews (4.0 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Owen E. ★★★★☆

I bought this after seeing the VDL House in person, and the book captures that same layered, lived-in feel. My only gripe is that a few of the smaller annotations are hard to read at the printed size. Still, a lovely thing to keep on the coffee table.

Leo T. ★★★★☆

The photos of the inscribed and dog-eared books inside the VDL House are the best part, and the captions actually explain why certain titles mattered to them. The text sections run a bit dry in the middle, but if you like architectural history it's worth the shelf space.