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SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN. A comprehensive documentary into the 125 year life, work, and times of Austrian/American Architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970) – the legacy which continues to this day through the work of son Dion Neutra. LEARN MORE.
Neutra - Survival Through Design is a comprehensive documentary encompassing the 125 year life, work and times of Architect Richard Neutra- the legacy which continues today thru son Dion Neutra.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- P.J. Letofsky
- 2019-02
Richard Joseph Neutra (/ ˈnɔɪtrə / NOI-tra; [1] April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. [2][3] His most notable works include the Kaufmann Desert House, in Palm Springs, California.
The Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, a 501c3 private foundation, takes its name from the title of a 1954 book by world famous architect Richard Neutra. He argued that our very survival demanded well researched designs that served health and wellbeing.
Survival Through Design is a comprehensive documentary into the 125 year life, work, and times of Austrian/ American Architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970)- the legacy which continues to this day through the work of son Dion Neutra.
Neutra was convinced that evidence about how the nervous system responded to the designed natural and built environment could lead to designs that enhanced wellbeing and health. His 1953 book Survival Through Design addressed these issues and was featured on the cover of the Saturday Review of Literature.
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Sep 20, 2021 · Neutra elaborated such speculations in a series of books—“Mystery and Realities of the Site,” “Survival Through Design,” “World and Dwelling”—that mix dilettantism with acute insights.