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| Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Nature as Architecture. Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Detail of Organ Pipe Cactus at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Natural Pathway leading to Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Dasylirion Longissimum (AKA Mexican Grass). Desert Landscaping & Modern Architecture blend together at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Yellow Desert Flowers grow between Boulders at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
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| Detail of main entrance at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs (credit nova68.com). |
Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House
Palm Springs, California
Anatomy of a classic: the iconic modern house designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. in 1946. Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. is the same man who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build another famous icon of modern architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater). This Kaufmann gentleman sure had an eye for quality! The house that Richard Neutra created for Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. in Palm Springs is a perfectionist masterpiece of modern architecture, one of the most iconic modern houses in Palm Springs. And we appreciate the way it blends in with its surroundings. We love Richard Neutra's desert landscaping for the Kaufmann House which made use of these beautiful natural rounded boulders (for those interested in finding the same type of boulders, after a long search we finally found krcrock.com , make sure to ask for the 'Navajo Boulders'). The desert landscape of the Kaufmann House is further enhanced by "mostly" drought tolerant plants including Yucca's, Yellow Desert Flowers, Washingtonia Robusta (Mexican Fan Palm), Dasylirion Longissimum (Mexican Grass), etc. Richard Neutra was a master in using nature as art. His architecture and the desert landscaping truly blend together seamlessly. What a great composition! A real work of art. We love the desert landscaping at Richard Neutra's architectural modernist masterpiece, the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs California. The house is privately owned and it is not open for visitors (hopefully this will change in the future). But you can certainly drive by to admire the landscaping. Please know that the owners (and the Santa-look-alike caretaker) are very protective so do not encroach on their property. Please respect their privacy.
Location of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House
470 West Vista Chino
Palm Springs, CA 92262
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| Modern Mailbox at the Kaufmann House (credit nova68.com) |
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| Richard Neutra Kaufman House in Palm Springs. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Helen Dzo Dzo. |
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