My Dream Home

 Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, 1947 - photo: Julius Shulman for Life Magazine, April 11, 1949

The Kaufmann House is a five-bedroom, five-bathroom home in Palm Springs, California. It was designed by Richard Neutra in 1946, his last development in domestic architecture, and has been called “one of the most important examples of International Style architecture in the United States.”

I have always been drawn to mid-twentieth century domestic architecture, specific to Southern California; the simplicity, the airiness, the attention to form and function. The Kaufmann House is one of, if not the, finest examples; down to earth, low, flat roofs, glass walls and furnished terraces…a house turned inside out.

“As an architect, my life has been governed by the goal of building environmental harmony, functional efficiency, and human enhancement into the experience of everyday living. These things go together, constituting the cause of architecture, and a life devoted to their realization cannot be an easy one. I have been privileged, or perhaps doomed, to eschew simpler, lighter burdens. Shaping man’s surroundings entails a lot more than spatial, structural, mechanical, and other technical considerations – certainly a lot more than pontificating about matters of style. Our organic well-being is dependant on a wholesome, salubrious environment. Therefore exacting attention has to be paid to our intricate sensory world.” -Richard Neutra

If I had a spare $13 million this house would be mine!



More amazing photos of this breathtaking property:

http://architecturelab.net/01/richard-neutras-kaufmann-house-restoration-by-marmol-radziner/