The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat

The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat (2012)

February 25th, 20120h 48min

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In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, California, asked world-famous modern architect Richard Neutra to design his modest family home. To Oyler's surprise, Neutra agreed. Thus began an unlikely friendship that led to the design and construction of an iconic mid-century modern masterpiece.


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