Iconic Richard Neutra Homes

The addition references the main house in materiality and function. "We did not want to simply copy the existing elements, so we explored and investigated different levels of faithfulness to the existing structure, from a very near emulation to a much more contemporary approach that would only quote the previous architecture in some key aspects," Grueneisen says.

Free Transform, Bush, Daylight Balanced

Another stop on the tour was Neutra’s Ohara house, built 1959–1961 and now owned and faithfully kept up by designer David Netto.

Here you get a pretty clear idea of how much light Overway gets in his living room. Raise the blinds and thank heavens you're a couple floors up, because the views of the northern slopes of Pacific Heights are splendid. Photo by Mark Darley.

Here's the Neutra VDL house, a great experimental house that's available for public viewing. For tours, see here.