When Art and Architecture magazine selected Neutra for its “Case Study houses” project, the architect designed a 185-square-metre house in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles on a wooded bluff on Santa Monica Beach for a young couple looking for an affordable housing solution that could expand over time as their family and wallet grew: a simple, functional three-bedroom home enhanced by double-height living spaces and a large living room for socialising.

Nestled in the verdant hills of the Pacific Palisades, Entenza House – designed for the editor of the magazine "Art and Architecture" – in keeping with the “Case Study Houses” programme is an economical and functional dwelling and a manifesto of modular steel technology. The metal box with its large, open-plan living room is connected to the back garden through floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that encourage an uninterrupted dialectic between interior and exterior.

Conceived for a family who originally used the property for picnics among majestic oaks and then decided to live there permanently, the house was literally designed around the trees with respect to which it is oriented and distributed: the use of warm, natural materials - from red wood to brick and concrete - gives a warm, welcoming aura to the home in which nature filters continuously through the large windows.

The 370 square metre house/studio for architectural photographer Julius Schulman in the Hollywood Hills is a series of steel and glass boxes overlooking a nature reserve and is an example of the well-established use of prefabricated and modular steel and aluminium technologies applied to high-end residential construction.

An example of architectural exploration on the theme of the practical and economically sustainable living "box", the Anderson House reconciles the values of functionality with those of domestic warmth, thanks to the palette of natural materials (stone and wood), the tactile and raw interiors and the fruitive and perceptive interaction with the garden.

Designed as a manifesto of the principles of the "Case Study Houses" programme - from the light and flexible steel and glass structure, to the free plan, to the use of low-cost technologies and materials - the L-shaped house with the swimming pool as a "pivot" is conceived as a large "panoramic box" that captures breathtaking perspectives on the bright lights of the city. 

The 427 sq m house nestled in the hills of Beverly Hills, with its five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a garden with native plants and a swimming pool, a patio with outdoor bar, several barbecues and two covered garages, is conceived in a profound relationship with nature, which penetrates the building from the gardens and the generous glass surfaces.

Designed by Lautner - a student of Wright - for a couple with three children, the residence was conceived as an open cave in the hillside of Beverly Crest, with a spectacular 360 degree view of the Pacific Ocean and Los Angeles. The five-bedroom, one-living room, four-bathroom building, made entirely of concrete, steel and wood, was designed according to a gesamtkunstwerk principle that ranges from the structural envelope to the finishes and furnishings in a unified composition. The building, now owned by a foundation, has hosted numerous photo shoots and film sets over the years (from "Charlie's Angels" to "The Big Lebowski").