Richard Neutra

Richard Joseph Neutra (April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) is considered to have been one of modernism's most significant architects. Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. The future architect was born into a wealthy Jewish family. His Jewish-Hungarian father Samuel Neutra (1844, Hungary – 1920) was a proprietor of a metal foundry, and his mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Glaser Neutra (1851, Leopold... More

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  • Apr 8, 1892

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  • Apr 16, 1970 (age 78 years)

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  • Dec 23, 1922
  • Apr 16, 1970

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