Kaufmann House

The Kaufmann house, Palm Springs, 1946, moved

in the direction of the pavilion, which is Neutra's last

development in domestic architecture. Horizontal planes

resting on horizontal planes hover over transparent walls.

The material loses its importance—magnificent as the dry-joint

stone walls are in themselves—and the gist of the house

is the weightless space enclosed. The victory over the front

door is almost complete; it is reached by slow stages, like the

Mexican house whose entrance on the street leads through

a garden to an unemphasized door.

Richard Neutra