2023 Stephen Schafer

Silver Lake is home to the largest concentration of custom-designed houses by architect Richard J. Neutra in the world. Following a lecture by author and Neutra scholar, Barbara Lamprecht, PhD., at the historic Neutra Office Building (1950), participants will tour the office apartments, Reunion House (1950), VDL Studio and Residences (1932; 1964), and other homes along Neutra Place. The Reunion and VDL Houses are the only two homes in which Neutra himself lived and worked. Participants will also walk the Colony along Neutra Place to view homes Neutra designed between 1948 and 1962 and learn the history of this unique neighborhood.

This is a walking tour, please wear comfortable shoes. Participants can get to the tour starting location (TBD) on their own or leave from USC with a volunteer prior to the tour and take public transit to the site.

About the Tour Leaders

This tour is led and organized by Shannon Harvey and Sian Winship, with a lecture by Barbara Lamprecht, Ph.D.

Shannon Harvey is a Designer, Strategist, Creative Director, Editor, and Publisher working at the intersection of art, architecture, and design. She is co-founder and principal of Los Angeles-based design studio IN-FO.CO (Inventory Form & Content) and Publisher at Inventory Press, publishing books on topics in art, architecture, graphic design, and music. With a background in architecture and graphic design, Harvey previously worked in design, editorial, and curatorial roles at Project Projects, Rockwell Group, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Van Alen Institute, and OMA/AMO Rotterdam.

[Sian bio]

Barbara Lamprecht, M.Arch., Ph.D., is an architectural historian, historic preservation consultant, and manages rehabilitation projects of MCM properties. She has written three books on Richard Neutra, and her dissertation, University of Liverpool, explored Neutra’s roots in 19th and 20th century landscape, evolutionary biology, and physiological psychology.

Note: You must be registered for the conference in order to register for tours. Once you complete your conference registration you will receive an email with links to register for your tours.