Clarence and Claire Coe House

Julius Shulman photography archive, 1936-1997.

Clarence and Claire Coe House

 

This Palos Verdes home demonstrates Richard Neutra’s responses to the more stringent codes imposed by the local neighborhood association, including the mandate for pitched roofs. While Neutra accommodated this requirement, he pushed back against the neighborhood association’s contention that windows must be cut in rectangular shapes. The two-bedroom house, occupying 949 square feet, minimizes divisions between indoor and outdoor environs with flagstone flooring that extends through both spaces.

Adapted from Neutra – Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht (Taschen, 2000), p. 218.

Project Detail

Year Built

1950

Project Architect

Richard Neutra

Client

Clarence and Claire Coe

Location

Palos Verdes, CA