New west coast modern architecture documentary · Jun 15, 12:22 PM
Filmmakers Michael Bernard and Gavin Froome have created a documentary that will take you on a journey through three generations of modern architecture on the West Coast of North America. The film “speaks with the architects and their patrons, and asks if Modernism’s time has finally come or did it ever really go away.”
Coast Modern Film Trailer from Coast Modern on Vimeo.
Be sure to check out our very own Richard Neutra’s Miller House:
In Richard Neutra’s Miller House, Stephen Leet traces the conception and realization of the house, examines the complex relationship between architect and client, and shows how the Mensendieck System influenced the creation of this seminal Neutra project. Beautiful duotone photographs by Julius Shulman, excerpts from the detailed correspondence between Neutra and Miller, and sketches and drawings provide valuable insight into the design process. Like the houses of Albert Frey, a contemporary of Neutra’s who also build in the desert, the Miller House shows how architecture, the California landscape, and an interest in well-being can intersect in a moment of the architectural sublime.
Wallpaper magazine says:
“Richard Neutra’s dazzling marriage of modernist space with bright West Coast light was epitomised by his Miller House in Palm Spring. The client was Grace Lewis Miller, a St. Louis socialite and health freak, for whom the free flowing inside-outside spaces would form the perfect backdrop for a life of self-improvement. Extensively illustrated, this is an essential history of modern architecture.”
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