Richard Neutra, Architect | Jardinette Apartments, 1928

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Richard Neutra, Architect
Jardinette Apartments, 1928

5128 Marathon St.
Los Angeles

- National Register of Historic Places
- California Register of Historical Resources
- Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark

Hidden in plain sight near Melrose and Western, this 43-unit apartment building is architect Richard Neutra’s first US project, widely considered one of the first Modernist buildings in America, and an early example of the International Style in this country.

Designed under the auspices of the Architectural Group of Industry and Commerce, Neutra’s sometime partnership with fellow Austrian architect Rudolph Schindler, the building incorporates European Modernist principles, but also earned international recognition in its own right, impressing Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius during his 1928 visit to Los Angeles, and chosen as one of few American projects in MOMA's seminal "Modern Architecture" exhibition in 1932.

This is where Neutra first experimented with concepts that informed pretty much all of his later projects: clean lines, flat roof, a lack of ornament, industrial materials (in this case poured-in-place concrete), a strong connection to the landscape (oriented around a verdant courtyard), the dissolution of the boundary between indoors and out (apartments opening onto expansive cantilevered balconies dripping with vegetation), not to mention his signature ribbon window system.

After decades of benign neglect, the property has finally been bought by a thoughtful local steward, Cameron Hassid of Apollo Capital, who has spearheaded an extensive remodel now nearing completion, in collaboration with the city’s Office of Historic Resources, architectural historian Barbara Lamprecht, and June Street Architects. Thank you, Cameron, for this gift to the City, and for the private preview of work in process last week. We look forward to documenting the finished product!

Archival photos courtesy of:

- Julius Shulman archive, Getty Research Institute
- Neutra Papers, UCLA Library Special Collections
- Mott Studios Collection, California State Library
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