So far ahead of his time: way back in 1936, Modernist master Richard Neutra designed this home for Joseph Kun, a native of Hungary and publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. The Hollywood Hills home was one of the first "all-electric" houses in Los Angeles. The antique 1930s-era cars look wildly out of place next to the architecture that still looks modern today.

Photo: Julius Shulman 1937; digital restoration by Modernist Collection; © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

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In 1964, architect Richard Neutra designed the Stone-Fisher Platform Houses in Los Angeles for a developer who supervised the construction. Because of poor construction techniques, the Neutra office disavowed the Stone-Fisher Platform Houses. Thirty years later, in 1994, the Northridge earthquake revealed the hazards of these structural faults when three houses became unmoored from their foundations and tumbled down the hillside.

Photo: Julius Shulman, 1965; ©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; digital restoration by Modernist Collection

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One of southern California's most prominent modernist architecture firms was A.C. Martin, who designed the 1965 Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Building in Ventura.

Photo: Julius Shulman, 1966; ©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; digital restoration by Modernist Collection

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Does anyone do better rooflines than William Kessler? This futuristic building at Michigan's Olivet College was designed in the early 1960s. Kessler is one of the lesser-known 20th century modernists, but his beautiful work, mostly in and around Michigan, is getting renewed attention in the last few years.

Photo: Balthazar Korab, 1964; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; digital restoration by Modernist Collection

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Yale-trained architect Charles Gwathmey designed the Cooper Residence in 1967. The Modernist, wooden house is located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and has views of the bay and the ocean beyond.

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The Northwestern National Life Building, now recognized as Voya Financial 20 Washington, is an iconic office building in Minneapolis' Gateway District. Originally designed by Minoru Yamasaki in 1965, this structure is renowned for its temple-like façade, framed by sixty-three slender quartz columns.

This architectural landmark has evolved in identity over the years, previously known as the ReliaStar Building and ING 20 Washington, reflecting its dynamic history within the cityscape.

Photo: Pete Sieger

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