California Preservation Foundation Announces Special Session for 34th Annual Conference...

California Preservation Foundation Announces Special Session for 34th Annual
Conference Featuring Dr. Raymond Neutra, Son of Esteemed Architect, Richard
Neutra

Session to Be Moderated by Actress Kelly Lynch

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The 34th Annual California
Preservation Conference (April 16-19) titled "The Culture of Leisure:
Rethinking the California Dream," will feature a very special session that was
just added to the lineup. Registration at www.californiapreservation.org.

Dr. Raymond Neutra, son of the esteemed architect Richard Neutra, will
participate in a session during the conference on April 18th at 9:00 a.m. -
10:30 a.m., titled Restoration and Programmatic Potentials of the Richard and
Dion Neutra "VDL Studio/Residences" 1932, 1940, 1966.

The session will be moderated by Kelly Lynch, actress and Neutra home owner.
Dr. Neutra will discuss the "Significance and Survival" of his former family
home. He will be joined on the panel by Professor Sarah Lorenzen, the
resident director of the Richard and Dion Neutra Studio/Residences which was
bequeathed to the Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design. Professor
Lorenzen's talk will focus on the "Restoration and Programmatic Activities" as
well as the community uses of the site.

Raymond Richard Neutra is a physician/epidemiologist who recently retired as
Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control in the
California Department of Public Health. He is also the youngest son of
architect Richard Neutra and the brother of architect Dion Neutra. He has
been working with Cal Poly Pomona University to restore the Richard and Dion
Neutra VDL Studio/Residences in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles and to
find the funding to establish a vibrant program there.

Sarah Lorenzen, AIA, is an architect and an assistant professor in the
Architecture Department at Cal Poly Pomona where she teaches courses in
architecture, urban design and film. Professor Lorenzen is also the resident
director of the Neutra VDL House, and she is a principal at multimedia design
firm Plasmatic Concepts.

Background
Preservation and Program at the Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Studio/Residences
1932, 1940, 1966

Architect Richard Neutra envisioned a live workspace for three households on a
tiny lot in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles. Built in three phases,
the last one with his son and partner Dion Neutra, the experimental structure
addressed eternal design questions: how to address privacy and communality,
climate sensitive design, invite the outdoors and nature in an urban setting.
Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design in cooperation with the
Friends of the Neutra VDL Research Site have a campaign with the goal to
restore, maintain, inform and serve. (see www.neutra-vdl.org)

The 2009 California Preservation Foundation Annual Conference will also focus
on sustainability and feature exclusive tours which will highlight Palm
Springs' mid-century modern architecture and its many popular sights. In
addition, several special events will be held in the area's most historic and
architecturally significant venues.

Founded in 1977, the California Preservation Foundation is a statewide
nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of California's cultural
and architectural heritage. The California Preservation Foundation provides
statewide leadership, advocacy and education to ensure the protection of
California's diverse cultural heritage and historic places. For more
information on CPF, visit: californiapreservation.org

SOURCE California Preservation Foundation

Lydia Kremer of Vortex Public Relations, +1-760-322-2502, for California
Preservation Foundation