Ebelin Bucerius House

The Ebelin Bucerius House is a private residential villa built by the American architect Richard Neutra from 1962 to 1966 in Brione sopra Minusio, above Lake Maggiore in the Ticino canton of Switzerland. The house was built for Gerd Bucerius, one of the founders of the German newspaper Die Zeit. The house was one of four in Switzerland that Neutra designed in the last decade of his life.^[1] The Bucerius House cost 4 million Sfr to build, its high cost was partially attributable to its location based in a forest atop a mountain.^[2] Neutra's original plans for the house were lost in the 1964 fire that destroyed the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, his house in Silver Lake, California, in 1964. In correspondence with Neutra during the planning of the house, Neutra acquiesced to the wishes of Bucerius's wife, Ebelin, that there be no mirrors in the bedroom.^[3]

The Ebelin Bucerius House was renovated and restored by Villa Nova Architekten in 2005.^[4] The house was photographed by Iwan Baan, as part of a 2010 exhibition documenting Neutra's work in Europe.^[5] Baan's photographs were published in the book Richard Neutra in Europe – Buildings and projects 1960 – 1970.^[6]

References

1. Marta Herford: Richard Neutra in Europe: Marta Herford: Richard Neutra in Europe, accessdate: November 16, 2016
2. NZZ: Der kalifornische Architekt Richard Neutra und die Schweiz: Baukünstlerisch überhöhte Landschaften - NZZ, accessdate: November 16, 2016
3. Die Welt , accessdate: November 16, 2016
4. bucerius_house_120328.pdf: bucerius_house_120328.pdf, accessdate: November 16, 2016
5. Iwan Baan: Exhibition: Bucerius House, Brione Switzerland – Richard Neutra – Iwan Baan, accessdate: November 16, 2016
6. Iwan Baan: Richard Neutra in Europe – Buildings and projects 1960 – 1970 – Iwan Baan, accessdate: November 16, 2016