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Rachael Maddux
A peek inside the workplace of a fascinating Yellow Jacket.
The House that Neutra Built
In 2007, Sarah Lorenzen, M Arch 97, associate professor of architecture in the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, moved into and began to restore an old house in Los Angeles. But it wasn’t some rickety Southern California bungalow—it was the VDL House, a glass-walled home constructed in 1932 by pre-eminent modernist architect Richard Neutra, where he lived and worked until his death in 1970. Lorenzen and her husband and business partner, David Hartwell, now live in the home’s Garden House. They tend to the structures and property and raise awareness and funds for its preservation. They even celebrated the house with an interactive iPad app released last year. Lorenzen shared with the Alumni Magazine some of the challenges and joys of being the historic house’s caretaker and resident.
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