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Austrian-born, Los Angeles-based architect Richard J. Neutra (1892-1970) worked with his collaborator, Otto Winkler, on the design and construction supervision of the house for Mona and Arthur Hofmann, friends of Dr. Sidney Joseph, a prominent arts patron in San Francisco, CA. It was Joseph, according to Neutra expert Hines, who introduced the architect to various wealthy friends in the Bay Area. (See Thomas S. Hines, Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture, [New York: Oxford University Press, 1982], p. 142-143.)

Architectural historian Thomas Hines has written of the Hofmann House: "...The Hoffman house echoed a kinship with the south. The familiar, handsome, three-story stairway glazing, the banded casement windows, the projecting terraces and balconies, the silver-gray trim, all contributed to a strong Neutra statement. Yet, the Hofmann house suffered in the subtle but crucial matters of scale and proportion, particularly in the main south elevation, where the large blank mass of the central stairway element seemed insufficiently integrated with the rest of the south facade." (See Thomas S. Hines, Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture, [New York: Oxford University Press, 1982], p. 142-143.)

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