Richard Neutra was an influential Austrian-American architect who pioneered the International Style in the United States. Some of Neutra's most notable works include the Lovell House in Los Angeles (1929), the first steel-frame house in America, and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs (1946), a landmark example of modernist architecture. Neutra is recognized for his open, innovative designs that blended indoor and outdoor spaces using extensive glass walls and deep overhangs. He adapted the International Style to the climate and landscape of Southern California, helping to establish desert modernism.