Photo Gallery: A Taste of the Richard Neutra Home Tour

Fans of Silver Lake's most famous mid-century modernist will have a rare chance to go inside 10 Richard Neutra-designed homes on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tour culminates a weekend of events celebrating Neutra Architecture's 85th anniversary.

Richard's son, Dion, now runs the firm and organized the celebration as a fundraiser for the famed VDL House. Much of it takes place in Eagle Rock, at the Neutra-designed . Click here for details.

created the accompanying gallery, an impressionistic preview of the exteriors of the featured homes, located on and around Silver Lake Boulevard near the lake.

Here's what Andy had to say about the homes:

"These residences from the past set forth a new dimension in living, revolutionizing the use of space, light and specific plot situation. Today they are as enchanting and compelling as when first built. The bold use of the minimal graphic line eschews a European modernism set on the Pacific rim, utilizing landscape devices such as bamboos and eucalyptus to set off contrasting tones that are harmonious to the senses.

"Thought provoking tranquility is inescapable as the interior horizons meet with glass verticality and lull one into a deep focused thought unimpeded by useless frills. Behold the future on this tour of the past."