John Lautner was famous for designing vibrant and full of life houses. Many of his buildings were included in famous movies, music videos and fashion photo shootings because of their dramatic flair and beauty.
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5 John Lautner Houses That Are All About Freedom
John Lautner, was one of the most influential architects from the Mid-century modern period. Some of his projects…
A Modern Castle by John Lautner, The Schwimmer House
The beautiful Schwimmer House is created from the Modernism architectural mind of John Lautner and is located in Beverly Hills, California.
John Lautner’s Elrod House: Free-Architecture
American architect John Lautner designed the Elrod House in 1968. The Elrod House is an example of Lautner’s so-called free architecture designs, where nature and architecture are fused into one element.
John Lautner’s Chemosphere. Malin House.
One of the most modern buildings of it’s time, the Chemosphere by architect John Lautner, is praised for it’s unique design and for it’s ingenious solutions.
John Lautner’s Goldstein Residence. Los Angeles
John Lautner’s Sheats Goldtstein Residence, is one of the most remarkable Modernist buildings ever designed and sits in Los Angeles, California.
This house is closely related to John Lautner’s career, and it wasn’t a project like any other as it is in construction since 1963. Still today its owner keeps on adding parts, maintaining Lautner’s legacy alive.
Mid-Century Modern Homes in Los Angeles: Lautner’s Goldstein Residence
In Westwood California, American architect John Lautner designed and built the magnificent Sheats Goldstein Residence.
The organic architectural style is a trademark for Lautner, building the residence into the sandstone ledge of a hillside creating thus a cave-like atmosphere out of concrete, steel, wood and glass.
John Lautner’s Design Philosophy
John Lautner, the highly influential architect behind such Mid-century greats as the Malin Residence, the Chemosphere and the Elrod Residence, described his design process as “a total involvement.”
Although, despite this self-touted all-encompassing approach, Lautner’s sketches and plans appear rough and childlike…
Renovating a Masterpiece, The John Lautner Garcia House
The current owner of the famous and iconic John Lautner Garcia house talks about the difficult, but fulfilling, process of renovating a Modernist masterpiece.
In certain free moments while attending college in California, a young John McIlwee would ride his motorcycle up and down Mullholland drive, curiously looking up at a peculiar arching structure that sits atop a hillside in the Santa Monica Mountains.
The John Lautner Garcia House
The John Lautner Garcia house was designed in 1962. Still today is one of the most recognisable private residences in Los Angeles .
John Lautner
John Lautner was born in Michigan, in 1911. Before founding his studio in Los Angeles, in…
