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Jan 20, 2019 · Initially, the site had been deemed “unbuildable” by several architects and contractors due to the steep 45-degree downhill slope. Lautner’s solution to the house was to embed a 5-foot-thick, 27-foot high reinforced concrete post into the hill to support a floating octagonal pod.
- The California Mies Van Der Rohe
Through the collaboration of these two individuals, the...
- The California Mies Van Der Rohe
May 6, 2020 · Perched on a steep hillside in Silver Lake, the John and Mary Lautner Residence remains in nearly original condition. The redwood-clad home cascades down a steep slope—a challenge Lautner approached with the intention "to build something of the hill, rather than in spite of the hill."
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Jul 31, 2008 · The show picks up steam with a design for the 1948 Sheats Apartments, Lautner’s first built foray into what would become an obsession with circular structures. A tentative early sketch shows...
Mar 18, 2017 · On a steep slope Lautner built a house supported by a single pole without disturbing the natural surrounding. [1] The client of that project was Leonard Malin an engineer from the flight industry, who for 30,000$ wanted a one-family house on the steep slope above Mulholland Drive and contracted Lautner for that project. [2]
Jun 16, 2010 · Built for the client Malin Lautner, a young aircraft engineer, the design of the residence was in fact an engineering challenge due to its location on a forty-five degree slope in an...
Apr 29, 2015 · 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.”
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Jul 16, 2024 · Here, technical innovation draws a surface related to the steep topography, opening up to the landscape thanks to a pool that defines a void in front of the living room. The house generally gathers curvilinear walls that envelop the space, creating a continuous exchange between inside and outside.
