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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 12, 2011 · the bold and raw skeleton, made from poured-in-place concrete consumes the home in its entirety, juxtaposed only by glazed walls and rosewood floors. the custom built in furniture – also designed...
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.
- The Most Unique John Lautner-Designed Homes
- The Chemosphere House
- The Sheats-Goldstein Residence
- Elrod House
- The Hope Residence
- Silvertop House
- Garcia House
- Arango Marbrisa House
- A Legacy of Innovative Designs
Lautner is remembered for his spaceship-like, concrete rooftop houses that look plucked out of a sci-fi Hollywood movie. He’s regarded as one of the main contributors to the Googie architecture style and has developed various Atomic Age housesin the 1950s and 1960s, some of which we’ll take a look at below.
If you aren’t familiar with any of John Lautner’s works, then The Chemosphere house — also known as the Marlin House — is the best place to start your journey. The name might sound strange, but wait until you see this insane house. It looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, a flying, hovering saucer lived in by aliens. In fact, it’s a ...
The Sheats-Goldstein Residence, owned by the eclectic and elusive James Goldstein, is another John Lautner stunner. Built in 1963 in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles, the house is a fine example of Lautner’s ability to blend in man-made structures with nature. The house was built into the sandstone ledge of a hill, offering majestic vi...
The Elrod House, located in Palm Springs and built in 1968, is another example of John Lautner’s organic architecture. Coincidence or not, this house is also located on the edge of a hill, and is one of Lautner’s many works in the area. The construction was ordered by Arthur Elrod, who also served as interior designer on the project. Construction o...
You can tell this next house on the list was designed by John Lautner just by catching a glimpse of its giant concrete roof from a distance. Lautner was a genius at working with concrete, and most of its houses feature unusual, curving, floating-style rooftops made of concrete. The Hope Residence is no exception. Located in Palm Springs, the 23,000...
Industrialist Kenneth Reiner commissioned John Lautner in 1956 to build him a one-of-a-kind residence on (yet another) hilltop site. Construction on the property was arduous, taking seven years to complete, and sadly Reiner never got to live in the house. Sometime during construction on the Silvertop House, Reiner went into bankruptcy and had to se...
The Garcia House was designed in 1962 for Russ Garcia, a music composer working with the Walt Disney Company, and his wife Gina Garcia. The house was initially supposed to feature a roof made entirely out of concrete but at the time, the City of Los Angeles wasn’t yet convinced of John Lautner’s ability to work with concrete and was taken aback by ...
Last but definitely not least, we’re looking at one of John Lautner’s most jaw-dropping designs. This one is not in California but in Acapulco, Mexico, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was designed in 1970 for Jeronimo Arango, and once again, the design seamlessly connects the 25,000-square-foot home to the site’s natural features. The house offer...
With every new project, John Lautner’s explorations and innovation went deeper, and many times, his ideas were misunderstood or considered impossible to bring to life. Nevertheless, with each new achievement, the architect further established himself as an innovator and a visionary who was able to work with materials and designs in a way that had n...
Los Angeles (1960) Lautner ingeniously solved the problem of the 45-degree slope by siting the entire house off the ground atop a 50-foot (15 m) concrete pillar that rests on a massive concrete pad 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter and 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, buried into the rocky hillside.
The Sheats–Goldstein Residence is a home designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, a short distance up the hill from the Beverly Hills city limit.
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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...
