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Apr 11, 2024 · The client, aerospace engineer Leonard Malin, inherited the steep, sloping lot and had $30,000 to somehow build a house there. In true John Lautner fashion, he found a way to build a house with a panoramic view without dealing with the rough terrain.
Jun 16, 2010 · Built for the client Malin Lautner, a young aircraft engineer, the design of the residence was in fact an engineering challenge due to its location on a forty-five degree slope in an...
Most distinctively, the house is perched atop a 5-foot-wide (1.5 m) concrete column nearly 30 feet (9 m) high. This innovative design was Lautner's solution to a site that, with a slope of 45 degrees, was thought to be practically unbuildable.
Perched on a steep hillside in Silver Lake, the John and Mary Lautner Residence remains in nearly original condition. The redwood-clad home cascades down a steep slope—a challenge Lautner approached with the intention "to build something of the hill, rather than in spite of the hill."
May 6, 2020 · Perched on a steep hillside in Silver Lake, the John and Mary Lautner Residence remains in nearly original condition. The redwood-clad home cascades down a steep slope—a challenge Lautner approached with the intention "to build something of the hill, rather than in spite of the hill."
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Photos. The Malin House “Chemosphere” by architect John Lautner was built in Hollywood, California, United States in 1960 - 1961. It was then remodeled in 1977.
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Mar 18, 2017 · On a steep slope Lautner built a house supported by a single pole without disturbing the natural surrounding. [1] The client of that project was Leonard Malin an engineer from the flight industry, who for 30,000$ wanted a one-family house on the steep slope above Mulholland Drive and contracted Lautner for that project. [2]
