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John Lautner, an architect whose name resonates with innovation, daring, and an unabashed celebration of nature's forms, crafted a legacy that defies convent...
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- Architecture Enthusiast
John Lautner was one of the most influential architects in Southern California. Learn about his early career studying under Frank Lloyd Wright, his budding c...
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- Rost Architects
I started a long search on the internet and collected many photographs. Now I combine those images with my own drawings, to create videos and to show people how the houses look like. To give ...
Mar 8, 2016 · The documentary film is rich with stunning photography of Lautner's private work, well paced interviews with his contemporary critics, and footage of the Architect recounting his experiences as a young man and then in Los Angeles, from his arrival in 1938 until his death in 1994.
- Lautner’s Mentor: Frank Lloyd Wright. After graduating from college, Lautner’s mother got word that Frank Lloyd Wright was accepting applications for his Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin and encouraged him to apply.
- Lautner Moves to Los Angeles. Lautner stated in an interview that he moved to Los Angeles to supervise the construction of Wright’s Sturges House. He despised the city and thought the town was the “ugliest place in the world.”
- Lautner Opens His Practice. Through small projects handed down from Wright and the building of his own house, Lautner would establish his practice in Los Angles.
- The Chemosphere. In the late 1950s, Lautner would begin the design for the Malin Residence, often called the “Chemosphere.” Initially, the site had been deemed “unbuildable” by several architects and contractors due to the steep 45-degree downhill slope.
Jul 11, 2013 · The latest deluxe addition, Between Earth and Heaven, The Architecture of John Lautner (Hammer Rizzoli, 2008) is academically more prickly since Lautner is now something of an industry; enjoying a Foundation at Getty, centenary celebrations, conservation conferences and so on.
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Yet his legacy remains vulnerable. His 1951 Shusett House in Beverly Hills was demolished in 2010, and AbilityFirst’s Paul Weston Work Center (1979) in Woodland Hills was proposed for demolition in 2014. The nonprofit John Lautner Foundation was created in 1996 to celebrate, maintain, and protect Lautner’s work.
