The design of john lautners arango house, also called marbrisa house, is inspired by the natural features of the site. Were continuing our series on modernist buildings in palm springs with american architect john lautner s arthur elrod house, which has a domeshaped concrete roof and a halfmoon. Midcentury modern house by john lautner for rent in. The home was featured in the pensacola news journal of november 2, 1958. A lost john lautner house is found and restored the. It recently experienced an extensive restoration, completed by bestor architecture over the course of. The sheatsgoldstein residence is one of the best known examples of john lautners work. The john lautner silvertop residence renovation mid. Perhaps selfishly so i can show pictures of my house when it was first built in 1947 by the master himself. Tom fords awardwinning 2009 film a single man featured colin firth as george, a gay man who is grieving the death of his partner jim matthew goode in 1962 every scene was so beautifully filmed that i was kind of mesmerized by it. The taschen book john lautner by barbaraann campbelllange. But lautner also used the same skills in more modest houses to connect residents with nature and the city. It didnt appear among the buildings compiled on the john lautner foundation website. Designed by john lautner, circular house in socal rolls.
Complete projects list the john lautner foundation. His career spanned fiftyfive years and left an indelible mark on the built environment of southern california. When john lautner was given the site in 1960, there were two common methods for building houses on the difficult sloped land. It includes classic bond villains like ernst stavro blofeld in diamonds are forever, whose house of pouredinplace concrete and dramatic vistas is actually the 1968 arthur elrod house, designed by john lautner. The architecture of john lautner olsberg, nicholas, cohen, jeanlouis, escher, frank, olsberg, nicholas on. The house is made of a series of small but open and interconnecting spaces which not only make it seem larger than it actually is, but reinforce a feeling of security even within areas walled primarily with glass. Inside beats president luke woods john lautnerdesigned l.
The lautner john lautner luxury vacation rental units. Inside the lautner house where a single man was filmed. Lesser known to laymens eyes is the work compiled in the recent paperback release of john lautner, architect edited by frank escher. Arango marbrisa house by john lautner archeyes magazine.
The movie highlights some of the best homes of some of the worst movie villains. The temptation was too much for lautner, who designed his houses to be at one with nature. Inside beats president luke woods john lautner designed l. The midcentury modern has been restored with the guidance of lautner. One of palm springs bestknown modernist houses, the elrod house, finally finds a buyer. Peek inside bob hopes iconic john lautnerdesigned palm. John lautners famed palm springs house finds a buyer. Their architect, john lautner, was a true visionary and, in my humble opinion, the greatest architect that southern california has. Tour palm springs most iconic midcenturymodern homes by richard neutra, albert frey, and john lautner a new book captures their architectural splendor up close and. The homes of the discerning hollywood stars, from grouch marx to leonardo dicaprio this book looks at the intersection of celebrity and design, through the case of twentyfive houses.
Jack rabbit slims was the 1950s themed nightclub where john. I have had the great luck to have visited this house. The home tom ford immortalizes on film in his directorial debut of the movie a single man. The house is circular with brick walls that taper, using 67 radial douglas fir beams and a 14foot central pillar. John lautner, the wolff residence mid century home. His houses, many perched on hillsides with sweeping glass walls overlooking the valley below, are icons of the drama and exuberance of the best of southern california architecture. Lautner s reputation was considerably restored by his groundbreaking design for the leonard j. His houses, many perched on hillsides with sweeping glass walls overlooking the valley below, are icons of the.
The book is richly illustrated, often with photographs made specially for this book. John lautner architect download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The couple bought the house and set about repairing not only the building but also john lautner s reputation. The chemosphere house, a set for a scene in charlies angels was inspired directly by this house known as one of his most celebrated works built in 1960 and now owned by famed publisher taschen. John lautner s williams house up for rent in beachwood canyon. Walstrom house by john lautner was constructed in 1969. John lautner, faia 19111994 john lautner was one of the most important american architects of the twentieth century, and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. Published on sep 15, 2016 known as the elrod house, this john lautnerdesigned five bedroom, five and a half bathroom residence was commissioned by designer arthur elrod in 1968 and has been.
John lautner was famous for designing vibrant and full of life houses. It is an odyssey, the story of two architects on a mission. We never met a home by organic modernist john lautner we didnt. Janrichard kikkert and tycho saariste located, visited and described all the surviving buildings. The book is broken into sections which analyze his career with each section followed by a few pages showing the houses discussed in. The ground could be cut to create a level platform or the house. The lautner offers 4 luxury vacation rental living units by architect john lautner, the park is our 10,000 sq. It certainly didnt hurt that they shot a lot of it in a john lautner designed modernist house. John lautner s silvertop residence is a midcentury masterpiece. Home one of lautner s masterworks was left unfinished until wood and his wife decided to realize his planand. Why movie villains have the best houses design and. The flying saucer house soars again the new york times. A look at hollywoods love affair with john lautner. Many of his buildings the elrod house and goldstein residence above them all were included in famous movies, music videos and fashion photo shootings because of their dramatic flair and beauty although not portrayed in a movie, the wolff residence is in many ways a celebration of lautner.
Lautner particularly enjoyed the challenge of designing a house for. This book provides an unprecedented treasury of information about all of lautners built works. Malin residence, also known as the chemosphere 1960, which has become one of his bestknown and most influential creations. A wright apprentice who started his own practice in 1939, lautner melded his spaceage vision for housing with the california landscape, incorporating great expanses of glass, lowslung furniture, and natural materials. Tour palm springss most iconic midcenturymodern homes by. Escher saw only a model for the house among lautner s own disorderly records, leading him to refer to it in his book as the unbuilt salkin house.
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