A john lautner beach house in malibu is revitalized. Architect john lautner became known as one of the finest practitioners of what is often called the organic modern style, responsible for some of the most famous southern california designs of the twentieth century. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads. Lautner was born in 1911, the older of two children. 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 featured in numerous. The real thing was started by robin poirier, builder of several lautner projects and one of the few contractors to go toward lautner rather than run the other way. The lautner offers 4 luxury vacation rental living units by architect john lautner, the park is our 10,000 sq. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. John lautner s sixty years in architecture comprise one of the great unexamined careers of the twentieth century. Nine years after the jacobsen house, we can see that structure is clearly a major theme in john lautners work. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. Lautner s designs share a sense of drama, powerful geometry and warmth, and a profound respect for the site. He was an apprentice and employee of the famed architect frank lloyd wright from 1933 until 1939, whom he contacted after reading lloyd wrights autobiography in 1933. There is a floor plan, some photographs, and often some technical sketches for each of his projects.
A lost john lautner house is found and restored the. John edward lautner 16 july 1911 24 october 1994 was an american architect. John lautner, architect by john lautner, frank escher. Not until robert venturis 1972 book learning from las vegas did the architectural mainstream even come close to validating lautners logic. Were continuing our series on modernist buildings in palm springs with american architect john lautners arthur elrod house. Were continuing our series on modernist buildings in palm springs with american architect john lautner s arthur elrod house.
A john lautner beach house in malibu is revitalized with an assist from interior designer waldo fernandez and architect michael kovac, business dynamo jamie mccourt breathes new life into a. Jim olson inside the architect s treetop house duration. Completed in 1949, the building was designed by master architect john lautner as eight units of student housing. Walstrom house by john lautner was constructed in 1969. Its footprint is much more compact, and it only has 96. This book is a great complement to the pretty picture books as it has images that are not regularly seen in the other lautner books i just feel this book doesnt.
Apr 05, 2018 in diamonds are forever 1971, james bond did battle with bikiniclad guards bambi and thumper in lautners elrod house 1968, a dramatic, circular concrete structure built into, around, and incorporating the jagged rocks of a palm springs cliff. Architecture projects from john lautner, an architecture office firm centered around. Jun 07, 2016 a john lautner beach house in malibu is revitalized with an assist from interior designer waldo fernandez and architect michael kovac, business dynamo jamie mccourt breathes new life into a. 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 featured in numerous. John lautners harpel house, 1956 parson architecture. Balboa island jaws house by legendary architect john. Through no fault of his own, john lautners contributions to modern architecture have been widely recognized only in the last ten or fifteen years. The stone, glass, and copper cliffclimber is a hollywood hills homage to frank lloyd wrights fallingwater. Peek inside bob hopes iconic john lautnerdesigned palm. 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. John lautners sixty years in architecture comprise one of the great. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed may 2017 learn how and when to remove this template message. John lautner talks about the clients, their wishes, and his solutions. Complete projects list the john lautner foundation.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John lautner after years of indefatigable research, tycho and janrichards book adds an invaluable resource for our understanding of lautner. Tour john lautners iconic sheatsgoldstein residence curbed. Most of the photos in this book appear to have been taken shortly after the buildings were completed and some during construction, so it makes a great companion to the architecture of john lautner. Nov 16, 2016 of all john lautner s creations, the hope residence might be the least well known but the most unforgettable. Lautners designs share a sense of drama, powerful geometry and warmth, and a profound respect for the site. Buy john lautner, architect by john lautner, frank escher editor online at alibris. American architect john lautner designed the elrod house in the elrod house is an example of lautners socalled free architecture designs, where nature and architecture are fused into one element. Lesser known to laymens eyes is the work compiled in the recent paperback release of john lautner, architect edited by frank escher. It covers more buildings than any of the others, and includes lautner s own comment on each, making it an invaluable record of real architecture. They are unique entities unlike those of any other architect. The quality of all the photos is excellent, having very good composition, lighting, resolution, and contrast.
John lautner was a famous american architect who was a major advocate for googie architecture, a style that was all the rage in southern california in the 1960s. Lautner received his bachelor of science degree from northern michigan university and later apprenticed with frank lloyd wright at taliesin fellowship in wisconsin and arizona. 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. This book provides a good summary of what youll find in the architecture of john lautner by weintraub. Asymmetrically arranged shapes, from circular volumes to long, flat planes, step up the hill and around each other to form a strangely harmonious, abstractly futuristic, and truly organicfeeling whole. Of all john lautners creations, the hope residence might be the least well known but the most unforgettable. Born in 1911, lautner apprenticed to frank lloyd wright before establishing his own office in hollywood in. The architecture of john lautner olsberg, nicholas, cohen, jeanlouis, escher, frank, olsberg, nicholas on. An additional design by john lautner was not built. Buy the architecture of john lautner 01 by weintraub, alan, hess, alan, lautner, john isbn. John lautner s concrete domed elrod house overlooks coachella valley. The property was the famed architect s largest undertaking, sprawling across six acres. John lautner architecture and influence major works. At the arango house on mexicos acapulco bay, he realized this grand ambition to glorious effect.
The next house in our series on john lautner is the harpel house. There is some biographical information but most of the book looks at his works. He was an original striving for the unique, drawing his inspiration from the site, unbending and outspoken. It was designed by the midcentury architect john lautner. Rooted in a personal design philosophy that is the imaginative extension of the organic architectural theories of frank lloyd wright he was one of wrights first apprentices, his exuberant designs and broad spectrum of approaches epitomize the landscape of southern california. But his first solo design, the house he built for himself and his wife in silver lake in 1940, is much less well known. Born in 1911, lautner apprenticed to frank lloyd wright before establishing his own office in hollywood in 1939. John lautners concrete domed elrod house overlooks coachella valley. The lautner gallery john lautners 1947 masterpiece. The architecture of john lautner hardcover april 22, 2008 by nicholas olsberg author, editor. John lautner triangle modernist houses americas largest. Following an apprenticeship in the mid1930s with frank lloyd wright, lautner opened his own practice in 1938, where he worked for the remainder of his career.
Lautner practiced primarily in california, and the majority of his works were residential. Rather than be cowed by the obvious difficulty in constructing oneofakind projects, poirier embraced them. It is called simply john lautner, architect and is a large, handsome, 288page volume lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs 160 in color of lautners incredible structures. See more ideas about john lautner, architecture and modern architecture.
The architecture of john lautner alan hess, john lautner. Four private residences designed by john lautner, the midcentury architect whose legacy may have been underestimated. There are interviews with lautner, the story of each building, blueprints, and a timeline with bibliography. Alan hess, author of googie redux ultramodern roadside architecture records lautners contributions to a new caroriented architecture developing in southern. Get to know more about legendary american architect john lautner and the history of the former desert hot springs motel. John lautner architecture and influence architecture. Those are also good books, but not nearly as high quality as the architecture of john lautner. Rooted in a personal design philosophy that is the imaginative extension of the organic architectural theories of frank lloyd wright he was one of wrights first apprentices, his exuberant designs and broad spectrum of approaches epitomize the landscape of. The purpose of architecture is to improve human life.
The book is richly illustrated, often with photographs made specially for this book. An exploration of the complete built work idea books. Frank escher has done a wonderful job with this book. Designed by architectand apprentice of frank lloyd wrightjohn lautner.
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