A piece of architectural history just traded hands in silver lake.
John lautner lautner house floor plan.
Properly speaking it s not a grid but a tessellation the columns are all smooth concrete and the beams linking them are wood.
The structural system is a simple post and beam grid based on an equilateral triangle.
Barbara bestor rehabs an unfinished masterpiece by john lautner the silvertop house was begun in 1956 but never completed to lautner s original plans.
Bestor consulted archives at the getty to design a sensitive 21st century extrapolation of his vision.
The house was commissioned in 1970 by jeronimo arango as a weekend home for his family and in 1973 the architect built a 25 000 square foot home that seemed to float above the water.
Deane madsen august 5 2019.
Lautner s floor plan which was provided in our tour brochure shows the main concept of the house pretty clearly.
Floor plan level 0 image courtesy of james goldstein.
The michael lord gallery is.
John lautner s circular wooden house from the 50 s goes on sale for the first time.
Following an apprenticeship in the mid 1930s 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 lautner is perhaps best remembered for his contribution to the.
He can still be found attending architectural events and playing card games with a friend who owns a lautner house.
About john lautner john lautner buildings news plans and.
John lautner after years of.
Where the present owner visited the lautner archive and found plans and even early photographs.
The ocean and the sky.
At other times instead of being taken.
The modernist home that celebrated architect john lautner designed and used as his personal residence has sold for 1 67 million.
John edward lautner 16 july 1911 24 october 1994 was an american architect.