Martin Daoust created one of best resource pages about John Lautner. 
It was last updated in 2006 and went offline in 2008.  

JOHN LAUTNER architect (1911-1994)

The John Lautner Foundation

 

Foundation website review

Undersung hero - by Sutherland Lyall / The Architectural Review, July 2002

 

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Lautner (architect) / German Wikipedia / Italian Wikipedia

 

Lautner designed cabinet & lamp auction on October 3rd 2006

From the 1969 Mills addition in Flintridge, CA

 

Portrait of some of Lautner’s colleagues from the International Architecture Database

Louis Wiehle (left) & Chris Wachowski (right)

 

Some street addresses for exterior architectural tours

John Lautner - Things To Do In Los Angeles

John Lautner - Day Trip to the Inland Empire

Also see excerpt from:

An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles by David Gebhard and Robert Winter

 

John Lautner: A Selective Bibliography

Architectural Association School of Architecture Library, London UK - December 2004

 

August 14th, 2005 article by Michael Webb, published in Los Angeles Times CalendarLive.com

Remembering John Lautner

 

Article by Paul Young in the January 1998 edition of the Los Angeles Magazine

Back to the future (houses by architect John Lautner)

 

Article by Kristi Evans in the Spring/Summer 2002 edition of Northern Horizons

The Art of Design

 

Article from volume5

The Los Angeles 12 - Revisited

 

Article from Architettura Organica

John Lautner - Master of Organic-experimental Architecture

 

Bette Jane Cohen's "Aluminum Films"

The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner

The making of "The Spirit in Architecture"

 

Current TV documentary

Current Casa - John Lautner Bio – 8min. 24sec. retrospective on the work of John Lautner

 

Rentals for events or film, television, commercial and still photography shoots

Toni Maier - On Location Inc. (note that “2696” is the John Roscoe Residence, Twin Sisters Peak, Fairfield CA - 2001 by Helena Arahuete)

 

John Lautner, Architect

by Frank Escher

 

Questia Online Library - The Architecture of John Lautner (Paperback)

Photographs by Alan Weintraub, Text by Alan Hess

 

WSWIN.net – Extracts from John Lautner by Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange (or from the Basic Art Series reprint entitled Lautner)

"John Lautner's housing design" featuring the Arango, Malin, Levy, Sheats/Goldstein & Reiner Residences

 

GA HOUSES 32 - July 1991

Featuring the Gantvoort, Reiner, Elrod, Stevens, Segel, Beyer, Sheats/Goldstein & Shearing Residences

 

Los Angeles Plays Itself - 2003

Documentary directed by Thom Andersen, featuring the Jacobsen, Sheats, Malin & Garcia Residences (voice-over)

 

Stephen J. Speicher’s Architecture page

Pictures of the Reiner, Elrod, Wolff & Arango Residences

 

BEATEWORKS – interior design, architectural and garden images

Pictures of the Desert Hot Springs Motel and Sheats/Goldstein, Schaffer & Beyer Residences

 

Working Pictures productions : Architectural Movie Classics

T.V. series in development featuring the Harvey, Malin, Segel, Sheats/Goldstein, Elrod, Garcia, Reiner & Jacobsen Residences

 

Houses for sale

architectureforsale.com - Mossler, Deasy & Doe Realtors (Select Architect: John Lautner)

The Value of Architecture

Multiple Listing Service Los Angeles Real Estate

 

Furniture

Wood Sphere Ball Chair & Hassock

1 piece was featured in a 1967 publication: Furniture you can build

 

 

Projects

 

Lautner Residence, Los Angeles – 1939

Photos by Gilbert K. Cooper in "If You Want to Build a House" (1946) - Scans by Stephen D. Ritchings

 

Springer Guesthouse, Los Angeles – 1940

Image of interior

 

Bell Residence, Los Angeles – 1942 (currently being remodeled and additioned by the owner)

John Ash Group Architects – remodel & additions

 

Desert Hot Springs Motel, Desert Hot Springs - 1947

Desert Hot Springs Lautner Motel

Totem Contract - Featured Preservation

John Lautner's Desert Hot Springs Motel

Lotta Living :: Gallery

jetsetmodern.com images: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

Photos by Mike Burns (08/2005): 1 / 2

Matthew Field’s photos on Flickr (12/07/2005)

The Photography of Michael Childers

The New York Times -> Home & Garden - 2005/06/09 : Los Angeles

Photo by Judith Lautner

PS Modcom - 2003 Preservation Award Winners (go to bottom of page)

Mitsuhiro Takemura's Blog: Desert Hot Springs Motel

Jee Y. Park - Motel & Hope Residence gallery 12/25/2003

 

Mauer Residence, Los Angeles - 1948

City Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 481 (03-23-1990) / Photo

 

Jacobsen Residence, Los Angeles - 1948
featured in the 1998 movie
Twilight - Directed by Robert Benton (also featured: Wright’s Oboler & D. Honnold’s Del Rio Residence)

Official images from the Paramount Pictures release of Twilight (see second row of images on second page)

Multiple Listing Service Los Angeles Real Estate – Jacobsen images: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

 

Polin Residence, Los Angeles - 1948
Multiple Listing Service Los Angeles Real Estate – Polin images:
1 / 2

 

United Productions of America Studios (demolished), Burbank – 1948

Amid Amidi's blog for Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation

 

Googie’s Coffee House (demolished), Los Angeles – 1949

Photographs of James Dean by Phil Stern: 1 / 2 / 3

 

Schaffer Residence, Glendale – 1949

featured in the 2005 movie Happy Endings - Directed by Don Roos / Still by Eric Lee (Lions Gate Films) from the LA Times

architectureforsale.com

Photos by: Mats Johansson

Toni Maier On Location : 2208, Glendale (or maal055)

 

Carling Residence, Los Angeles – 1950 (Eicher Remodel – 1991)

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2

ArtServe at the Australian National University - Achitecture, mainly Mediterranean (+ click on “Next page” at bottom)

Parmelee Geology - geotechnical assistance in the restoration and improvement of historical hillside properties

Los Angeles Magazine: MODERN MASTER.(realtor Crosby Doe) - 1999 article by Mark Morrison

 

Sheats “L'Horizon” Apartments, Los Angeles – 1950

City Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 367 (06-21-1988) / Photo

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15

Los Angeles photo galleries image

Artistic Westwood apartments are home to students, history, keggers – Daily Bruin 09.22.2002

John Lautner at ArBITAT Architects

 

Foster Residence, Sherman Oaks – 1950

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

 

Tyler Residence, Studio City - 1950

Toni Maier On Location: 757, Studio City (or maal080)

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

Photo by Gerald Forster

featured in the 2001 (adult) movie Aria - Directed by Andrew Blake  (extracts: 1 / 2 / 3 )

 

Shusett Residence, Beverly Hills – 1951

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2

 

Harvey Residence, Hollywood – 1951

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Charles Hollis Jones Installation

David M. Parker Photography – 10.14.2001 Symposium

The New York Times Style Magazine - March 31st 2005

Los Angeles Magazine: MODERN MASTER.(realtor Crosby Doe) - 1999 article by Mark Morrison

 

Bergren Residence, Los Angeles – 1953

Dennis & Mimi Martino Listings / image

 

Payne Addition, San Dimas – 1953

architectureforsale.com

Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service – images: 1 / 2

 

Beachwood Market Remodel, Los Angeles – 1954

E! Online - Feature - Hidden Hollywood - Like Peas in a Pod

(Not really) featured in the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Directed by Don Siegel

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

 

Deutsch Residence, Los Angeles – 1954

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

 

Zahn Residence, Los Angeles – 1956 (Friedberg-Rodman Remodel – 1992)

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2

 

Pearlman Cabin, Idyllwild – 1957

Photos by Tony Merchell (05/27/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

 

Hatherall Residence, Sunland - 1957

Toni Maier On Location : 1977, Sun Valley (or maal033)

Eric Staudenmaier Photography > Residential Architecture

 

Reiner “Silvertop” Residence, Los Angeles – 1958 (1956-1964, unfinished & uninhabited until 1974)
featured in the 1987 movie
Less than Zero - Directed by Marek Kanievska

Ted Wells living : simple

Silver Lake : The Architecture of Silver Lake & the Silver Lake Beautification Committee (5 pics, 1/3 down the page & 15 more, ¾ down)

"LA Obscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman" Fisher Gallery, USC - 03/04 to 04/19/1998

Unreel Locations - Silvertop

Photos by The Kim from the MAK Architecture Tour (10/02/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

Toni Maier On Location, maal010 : 1 / 2

Marissa Gluck’s photos – October 3rd 2005

Picture by Howard Kim - March 2005

Livingroom picture by ecru64 (11/03/2005)

Silver Lake Architecture (click on “Silvertop” picture at bottom of page)

Los Angeles photo galleries image

Olive -- Trickle album photo shoot

Photograph of Denise Richards at Silvertop: 1 / 2

 

Malin “Chemosphere” Residence, Los Angeles – 1960 (Taschen Remodel - 2001, by F. Escher)

City Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 785 (08-10-2004) / Photo

featured in the 1964 tv episode of The Outer Limits: The Duplicate Man - Directed by Gerd Oswald
featured in the 1984 movie
Body Double - Directed by Brian De Palma

LA Times Home article by Scott Timberg - Eight sides to this story (04/07/2005)

NY Times article by Frances Anderton - The Fabulous 'Flying Saucer' House Soars Again (03/21/2001)

Escher GuneWardena Architecture - Chemosphere Restoration

Lautner’s Chemosphere gets a new life

"The Chemosphere" by Walt Lockley

"LA Obscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman" Fisher Gallery, USC - 03/04 to 04/19/1998

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

New York Times gallery - March 15th, 2001

jetsetmodern.com images: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

Paintings by Josh “Shag” Agle: The Bird Watcher / The Amoralists

Los Angeles photo galleries image

KLIK Magazin image

ArtsJournal: Shulman on Lautner

Kirsten Kiser’s arcspace letter – March 2001

Current TV’s studio set was modelled on the Chemosphere – photos by Judith Lautner (09/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

Images of Current TV’s studio set from the John Lautner Foundation: 1 / 2

Comic book author Warren Ellis used the Chemosphere as his hero's home in: Desolation Jones #1 (see p.4) & #2 (p.2)

LAOkay.com – Lautner10.jpg

Benedikt Taschen in Chemosphere's office / with J. Shulman / with Angelika / with B. Wilder & H. Newton / for the launch of “Sumo” (by Newton)

 

Midtown School, Los Angeles - 1961

City Declared Historic-Cultural Monument No. 553 (11-12-1991) / Photo

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7

7-how-7’s photo on Flickr (07/03/2005)

Geocaching images by sr.hikers & Woof!

::LILA SCHOOL:: Los Feliz Campus

 

Wolff Residence, Los Angeles – 1961 (Guest House Addition – 1970)

flash presentation by Everett Fenton Gidley

hometour360°™ images (right click on links & save to disk)

To view these files, you will need the iPIX Stand-Alone Viewer :

Exterior Front / Living Room / Kitchen / Master Bedroom / Pool / Guest House/ Front View

Multiple Listing Service Los Angeles Real Estate images: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11

Los Angeles photo galleries image

 

Garcia “Rainbow” Residence, Los Angeles - 1961

featured in the 1989 movie Lethal Weapon 2 - Directed by Richard Donner

Warner Bros. - Lethal Weapon 2 : About the Production...

Art-Land International: Lethal Architecture - February 1997 essay by Mikael Askergren

archiweb article (in Czech)

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Toni Maier On Location: maal020 Hollywood Hills & 2771, Hollywood (or maal052)

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Restoration photos (10/2003) from The John Lautner Foundation: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Photo by Daniel (11/2005)

Photo by Judith Lautner

Los Angeles photo galleries image

LAOkay.com – Mulholland24.jpg

le blog exuberance: The Fat Life Of The Delectable Mountains (1 pic, 2/3 down the page)

 

Sheats Residence, Beverly Hills – 1962 (Goldstein Remodel – 1989)

featured in the 1997 movie Playing God - Directed by Andy Wilson

featured in the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski - Directed by Joel Coen

featured in the 2001 movie Bandits - Directed by Barry Levinson

featured in the 2003 movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - Directed by McG

featured in the 2004 video Let’s Get Blown -  Directed by Paul Hunter

featured in the 2004 6:45 min installation (shot on 16mm film) 10104 Angelo View drive - by artist Dorit Margreiter / MUMOK exhibit  / extracts

Seeing Stars - "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" Filming Locations (go to bottom of page)

ARCspace Feature / kk’s letter #12

Lawrence Harris' Selected Architecture in Los Angeles (see middle of page)

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Toni Maier On Location: 164, LA Hills (or maal030)

gregoryNYC photoshoot location gallery - 2001 / photos by Antoine Verglas

Photos by Judith Lautner (09/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2

Natasha Sandmeier’s photos on Flickr (12/19/2004)

David M. Parker Photography - 10.13.2001

Photos by Tim Street-Porter from the September 22, 2005 issue of the LA Times - Home: 1 / 2

ConcreteA’s images (Korean): 1 / 2

far-a-Huay: Lautner visit - Sheats-Goldstein House (08/02/2005)

Nissan Altima publicity by Michael Schnabel

Robb Report - Edifice Rex : Master Bedroom  - 04/01/2002

Homegarden Kft. galéria

Media party held by the Yamaha Motor Company - 05.12.2005 (see files starting with “05”)

Extratv.com : Jim Goldstein's House (check "EXTRA BYTES")

VOLUME article by Juliette Bekkering - LA: strip city of continuous production

Home & Garden Television: Organic House

Home & Garden Television: Cliff Dwelling

Home & Garden Television: Breaking the Barriers

engramis - Into the Light: James Turrell

Jim Goldstein specializes in architecture, fashion, and basketball

Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion - Portrait of a Consumer - Interview with James Goldstein December 28th, 2005

Le modelle di viviroma- Nicole Maddox

Carre Otis by photographer Antoine Verglas

Photographs of Denise Richards at the Sheats/Goldstein Residence: 1 / 2

Helmut Newton's Cyberwomen 4, 2000

Yet another “Goldstein babe”

Buffy and Angel star Charisma Carpenter posed at the residence for the June 2004 edition of Playboy

The house was also featured in a number of adult movies produced by Andrew Blake between 1995 and 1999

 

Zimmerman Residence, Studio City – 1967

Photos by Mike Burns (01/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

 

Stevens Residence, Malibu - 1967

Available for "some" winter months rental – US$50,000

 

Elrod Residence, Palm Springs – 1968

featured in the 1971 movie Diamonds are Forever - Directed by Guy Hamilton / video captures

Elrod/Lautner Estate - Palm Springs Vacation Rentals - Luxury Vacation Homes - Time&Place - Your Private Hotel

Luxury Retreats - Diamonds Are Forever Estate, Palm Springs

Bill Foundation Auction

CommanderBond.net images

Spazio Architettura article by Lionel Jacquod - Ken Adam: Casino's Labo's & Disco's (01/05/2006)

Locations Unlimited - Lautner

Charles Hollis Jones Installation

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Marissa Gluck’s photos – May 22nd 2005

X-Type City Sessions Palm Springs (May 1st & 2nd, 2004): DAY-1 / DAY-2 - 894 pics from this event

Cherry Capri – M Modern Gallery hosts a Private Reception for SHAG

Picture of the pre-party by the M Modern Gallery for Shag's "A Gracious Oasis - Paintings from Palm Springs" - 28.01.2005

Photo by Daniel (11/2005)

Image from John Mackey's Blog (01/20/2006)

Mathew Sumich Landscape Designer-Artist

Luxury Real Estate’s Property Detail

Home & Garden Television: Diamonds Are Forever - AIR TIME: March 5, 2006 6PM ET/PT

Home & Garden Television: Lautner Home

 

Walstrom Residence, Los Angeles – 1969

David M. Parker Photography – 10.13.2001

 

“Wolf's Lair” Entrance Gate Remodel and Addition, Los Angeles – 1970s

Film Friendly Location Service - Joe Darrel Location Service... (click on image links mentioning "Guest House")

L.A.Vintage Homes (see image n°3)

Richard Stanley - Realtor

 

Familian Residence, Beverly Hills – 1971

featured in the 2004 installation Los Angeles - by artist Sarah Morris (unverified)

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

 

Arango Residence, Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico - 1973

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Paradise, Writ in Concrete - by Deborah Snoonian, P.E. / Architectural Record, mid-May 1977

Photos by Thomas Loof for Interior Design

Photo by Julius Shulman

Las Brisas hillside photo by Gordon Rathbun

Section drawing from The John Lautner Foundation: W/B & B/W

 

Hope Residence, Palm Springs - 1979

Bruce Emerton's "Architecture on the Edge": Desert Modernism - John Lautner

The Breakfast Serial - Text: "The Bob Hope House"

Photos by Mike Burns (08/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

Views from the Araby trail by Florian, dcgusto & Jack Hill (6/8/2001)

Gallery of views from the Araby Trail by Bob Osborn (11-9-04)

Post card

 

Crippled Children's Society "Paul Weston Center", Woodland Hills – 1979

AbilityFirst - Woodland Hills Community Center

LAOkay.com – Lautner05.jpg

Jesse Pereira Architecture – John Lautner Memorial Gallery

 

Segel Residence, Malibu – 1980

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Photos by Daniel (11/2005): 1 / 2 / 3

A Sky TV picture

 

Rawlins Residence, Newport Beach – 1980

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Excerpt from GA Houses 18

Mars is here -- flying high in SoCal, famed architect John Lautner was out there - 11.16.2003 LA Times article by Janet Eastman

 

Schwimmer Residence, Beverly Hills – 1981 (Remodel, by D. Nicholson)

Toni Maier On Location: 1874, Los Angeles (or maal070)

David M. Parker Photography – 10.13.2001

2001 additions, alterations and restoration by Vaughan Trammell & Duncan Nicholson

The O.C. star Rachel Bilson posed at the residence for Stuff Magazine ( gallery ) & a  ”Maxim” video

Johnnie Walker Gold "Sensuality: Indulging the Senses" (April 22nd, 2004): 1 / 2 / 3 - pics from this event

 

Turner Residence, Aspen, Colorado – 1982

Samples of Alan Weintraub's photos from Arcaid

Home & Garden Television: Aspen Dome House

Lester Korzilius Architect - Aspen Residence

 

Krause Residence, Malibu - 1982

Lester Korzilius Architect - Malibu Beach House

 

Beyer Residence, Malibu – 1982 (Lautner: Design consultant; Richard Turner: “wood frame & plaster” redesign; Michael Taylor: Interiors)

Lester Korzilius Architect - Malibu Beach Residence

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

 

Levy Residence, Malibu - 1986

Photos by Mike Burns (05/2005): 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Photo by Daniel (11/2005)

Douglas Tharalson Art: Fence / Entry / Fireplace / Front Door

 

Boykoff Remodel, Los Angeles - 1989

Vaughan Trammell, project architect

It was a claustrophobic box-on-stilts - Sunset,  April 1991

 

"Goldstein Properties" Offices, Los Angeles - 1989

Robb Report Worth - Copper and Slate (07/01/2004)

Images from the John Lautner Foundation: 1 / 2

 

Marina Fine Arts Store, Marina del Rey - 1991

Marina Fine Arts

Picture of Mike Woolsey from Art Business News – february 2005

 

Shearing Residence, Coronado - 1992

Photo by John Durant

 

 

For TerraServer-USA or California Coastal Records Project images of any of Lautner’s projects, please write to me with your enquiry.

 

Most projects being residential, please remember to respect the residents' privacy (do not trespass)

 

 

Last update: February 26th 2006

Special thanks to Judith Lautner, Mike Burns and Anthony Merchell for their help & contributions

For any comment or link suggestion, please write to me

...or visit The JOHN LAUTNER resources forum

 


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