Lautner
TASCHEN · Hardcover · August 29, 2016
With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911–1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in mid-20th-century America.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore Lautner’s California projects, from commercial buildings to homes shaped around their surroundings.
- Themes
- Modern architectural design, Architecture integrated with landscape, Lautner’s cultural legacy
- Genres
- Architect Monographs, Contemporary Architecture (1945-), Landmarks & Monuments
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With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911–1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in mid-20th-century America. This introductory book brings together the most important of Lautner’s projects to explore his ingenious use of modern building materials and his bold stylistic repertoire of sweeping rooflines, glass-paneled walls, and steel beams.
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From commercial buildings to such iconic homes as the Chemosphere, we look at Lautner’s sensitivity to a building’s surroundings and his unique capacity to integrate structures into the Californian landscape. With several of Lautner’s houses now labeled Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, we’ll also consider the architect’s cultural legacy, as much as his pioneering of a visual paradigm of 1950s optimism, economic growth, and space-age adventure.
Lautner’s California Structures
Explore Lautner’s California projects, from commercial buildings to homes shaped around their surroundings.
Come here for
- Lautner’s use of modern building materials
- Sweeping rooflines and glass-paneled walls
Expect
- Buildings integrated into California’s hillsides, beaches, and deserts
- Consideration of Lautner’s cultural legacy
Where it sits
| Architect Monographs | 97% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Architecture (1945-) | 42% |
| Landmarks & Monuments | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Architecture (1945-)
- Architect Monographs
- Buildings
- Authors
- Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange, Peter Gössel
- Publisher
- TASCHEN
- Published
- August 29, 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Modern architectural design · Architecture integrated with landscape · Lautner’s cultural legacy
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Architecture (1945-)