Tag Archives: John Lautner
Lautner Pilgrimage
John Lautner grew up with ancient rock under his feet and towering pines above his head. His mother painted the walls and ceilings of their house with flowers and clouds, and his dad filled it with learning. From the family’s log cabin high on a bluff, you can see miles of Lake Superior water and Michigan forest. Midgaard lives up to its Norse name, meaning between heaven and earth. Continue reading
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Lizard Time
“It’s lizard time!” Cole said as he lay on a rock amid one of the many heaps of colossal boulders that make Joshua Tree National Park a spectacular, surreal landscape, like a giant’s sandbox sculpture garden. He started enumerating what he felt, saw, heard, smelt. Continue reading
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Lautner's Freedom of Structure
During my Great Houses of Los Angeles course with Victor Regnier, I discovered the architecture of John Lautner. Maybe I like the guy because he’s a Yooper. But his buildings are truly amazing: freedom of structure. Here’s the paper I … Continue reading
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