Lautner

John Lautner was a mid-20th-century American architect who designed striking and innovative structures, including commercial buildings and iconic homes. This book explores his use of modern building materials and bold stylistic repertoire, as well as his sensitivity to a buildings surroundings and his cultural legacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 04 September 2020
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

John Lautner (1911–1994) was a visionary architect who left an indelible mark on mid-20th-century American architecture with his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California. 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. From commercial buildings to iconic homes like 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 will also consider the architect's cultural legacy, as well as his pioneering of a visual paradigm of 1950s optimism, economic growth, and space-age adventure.

Weight: 564g
Dimension: 220 x 267 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836544115