JOHN LAUTNER: - Triangle Modernist Houses

Robert E. Faxon, Leland Evison, Lloyd Ruocco, Charles Eames (CSH #8), Raphael Soriano (Strauss House and Case Study
House 1950), and Kemper Nomland (CSH #10).
52. Bookcases - with or without books. Sunset 1950. 105(Oct): p. 36-9.
Includes Julius Shulman photos of built-in bookcases in the David Greggory Residence (2) designed by William
Alexander, and the Engleberg Residence in Hollywood designed by Henry Robert Harrison. Article also includes 2
uncredited photos of the Sheats Residence in West Los Angeles by John Lautner.
53. New Apartment Structure Is One of Most Unusual. Los Angeles Times, 1950(Jul 2): p. E1, E5.
Article with uncredited photo of the L'Horizon Apartments at 10919 Strathmore Dr. in Westwood designed by John
Lautner for Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sheats.
54. Unusual Plan for a House That Floats on a Hill. Southwest Builder & Contractor, 1950(Jun 23): p. 18-19.
Illustrated article on the Harvey house by John Lautner.
55. Building Types Study Number 164: Drive-Ins, Banks, Theaters, Restaurants. Architectural Record, 1950. 108(2, Aug): p.
131-153.
Includes photos of John Lautner's Henry's Restaurant in Glendale.
56. John Lautner, Architect: Exhibits by Philip B. Welch. 1950: privately printed.
Copy in the Lautner Family Archive. Referenced in endnotes 4. and 5., p. 123 of "Between Earth and Heaven" by
Olsberg, et al.
57. Radcliffe College Home Tour Slated. Los Angeles Times, 1950(Apr 14): p. B1.
A house designed by John Lautner will be one of 11 homes featured on the Radcliffe College Club's second annual
tour scheduled for April 22nd.
58. Basso, H., Los Angeles. Holiday, 1950(1, Jan): p. 31.
Includes John Lautner's Mauer House on p. 31.
59. Pawley, F.A., Building types study: motels. Architectural Record, 1950. 107(3, Mar): p. 110-131.
Includes Julius Shulman photos of the Palm Springs Biltmore designed by Frederick Monhoff (4), the Tuscon
Biltmore (2), the Pepper Tree Inn designed by E. Stewart Williams (6) and John Lautner's Desert Hot Springs Motel (7)
(Contentment House at Bubbling Well, Desert Hot Springs, California).
1951 Work included in early influential guidebook of Los Angeles modern architecture (see item 64.
below).
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Baxter-Hodiak Remodel, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Bick Residence, Brentwood, CA
Evans and Reeves Exhibition Stand, Los Angeles, CA
Lippett Remodel, Los Angeles, CA
60. Art Events: New Exhibitions: John Lautner: Photographs of His Recent Architecture. Los Angeles Times, 1951(Sep 30):
p. D6.
Announcement for an exhibition of Lautner's recent work at the Landau Gallery at 182 S. Robertson Blvd. from July
3 to Oct. 20. (Julius Shulman photos?).
61. [Lautner kitchen]. Sunset, 1951. 106(Jan): p. 38.
62. Cost of Seven Dwellings Will Exceed $500,000. Los Angeles Times, 1951(Mar 11): p. E1.
Article discusses a 10 acre subdivision of 15 lots at the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd. and Hillcrest Rd. by
developers Harold Hirsch and Arthur E. Edmunds. John Lautner will be designing the David Shusett House at 9340 Monte
Leon Lane.