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Architect John Lautner's 100th Birthday Celebration

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First Posted: 07/23/11 03:18 PM ET Updated: 09/22/11 06:12 AM ET

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July 16, 2011 marked what would have been John Lautner's 100th birthday. In honor of this event, MAK CENTER and the John Lautner Foundation have organized a tour of some of the architect's most beloved Los Angeles properties. Visitors will explore the Harpel House (1956), the Jacobsen House (1947), the Schwimmer House (1982), and the Sheats/Goldstein House (1963/1989), according to MAK. MAK is known for its architectural design and preservation projects, most notably the Rudolph Schindler House, and has experience working with the properties of numerous architectural icons.

John Lautner's homes have been featured in Architectural Digest and many are the coveted homes of celebrities. The homes also prove to be wonderful locations for film sets, as Curbed LA pointed out, having been seen in "Diamonds Are Forever," "Less Than Zero," and Tom Ford's "A Single Man."

The John Lautner Foundation will be hosting a gala event at the Harpel House, Sunday at 7pm. Contact the John Lautner Foundation for tickets.

Browse images of John Lautner's architectural properties here:

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July 16, 2011 marked what would have been John Lautner's 100th birthday. In honor of this event, MAK CENTER and the John Lautner Foundation have organized a tour of some of the architect's most belove...
July 16, 2011 marked what would have been John Lautner's 100th birthday. In honor of this event, MAK CENTER and the John Lautner Foundation have organized a tour of some of the architect's most belove...
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Flat Harrold
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05:15 AM on 07/26/2011
Very cool buildings!
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Hardyman1966
The antonym of liberal is INTOLERANT.
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08:34 PM on 07/23/2011
I'll take the Schwimmer House in a heartbeat!!!
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El
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06:06 PM on 07/23/2011
Lautner was one of the greatest, to be sure. And unlike some other equally brilliant modern architects, there is so little repetition throughout his work, i.e., every projects is quite unique, yet somehow still bears the mark of its maker.
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ArChiMi
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03:35 PM on 07/23/2011
I was at a party at the Schwimmer house about ten years ago, and I still remember how good it felt to be in there.
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Douglas90723
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03:12 PM on 07/23/2011
As a disciple and student of Frank Lloyd Wright, his work certainly reveals the influence of the Master. Lautner appears to have eliminated the signature excesses of Wright's themes.
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JScott
John Galt's last name is McGuffin-Smithee
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11:56 PM on 07/23/2011
Wonder how they've held up structurally and most project he managed to design/build with codes and such as opposed to FLW whose projects had to be often rehabbed so the don't fall apart and were often built when there were no codes at all-thus the narrow doorways and carpet right up to the fireplace and having to fix Fallingwater.
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