mid-century modern

#189: John Lautner’s Walstrom House (Beverly Glen)

#189: John Lautner’s Walstrom House (Beverly Glen)

January 23, 2024
John Lautner's Walstrom House from 1969 is a deceptively simple treehouse of a home. It's just 1400 square feet and almost entirely made of wood and glass – worlds away from his big-budget concrete experiments of the '60s, more in line with his compact wood-clad homes from the '40s. But there is plenty of Lautner's spatial inventiveness here, and a sculptural quality to every part of the building.
#163: John Lautner – Harvey House (Hollywood Hills)

#163: John Lautner – Harvey House (Hollywood Hills)

July 16, 2023
John Lautner's Harvey House from 1950 represented the first time that this idiosyncratic architect could carry out his unique ideas about spatial geometry and texture with a sizable budget. In the late 1990s it was purchased by Kelly Lynch & Mitch Glazer, and lovingly restored by several of Lautner's most trusted collaborators.
#149: Killingsworth, Brady & Smith Office (Long Beach)

#149: Killingsworth, Brady & Smith Office (Long Beach)

April 25, 2023
Long Beach architect Edward Killingsworth honed the mid-century modern aesthetic into 3D poetry, creating sanctuaries out of right angles, high ceilings, open plans, expansive glass and natural light.  One of the purest distillations of his design philosophy can be seen in the office he designed for his own firm in 1955.