John Lautner 100th Birthday Home Tour

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...</span><br />"You know, many people have a psychological or emotional problem with modern architecture. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span>Many people do not want the new, or <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">TODAY</span>, or <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">TOMORROW</span>. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span>They want <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">YESTERDAY</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span>.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> This is secure, because it is known and very predictable. If they’re that way, I don’t feel they’re open-minded. One man, I remember, had an English country house living room like a museum. He thought this was the only way, the only kind of architecture, the beginning and the end of the world. I can’t talk to guy like that, just forget it</span>."<br /><br />- <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">John Lautner</span></span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">1971 AD interview</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5937174855_0d8ba561f3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5937174855_0d8ba561f3_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 468px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5937176213_3c1dc2ec1d_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5937176213_3c1dc2ec1d_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 466px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images of Schwimmer House, 1982</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br />Next <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, July 23</span></span>, for John Lautner's 100th Birthday (1911- 1994), <a href="http://www.johnlautner.org/wp/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The John Lautner Foundation </span></a>is offering a special tour of <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4 </span></span>of his key homes in the L.A. area.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I'll be touring them!</span></span> When these architectural home tours in LA come around, I jump on the opportunity. A chance to see Lautner's homes in person does not happen very often. Last time I heard, there are a few left, before the event is sold out. Plus, all the proceeds will benefit The Lautner Foundation and the MAK Center; both are non-profit organizations that help preserve and highlight the region's modern architecture. <a href="http://www.makcenter.org/MAK_Exhibitions_Upcoming.php#"> Buy a ticket here..</a>. - David John<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">John Lautner 100th Birthday Home Tour </span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">July 23, 2011, 10:00 am-6:00 pm Price: $100 </span><br />General Admission | $90 MAK Center friends, John Lautner Foundation members, and students.<br />This tour series offers unique, behind-the-scenes access inside four of Lautner’s most significant Los Angeles homes, including the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Harpel House</span> (1956),<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Jacobsen House</span> (1947), <span style="font-weight: bold;">Schwimmer House</span> (1982), and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Sheats/Goldstein House</span> (1963).<br /><br /><br />"People resist getting involved with art, antiques, architecture or interior design because they just don’t feel they know enough. I would encourage the neophyte by trying to explain the vast potential of architecture. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It’s non-ending. It’s untouched</span>. If they want a more interesting life, a life more worthwhile, they couldn’t do anything better than live with fine architecture.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">- John Lautner</span><br /><br /><br />photography by Tycho Saariste<br /><br /><br />---------------------------------------

John Lautner 100th Birthday Home Tour

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