John Lautner: A Selective Bibliography Compiled by Aileen Smith, December 2004 This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to John Lautner. Those books held within the AA Library are indicated with a shelfmark. Books (Alphabetically by title) American house now: contemporary architectural design / Susan Doubilet and Daralice Boles London: Thames and Hudson, 1997 ISBN 0500280266 AA SHELFMARK: 728.3.036(73) DOU Architecture of John Lautner / Alan Hess London: Thames and Hudson, 1999 ISBN 0500341753 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(73):92LAU HES (MLC) Hyperwest: American residential architecture on the edge / Alan Hess; photography by Alan Weintraub London: Thames and Hudson, 1996 ISBN 0500341478 AA SHELFMARK: ON ORDER John Lautner / Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange Cologne: Taschen, 1999 ISBN 3822866210 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(73):92LAU CAM John Lautner, architect / edited by Frank Escher London: Artemis, 1994 ISBN 187405665X AA SHELFMARK: 72.036(73):92LAU ESC John Lautner: architettura organico-sperimentale / Pierluigi Bonvicini Bari: Dedalo, 1981 (Universale di architettura, 47) Light and space: modern architecture 2 / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa; text by Riichi Miyake Tokyo: ADA Edita, 1994 ISBN 4871405532 AA SHELFMARK: 72.036 FUT Modern American houses: four decades of award-winning design in Architectural Record / edited by Clifford A Pearson New York: Abrams, 1996 (includes Arango House, Acapulco, Mexico) ISBN 0810933349 AA SHELFMARK: 728.3.036(73) PEA (MLC)
Modernism reborn: mid-century American houses / Michael Webb Universe, 2001 ISBN 0789305356 AA SHELFMARK: ON ORDER New York: Journal Articles (Chronologically by year and month) 2001 Masterpieces 1971-2000 / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa (includes Goldstein residence (Sheats residence), Los Angeles, California / John Lautner) in GA Houses special 02 November 2001 / p.160-165 (text in Harvey House, Los Angeles, California / article by Alan Hess in Architectural Record 189 (11) November 2001 / p.154-157 Masterpieces 1945-1970 / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa (includes Malin house, Los Angeles, California / John Lautner) in GA Houses special 01 June 2001 / p.144-149 (text in 1999 Casa Marbrisa [Marbrisa House]; Architect: John Lautner / article by Jose Manuel Castillo and Xavier Calderon (on the house Lautner built in 1973 in Las Brisas, Acapulco) in Arquine no.9 Autumn 1999 / p.50-63 (text in Spanish+English) 1960s: a revolutionary decade marked by dramatic formal invention and a celebration of color (the decade s artists, architects, designers, and other creative talents are showcased, includes John Lautner) in Architectural Digest 56 (4) April 1999 / p.366-379 1997 Residence, Northwest, USA (Lautner s last project, 1994-95) and John Lautner: Greenhouse residence, Malibu, California (1993-94) In GA Houses no.52 April 1997 / p.85-87, 88-89 (text in
1995 Architecture: John Lautner, a masterful composition of forms above Los Angeles / article by Michael Webb (features Lautner s renovated 1963 Sheats house in Beverly Hills, now owned by James Goldstein) in Architectural Digest 52 (10) October 1995 / p.124-133 Residential masterpieces : Arango residence, Acapulco, Mexico 1973; Architect: John Lautner in GA Houses no.46 June 1995 / p.10-25 (text in John Lautner: obituary / article by David Leclerc in Architecture d Aujourd hui no.297 February 1995 / p.20 (text in French) 1994 The legacy of John Launter, lyrical technologist / article by Alan Hess in Progressive Architecture vol.75 no.12 December 1994 / p.16 Remembering John Lautner 1911-1994 / article by Wayne N T Fujii in GA Houses no.44 December 1994 / p.142-143 (text in Sheats Goldstein house, Los Angeles, California; Architect: John Lautner in GA Houses no.44 December 1994 / p.144-157 (text in John Lautner 1911-1994 in Bauwelt vol.85 no.43 November 11 1994 / p.2372 (text in German) John Lautner: California dreaming / article by Barbara-Ann Campbell (obituary and extracts from a new book on his work) in Building Design no.1196 October 28 1994 / p.2, 18-19 John Lautner, California architect: selected projects 1937-1991 / article by Joseph Rosa (exhibition review) in Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Newsline 7 (1) Summer-October 1994 / p.3
1993 Interview: John Lautner / article by Ziva Freiman in Progressive Architecture vol.74 no.12 December 1993 / p.64-67 Organic architecture / article by Maggie Toy and others (includes House at Lechuza Point, California / John Lautner) in AD Profile 106, Architectural Design vol.63 no.11/12 November/December 1993 / p.50-51 Visto da dentro [From inside out] / article by Manfredi Nicoletti and others (includes Rocky Point house, Malibu, California / John Lautner, article by Elena Tomei) in Arca no.70 April 1993 / p.56-59 (text in Italian+English) 1991 John Lautner at 80: a life in design / article by Aaron Betsky in Architectural Record vol.179 no.1 December 1991 / p.15 Houses and modernism / article by Mark Alden Branch and others (includes Evolving aerie James Goldstein residence [originally Paul Sheats residence, 1963] / John Lautner, article by Morris Newman) in Progressive Architecture vol.72 no.11 November 1991 / p.88-93 Meet the architect: John Lautner / article by Henry Whiting II (illustrates: Gantvoort residence (1946-7); Silvertop, Silver Lake, Los Angeles (1957-63); Elrod residence, Palm Springs, California 91967-8); Stevens residence, Malibu (1967-8); Segel residence, Malibu (1976-9); House at Rocky Point, Malibu (1980-3); Goldstein residence, Los Angeles (1963); Living with Nature project, Malibu; Shearing residence project, San Diego; Townsend residence project, Malibu; Familian beach house project, Malibu) in GA Houses no.32 July 1991 / p.8-85 (text in Solid and free / article by Barbara Ann Campbell (on the work of John Lautner) in Architectural Review vol.189 no.1134 August 1991 / p.68-74 1989 Playing the angles: office for James Goldstein, Los Angeles; Architect: John Lautner / article by Deborah Dietsch in Architectural Record vol.177 no.11 Mid-September 1989 / p.76-79
1987 John Lautner: l etoffe d un heros [John Lautner: the stuff of heroes] / article by Dominique Lyon (illustrates: Polin residence, Los Angeles (1947); Carling residence, Los Angeles (1947); Chemosphere, or Malin residence, Los Angeles (1960); Harpel residence, Anchorage (1966); Elrod residence, Palm Springs (1968); Silvertop, or Reiner residence, Los Angeles (1963); Arango residence, Acapulco, Mexico (1973)) in Architecture d Aujourd hui no.250 April 1987 / p.78-93 (text in French, English summaries) Sette opera di John Lautner [Seven works by John Lautner] / article by Renato Pedio (illustrates: Turner residence in Aspen, Colorado; Walstrom residence in Los Angles; Silvertop, the Reiner residence in Los Angeles; Arango residence in Acapulco, Mexico; house in Malibu, California; rehabilitation centre for handicapped children in Woodland Hills, California; house at Lechuza Point, Malibu) in Architettura Cronache e Storia vol.33 no.1 (375) January 1987 / p.22-40 (text in Italian, summaries in English, French, German, Spanish) 1986 Turner residence, Aspen, Colorado 1979-81; Architects: John Lautner, with William Poss in GA Houses no.19 February 1986 / p.20-25 (text in 1985 Bay front residence, southern California; Architect: John Lautner in GA Houses no.18 August 1985 / p.72-77 (text in 1984 John Lautner s Mauer house: prefab components, spatial innovation and bold engineering shaped this modern classic from the 1940s / article by Alan Hess (includes John Lautner: still defining dwelling ) in Fine Homebuilding no.18 December 1983/January 1984 / p.26-32
Architecture: John Lautner / article by David Gebhard in Architectural Digest 41 February 1984 / p.106-113 1978 Architecture: John Lautner / article by Christopher Phillips (on Maribris house, Acapulco Bay, Mexico) in Architectural Digest 35 (4) May 1978 / p.104-111 1974 Malibu beach house, Malibu, California; Elrod house, Palm Springs, California; and Wolff house, Hollywood, California: architect, John Lautner in A+U: Architecture and Urbanism April 1974 / p.73-80 (text in Japanese, English captions) 1966 Habitation a Hollywood / John Lautner in Architecture d Aujourd hui 36 (124) February-March 1966 / p.12-13 (text in French) 1965 West Coast architects v. John Lautner / article by Esther McCoy in Arts & Architecture 82 August 1965 / p.22-27 [Hollywood Hills, Cal. House] / John Lautner in Arts & Architecture 82 June 1965 / p.22-24 1950 Sixteen southern California architects exhibit contemporary trends in a group showing at Scripps College ( includes John Lautner) in Arts & Architecture 67 April 1950 / p.22-33 1948 Drive-in restaurant / John Lautner in Arts & Architecture 65 October 1948 / p.36-37
Roof structures / John Lautner in Arts & Architecture 65 June 1948 / p.36-37 1947 House [in California] / John Lautner in Arts & Architecture 64 April 1947 / p.28-29 1946 Remodeling project / John Lautner in Arts & Architecture 63 February 1946 / p.41-43 1942 [House against the horizon, Hollywood, California] / John Lautner in California Arts and Architecture 59 June 1942 / p.23-25 1941 Cottage for Mr and Mrs Norman Springer: designed by John Lautner in California Arts and Architecture 58 April 1941 / p.31 1940 A hillside redwood house designed by John Lautner in California Arts and Architecture 57 June-July 1940 / p.27 Website www.johnlautner.org Aileen Smith, Deputy Librarian December 2004