john lautner
this is the documentary i was telling you about. lautner was a student of frank lloyd wright and his early projects look very wright-ish in style but eventually his style becomes more his own, though the inside | outside connection is still the underlying design principle in all his projects.i'm not sure if it talks about the roadside restaurants he did in this trailer, but i found those pretty interesting. lautner's design for googie's restaurant started a trend of 'googie architecture' [a term i had never heard of] which was criticized and dismissed by "serious" architects. i love it - it's the awesome 50's and 60's futuristic, jetsons style of gas stations, coffee shops and bowling alleys.
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fun - i know i've seen that spaceship house that overlooks LA (i think). it's definitely artistic architecture in the sense that it's so unique and quirky. i think for me some of it is too quirky for my taste, but i appreciate it. i like the concrete bits they showed though. and no, they didn't touch on the roadside stuff in that trailer :(
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