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Article: John Lautner's Reiner House (Silvertop) - LA, CA
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It's spectacular, alright - and it was on the Conservancy's tour agenda last fall. I think the house today is best described by this Bestor quote from the article: "‘The best way, in my opinion, was to not be faithful to the original at all costs, but to follow the natural connection between my own design language and that of the likes of Lautner and Frank Lloyd Wright." There were quite a few folks on the tour who thought the house today may be a little too much Bestor and too little Lautner ...
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Humble student of the Master
"Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old." - Frank Lloyd Wright
Humble student of the Master
"Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old." - Frank Lloyd Wright
It's always interesting, if disappointing, to observe the language employed by those who have modified an architecturally significant structure for their own purposes or (in the worst cases) whims . . .
"Sympathetic," "respect," thoughtful," "practicality," "today's lifestyle" tend to be trotted out with regularity.
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"Sympathetic," "respect," thoughtful," "practicality," "today's lifestyle" tend to be trotted out with regularity.
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