Archinect - News2024-11-24T14:48:47-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/29799924/nature-and-design-meet-in-lautner-s-modern-homes
Nature And Design Meet In Lautner's Modern Homes Eric Jonathan Martin2011-12-04T22:28:58-05:00>2011-12-08T09:16:02-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o3/o3jeh1xqr13xbk2q.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Lautner's homes have appeared in Hollywood movies, but the architect himself wasn't particularly well-known when he died in 1994. Still, in 2011 — the centennial year of Lautner's birth — his hometown of Marquette, Mich., has honored him with two exhibitions: one at Northern Michigan University's DeVos Art Museum and one at the Marquette Regional History Center.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
John Lautner's homes have been featured in many movies, but few people actually know who the architect was who came up with the designs. His space-age designs were probably a favourite of the cinematic because the designs themselves look like something which might be dreamed up by a set designer on some back lot in Hollywood.</p>