2024-05-06T06:42:07-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/144590554/john-lautner-hits-the-silver-screen Julia Ingalls 2015-12-30T17:34:00-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3t/3ttie3x1r4z85nd4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The 1990 documentary "The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner" screens in Beverly Hills on January 2, and it includes not only dramatic images of the buildings, but also interviews and insights from the builders, owners, and the architect himself.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Like the fine wine of architecture, the work of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/106405526/john-lautner-s-silvertop-home-to-list-for-7-5-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Lautner</a> only gets better with age. Whether experienced in exhibition form (the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/77578/review-between-earth-and-heaven-the-architecture-of-john-lautner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hammer Museum's 2008 show</a> was a marvelous introduction for those unfamiliar with his canon) to documentary film, Lautner's fearless yet elegant exploration of space and material continues to captivate decades after his death in 1994. What better way to start off 2016?&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/sr/sr2fsyubx9yk58g4.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/3d/3dbw1e5jqz85ykqw.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/2l/2lea9pmm11dpxsz7.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/oy/oymz5j94xfre72yd.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/wo/wo117zkz4tmvvozd.jpg"></p>