Esoteric Survey

Marco Wolff residence by John Lautner (1961) 
I attended a tour of the house that was hosted by the Lautner Foundation. They only allowed cell phone pics.
Wolff was an interior designer and musician. He asked Lautner for a Hollywood version of  Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. This was fortunate since Lautner supervised the building of the Pennsylvania landmark.  
The Wolff house was completed just a year after the Chemosphere. 
The site is on a steep slope, high above West Hollywood.
The Pacific Design Center can be seen on the right. 
The triangular element on the top left is a mirror-lined skylight. 
I love a good tree cutout.

The interior was originally carpeted and included Dunbar.
Source: Julius Shulman, 1975 - GRI Special Collection
Although the house is not for sale, it's mostly unfurnished at the moment.





Of course the LA version of Fallingwater consists of a pool. 
Railroad ties

The tour was led by George Salazar.
The door of the guest house, which was added in 196…

It was a tough weekend.

Sad People in Modernist Homes in Popular Films
Essays by Erik Benjamins, Andrew Romano, Adam Štěch, and Mimi Zeiger
Edited and designed by Benjamin Critton
A follow-up to Benjamin Critton's Evil People in Modernist Homes in Popular Films (2010).
Le Mépris (Contempt) directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Brigitte Bardot and modernism. Come on!
More information on the publication can be found here. 
The release was held at a fitting location, the Oliver House by RM Schindler. It was also a celebration of MAK Center's 25th Anniversary.

Cabinet by Berkeley architect John Gilbert Wells and some smalls
Sori Yanagi tray and Paul Rand covers for PM Journal (1938 & 1941)
Barney Reid enamel
La Gardo Tackett

The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was his largest public project and also his last.  At the time of Wright's death in 1959, it was uncompleted, and Taliesin Fellow Aaron Green oversaw the project. It opened in 1962.