{"id":78974,"date":"2017-07-18T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=78974"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T22:00:48","slug":"a-restored-lautner-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=78974","title":{"rendered":"a restored Lautner house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>It&#8217;s summer, so I&#8217;ve become fixated again on windows, views through windows, breezes through windows.  In my inbox recently from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/escape-to-a-john-lautner-micro-resort-in-the-californian-desert-375ca07e\">Dwell<\/a>, this house in Desert Hot Springs caught my eye, built by architect John Lautner, a protege of Frank Lloyd Wright (some biographical info on Lautner in this NYT article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/07\/fashion\/lost-john-lautner-house-trina-turk.html?mcubz=0\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>).  Current co-owners, Los Angeles interior designer Tracy Beckmann and her partner, furniture designer Ryan Trowbridge, describe their eight-year renovation of the property as culminating in a &#8220;micro-resort\u2014a hybrid between luxury rental and boutique hotel.&#8221;  The original house has become part of a larger facility called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelautner.com\/\">The Lautner Compound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large%202.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large 2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you know why this particular property caught my eye, right?   Every window methodically frames the surrounding desert garden or a spectacular succulent specimen. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large%201.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large 1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large%203.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large 3.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/modern_vacation_rentals_desert_hot_springs_california_002.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo modern_vacation_rentals_desert_hot_springs_california_002.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Digging deeper into the links produced a full view of the garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And since I can&#8217;t find any other name associated with the landscape design, I assume Beckmann and Trowbridge handled that as well.  Nicely done!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/july2017\/large%201.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo large 1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>One of America\u2019s most important modernist masters, the late John Lautner is also one of Hollywood\u2019s most beloved architects. Designing homes with powerful geometry and a strong sense of drama, Lautner produced houses that were used in numerous films, including Diamonds Are Forever, Pulp Fiction, Twilight, Iron Man, The Big Lebowski, Charlie\u2019s Angels: Full Throttle, and A Single Man<\/em>.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s summer, so I&#8217;ve become fixated again on windows, views through windows, breezes through windows. 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