PCAD - Malin, Leonard J., House, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Chemosphere House, Los Angeles, CA; Taschen, Benedikt and Angelika, House, Los Angeles, CA

776 Torreyson Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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Hollywood Hills

Building History

Architect John Lautner designed this residence for the aerospace engineer, Leonard Malin, his wife and four children. In order to supervise the building process, Malin took a year's leave from work. John de la Vaux served as the Building Contractor for this faceted, circular dwelling mounted on a 27-foot-high, reinforced concrete pole. Lautner worked previously with de la Vaux on his Carling House (1947).

Building Notes

Access to the house, occupying a very steep hillside, was gained by a funicular railroad.

Alteration

German publishers, Benedikt and Angelika Taschen, renovated the Malin House in the 1990s. Helena Arahuete, head of Lautner's successor firm, worked on the renovation.

PCAD id: 1818

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Malin House ("Chemosphere"), 1960", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 174, 1985. Hines, Thomas S., Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism 1900-1970, 631-634, 2010. Campbell-Lange, Barbara-Ann, John Lautner 1911-1994 Disappearing Space, 44-49, 2005. Young, Paul, "Back to the future", Los Angeles Magazine, 78-83, 1/1998. Anderton, Frances, "The Flying Saucer House Soars Again", New York Times, B13, 03/15/2001. Topham, Sean, Where's My Space Age? The Rise and Fall of Futuristic Design, 65,

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Malin ('Chemosphere') Residence The architecture of John Lautner

Malin, Leonard J., House, Los Angeles, CA (1960)

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