Sheats-Goldstein Residence

The Sheats - Goldstein Residence is a under the auspices of the American architect John Lautner in 1961 built until 1963 residential building in Beverly Hills, California. The house is attributed to the organic architecture and was the scene of several feature films.

History

The house was originally built by Lautner, who had in 1960, the famous Chemosphere building erected for the couple Helen and Paul Sheats and their five children. 1948/1949 he had already designed the Sheats Apartments for the couple, also in Los Angeles. After several changes of ownership, the house was purchased in 1972 by the U.S. real estate mogul James Goldstein, who commissioned Lautner continuously with changes to the house, which lasted until the death of the architect in 1994. Since Goldstein is working with the architect Duncan Nicholson to other tags. He bought to surrounding land, among others who also designed by Lautner Concannon Residence, which he demolished in 2002 to make room for a tennis court.

Style

The house is pierced like a cave in the sandstone of a hill in Benedict Canyon and thus provides a good overview of Los Angeles. The original design is dominated by concrete, steel and wood. The living room was originally open to the terrace and was protected only by a curtain of air pressure from outside influences. Thus, the boundary between "inside" and was " out there" blurred. Instead of air conditioning, the rooms are cooled by natural draft. By copper pipes both the bottom of the apartment and the pool will be heated. Covered walkways lead to the bedrooms not located in the house itself.

Since James Goldstein bought the house in 1972, it is continuously remodeled. The entrance area was added in the 80s to a koi pond, a waterfall and flagstone. Throughout the house, the stucco work on the ceiling were replaced by redwood and window braces made ​​of steel by such elements of glass. In kitchen, dining room and guest bathroom ceiling were so fashioned that they could be electrically retracted and thus opened unobstructed view of the sky. In the kitchen, one of the first induction cooktops available was installed.

Above Horizon

Above Horizon is an art installation in the form of a small one-room building on a hillside below the house. The building was designed by James Turrell in collaboration with Duncan Nicholson. It is built of the same material as the house. Originally James Goldstein had designed the installation as a collaboration between John Lautner and James Turrell, but Lautner died before he was able to devote to the project intensive. Meanwhile, the installation is completed. In the ceiling and in one corner there are two designed by a local aviation and aerospace engineer panels made ​​of carbon fiber composite material, which at certain times ( or manually controlled) open. In the middle of the room, a permanently installed sofa is made ​​of concrete ( with soft cover ), from which one has thousands of LEDs in the view that illuminate the room every night in different colors.

Reception

The house was the scene of several feature films, such as 3 Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle and The Big Lebowski. In addition, several music videos were shot in it, such as "Let's Get Blown " by Snoop Dogg.