John Lautner Residence Restoration

Lautner wrote of the project that it was his “first try at architecture on my own after six years apprentice training with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin East and West. Naturally I felt inadequate on leaving the architectural genius of the last three or four hundred years. But I had to try, and found that in a modest way I could conceive and construct a satisfying work of architecture.” NOUS worked closely with Escher GuneWardena Architecture throughout the design phase of the sensitive restoration, generating a 3D point cloud that made it possible to restore and preserve this significant piece of American architecture.

Location
Los Angeles, CA USA

Client
Private

Architect
Escher GuneWardena Architecture

Staff Lead
Elizabeth Mahlow, PE

Completed
2026

Size
4,800 SF

Recognition

Los Angeles Conservancy, Preservation Award (anticipated)
Architectural Digest, Feature on the ongoing restoration
Los Angeles Times, Coverage of seismic retrofit and preservation efforts
Dezeen, “Seismic Retrofit Planned for Neutra’s Lovell Health House”