Giving Lautner his due
Groundbreaking architect despised L.A. yet owed it so much
By Carl Larsen
LOS ANGELES – In this city he detested and yet to which he is so tied, John Lautner became one of the seminal figures of 20th-century American architecture. That's easy to say now, 14 years after his death in 1994 at age 83.
NATION'S HOUSING KENNETH HARNEY
Know when housing bill tax credit is due to expire
WASHINGTON – Anybody who's been sitting on the sidelines hesitant to jump into real estate until conditions settle down should know these dates: April 9, 2008, through June 30, 2009.
Technology points the way to smarter, greener home furnishings
By Kim Cook
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – A decade of quantum technological leaps means today's designers have in their hands a virtually bottomless toy box of new materials and methods.
Thoroughly modern
Photographer Julius Shulman, who's been documenting modernist architecture in Southern California for nearly eight decades, will be signing copies of his three-volume book, “Modernism Rediscovered.”
