npr: One of the most dramatic homes in Los Angeles has just...

Jeff Green/LACMA


Jeff Green/LACMA


Tom Ferguson Photography/LACMA


Tom Ferguson Photography/LACMA

npr:

One of the most dramatic homes in Los Angeles has just been donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Designed in 1961 by John Lautner — an influential Southern California architect — the glass and concrete house clings to the side of a canyon. Its present owner, James Goldstein, has been revising and perfecting it for 35 years.

Goldstein — a property investor and basketball superfan — is as striking as his home. On the day of my visit he meets me in a leather cowboy hat, tight black leather pants with rows of horizontal zippers up each leg, high black boots, a blue leather jacket and a jaunty scarf around his neck. (“I’m very involved in fashion,” he tells me.)

To arrive at his house, I’ve driven up a steep hill, and down a very steep driveway. Los Angeles has its share of stunning modernist homes, but even picky architects salute this one. (Movie-makers, too — you might recognize it from The Big Lebowski or Charlie’s Angels.)

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Photos: Jeff Green/LACMA and Tom Ferguson Photography/LACMA

This is a house? Crazy.

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