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FROM GOOGIE TO GREAT:
UNCOVERING TRUTH AND BEAUTY IN JOHN LAUTNER’S ARCHITECTURE
by
Hilary Jordan Scurlock
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM—THE ARTS)
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Hilary Jordan Scurlock
Object Description
| Title | From Googie to great: uncovering truth and beauty in John Lautner's architecture |
| Author | Scurlock, Hilary Jordan |
| Author email | hscurlock@gmail.com; hilary.scurlock@post.harvard.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism (The Arts) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-05-14 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-04-16 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Page, Tim |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Anawalt, Sasha Regnier, Victor |
| Abstract | After he designed the Jetsons-esque Googie’s coffee shop, architect John Lautner (1911–1994) was panned for creating a laughable caricature of modern design. "Stick to residential" the critics implored, and for the most part, Lautner did: in a career that spanned a half-century, he designed nearly 200 homes, primarily in Los Angeles. As a residential architect, he excelled: his houses speak to the elemental nature of the living space, while also incorporating cutting-edge design. His innovative ideas fundamentally changed the way we think about housing, and his incorporation of technology and transportation in his designs (both residential and commercial) helped define Los Angeles’ modern image. Despite his imprint on the city, Lautner was rarely lauded for his design genius, and himself became disillusioned with the politics of the architectural world. As a result, few know the architectural legacy of a man who learned from Frank Lloyd Wright and influenced Frank Gehry, and in some ways surpassed them. But now, after increasing popularity on the real estate market and the exhibition of his first major career retrospective, people are starting to see the truth and beauty in Lautner’s work. |
| Keyword | John Lautner; Midcentury Modernism; architecture; Modernism; Frank Lloyd Wright; Frank Gehry; Googie; design |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage era | Twentieth Century |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2930 |
| Rights | Scurlock, Hilary Jordan |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Scurlock-3649 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Scurlock-3649.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | FROM GOOGIE TO GREAT: UNCOVERING TRUTH AND BEAUTY IN JOHN LAUTNER’S ARCHITECTURE by Hilary Jordan Scurlock A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM—THE ARTS) May 2010 Copyright 2010 Hilary Jordan Scurlock |
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