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The building stands on the San Fernando Valley side of the Hollywood Hills, just off of Mulholland Drive. It is a one story octagon with around 2200 square feet (200m2) of living space. Most distinctively, the house is perched atop a concrete pole nearly thirty feet high. This innovative design was Lautner’s solution to a site that, with a slope of 45 degrees, was thought to be practically unbuildable. The house is reached by a funicular.

This home, built in 1960 may be the solution to a construction in steep terrain, slope of 45 degrees, hardly accessible, leaving almost intact the surrounding landscape and environmental impact. At least it’s a work that invites reflection and avoids conventional excavation of the mountain, the retaining walls and the increased cost of the project


Raised up on a single central pillar reminds her figure some water tanks, watchtowers or any communication tower. When Lautner saw the sun, drew a straight vertical, one horizontal on top and a curve on it. “Draw it up here,” said his assistant.



A house of 205 square meters, of octagonal shape and whose rooms are distributed on the same floor, accessed via a bridge from the side of the hill, where the structure is almost at ground level which is reached by a elevator from the garage below.