{"id":3070,"date":"2020-05-22T23:57:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2020-05-22T23:57:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:57:22","slug":"the-wolff-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2020\/05\/the-wolff-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wolff House"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a John Lautner hoe. I can\u2019t lie. I visited a few houses he\u2019s made and they changed my life. We really all live in shoe boxes and it\u2019s dumb.<\/p>\n

Here comes the Wolff House that I was eyeing for a bit. It went for sale last year and a couple tours were organized. I hit up my special agent and she got me in.<\/p>\n

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John is a goddamn supreme master of volumes and mystery. From the street going up, you don\u2019t fucking know anything about what\u2019s going on in this \u201chouse\u201d. But you know it has to be neat. You can just feel it in the detail, from the floating white ceiling to the brass-made balcony to the giant rock walls.<\/p>\n

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This is the carport. The entrance to the house is on the right, hiding. There\u2019s more style in here than in the entire Gehry\u2019s catalog. It\u2019s strong yet light. It\u2019s aggressive yet peaceful. I would take pictures all the time in there. Notice the little white camera that wasn\u2019t supposed to be there. John would rip this shit off. John would be right.<\/p>\n

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It is a bachelor pad. It is not big. But boy, it\u2019s sumptuous. Here some bad picture of the 16 feet doors (that you push like they weight less than a model on the runway) that open onto the balcony with its built-in bench. Absolutely wonderful. You feel extremely protected yet free. Love it.<\/p>\n

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Peep this! How the ceiling is cantilevered to oblivion (I mean, as far as technically and physically possible), floating over the rock walls. Having this light coming through a line, all along the house, is life-changing. It does make something thick and vertical a lot more open and airy. The recessed lighting looking like the one in the carport. The continuous wood line under it, underlining the ceiling and hiding more lighting\u2026 It\u2019s smart as hell, brings unity in the house and ultimately, feels good to the human chilling inside said house.<\/p>\n

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So this is the view from the bedroom, under the living room. A level below is the small (but deep) pool. It\u2019s cantilevered over the road. See the little concrete triangle? This was supposed to extend over the road, but the city of Angels said \u201cuh, nah bruh\u201d<\/em>. John said \u201cwho do you think you are? I am! Let\u2019s keep it but let\u2019s make it rise\u201d<\/em>. The rest is History. It looks cool. It adds a little bit of privacy when soaking. John Lautner didn\u2019t give a fuck.<\/p>\n

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Back to the balcony. When sitting on the built-in bench, this is what is in the corner. A built-in BBQ. Small, but the house is small too so stop hating, jeez Louise. It\u2019s a detail but it\u2019s really well designed and placed, smoke wise. D E T A I L<\/p>\n

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Well, I was taking notes. This glass is roughly thick like my finger. That is a seriously long sheet of glass though. *costs estimates happening*<\/p>\n

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Harold for the corner 3 above the road!.. BANG. (yes, there\u2019s a little gap in the corner, I\u2019m suing)<\/p>\n

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This goes to the guest house on the right and to the laundry room. This means that you have to use those stairs up and down to do laundry. Yikes. That shit is cool looking but you\u2019re tipsy and you can die rather quickly. Split your head wide open on mean concrete steps. No railing, nothing to hold your ass. If you die, you die. John didn\u2019t care about no kids or no pets.<\/p>\n

Small, vertical. Lots of stairs to move around. Amazing feeling of shelter and protection without feeling like living in a cave.<\/p>\n

If I could, I \u2018d buy it and chill in there in winter when I feel like it. Just normal stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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