Chemosphere
Sign in to saveThe Chemosphere is a modernist house at 7776 Torreyson Drive in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Chemosphere.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Chemosphere
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Design
- History
- Media and landmark designation
- See also
- References
- External links
The Chemosphere is a modernist house at 7776 Torreyson Drive in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.
== Design == The building stands on the San Fernando Valley side of the Hollywood Hills, just off Mulholland Drive. It is a one-story octagon with around of living space. Most distinctively, the house is perched atop a concrete column nearly high. This innovative design was Lautner's solution to a site that, with a slope of 45 degrees, was thought to be practically unbuildable. Because of a concrete pedestal, almost in diameter, buried under the earth and supporting the column, the house has survived earthquakes and heavy rains. The house is reached by a funicular.
On the map
2 mapped locations