Bruce Alonzo Goff (born 1904, died 1982) never studied directly with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. East or West – Wright's architecture school was largely developed in Scottsdale, Arizona (where until recently it was still headquartered.) Unlike John Lautner, who completed his degree at Taliesin under Wright's direct supervision. But the teen-aged Goff apprenticed to a leading Tulsa...

Architect Alfred A. Jausen built this Mid-century architectural marvel for himself situated on a premier view lot in the Flintridge hills with breathtaking views of the San Gabriel mountains and glittering lights of Los Angeles' downtown skyline. An entertainer's dream, every room has walls of glass with sliders opening onto lush park-like grass yards and custom pebble tek pool designed by legendary pool...

From his years at Wright's Taliesin West, Lautner understood the desert, and living on the desert. With this intimate knowledge, he designed the Desert Hot Springs Motel. Each of the 4 units became a walled fortress against the elements: heat, cold, wind, sand... and encroaching suburbia. Even as a fortress, light floods in as the unit space flows out to the private walled patios. Each unit is equipped...