Art collector James Goldstein has donated this John Lautner house to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The five-bedroom house is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and set into a hillside overlooking Los Angeles.
Originally built in 1963 for Helen and Paul Sheats, Goldstein acquired the house in 1972, and worked with Lautner on the house over the next 30 years. The architect and client collaborated on custom furniture, redesigned the interiors, and replaced all the windows in the house. Together they added wooded ceilings to the interior and created built-in concrete furniture.
The house appeared in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski as the home of the pornographer played by Ben Gazzara.
Interior photograph by Tom Ferguson Photography. Exterior photograph by Jeff Green.