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Lautner Home Restored By LaFetra Featured on Japanese Architecture Show

Lautner Rowlings Home Restored By LaFetra Featured on the Japanese Architecture Show One x Time: The World Architecture Starring Toru Nakamura.
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Koenig Beach Home Designed For LaFetra Featured on Japanese Architecture Show

Koenig Beach Home Designed for LaFetra Featured on the Japanese Architecture Show One x Time: The World Architecture Starring Toru Nakamura.
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Lautner Home Restored By LaFetra Featured on Japanese Architecture Show

Lautner Rowlings Home Restored By LaFetra Featured on the Japanese Architecture Show One x Time: The World Architecture Starring Toru Nakamura.
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Wall Street Journal : The Return of That ’70s House

Original Link Here It was an era of homes with shag carpeting and hot tubs in the bedroom; now, some historians and homeowners are embracing the decade and bringing groovy back to real estate (minus the mirrored walls and laminate surfaces) By STEFANOS CHEN April 11, 2013 5:38 p.m. ET The clues: Popcorn ceilings. Avocado appliances. Shag carpeting. Answer: Design features from a decade some homeowners would rather fo
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Wall Street Journal : Frank Gehry-Designed Home Will List for $14.995 Million

By Candace Taylor May 8, 2014 8:25 p.m. ET A Frank Gehry-designed home in Los Angeles consisting of four irregular structures will list for $14.995 million, said its owner, investor Michael LaFetra. Known for designs like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Mr. Gehry also has done some 28 single-family homes, a spokeswoman said.
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The New York Times – Safe Houses – October 7, 2007

  Safe Houses By STACIE STUKIN Published: October 7, 2007 LINK Michael LaFetra cringed every time he heard about another iconic Los Angeles house crumbling under the wrecking ball. Two by R. M. Schindler — gone. A Richard Neutra — dust. Just as bad were the ones left standing. They had to suffer the indignities of master-suite additions, reconfigured floor plans, buffed-out kitchens with granite countertops and
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CA Home + Design – Who Wants a Neutra? – November 16, 2011

  Who Wants a Neutra? L.A. Has Plenty for Sale By Marissa Gluck LINK After the happy ending for Neutra’s Kronish House in Beverly Hills, which was threatened with a teardown and is now (hopefully) on the road towards restoration, it seems the market is flooded with a few Neutras for sale. Neutra’s 1955 Staller House in Bel Air, owned by producer Gary Levinsohn remains on the market since the summer,
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