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<B>LAUTNER'S HEIRS: </B> Architects <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-tm-lautner07-2008jul06-home,0,366966.story">Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena</a> have been heavily influenced by the late John Lautner, who made his own mark in architecture by pushing the boundaries. Escher-GuneWardena recently restored Lautner's Chemosphere House: With it's an octagonal design that's part Jetsons, part Bond, it is considered a masterpiece of California Modernism.

Escher-GuneWardena recently restored Lautner's flying-saucer-like Chemosphere House for its current owner.

( Joshua White / Escher GuneWardena Architecture )

LAUTNER'S HEIRS: Architects Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena have been heavily influenced by the late John Lautner, who made his own mark in architecture by pushing the boundaries. Escher-GuneWardena recently restored Lautner's Chemosphere House: With it's an octagonal design that's part Jetsons, part Bond, it is considered a masterpiece of California Modernism.