Talk:John Lautner

McCarthy
Question for someone familiar with Lautner's bio: It appears this is not the same John Lautner who testified before the McCarthy Committee on September 9 1953, seeing committee records give that Lautner's dates as (1902-1977) ; perhaps a disambig is in order. It may be necessary to do a bio page on the other Lautner if biographical information at some point becomes available. (What bio material is available by google search is not very pretty ). Thank you. Nobs01 5 July 2005 15:16 (UTC)
 * John Lautner (architect) figures prominently in Wisconsin history having been born in the Upper Penninsula (which, as any cheesehead will tell you, is really part of Wisconsin, see irredenta) and a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and being a Taliesin (studio) fellow. The other Lautner also figures prominently in Wisconsin history, being linked to the tragedy of two dead Wisconsin Senators .  Both Lautner's lifespans are close, hence someone can easily confuse the two.  Best to nip the confusiuon in the bud. Nobs01 5 July 2005 15:48 (UTC)

POV problem
from the scetion describing his architectural style: "..an experimental vision that remains perpetually fresh"--- (This statement feels subjective and like someones personal opinion, should sound more objective, or maybe instead use a cited quote from some architecture critic)

John Lautner's father's father came from Germany, accompanied by quite a large family--including various brothers who settled in the lower peninsula of MI. The criminal/non-architect Lautner was possibly a descendant of this original tribe. Architect Lautner's father was a professor of philosophy at what is now NMU in Marquette, MI. Lautner's mother Vida Gallagher was one of his students. John, in his teens, and his father built a summer cottage, grandly called "Midgaard", on the shore of Lake Superior. The interior was decorated by Vida with bright peasant designs, even unto chairs and tables. Walking into Midgaard [still in the family] is like entering a cuckoo-clock.

Copyvio
I'm adding the "Copyvio" template to the top of this page. Sections of this article are lifted wholesale from here. This needs to be reworked.


 * Septegram * Talk * Contributions * 21:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I have removed the somewhat biased and definately copyrighted text. 68.39.174.238 18:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed revisions to this article

 * I would like to, with the information provided by my Mother-in-Law Karol Peterson, correct some parts of this Bio that are not totally accurate. Karol is the first daughter of John Lautner and is President of the Lautner Foundation. I am on the Board of Advisors. The types of correction that I want to make will be minor facts...they will have proper references. I understand that it may seem like a conflict of interest, but I assure that no fact would be changed without reliable proof and reference material. I think the article is very descriptive, full of wonderful information, and am impressed with it. I definitely am not looking to change the tone of the article or devalue it. Please share your thoughts...would like to work on it on Sunday or Monday. Thank you.Petersontinam (talk) 07:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, hopefully I have "notified" in the right place. I will be starting some small detail edits tomorrow...please let me know if there is a problem with that..Petersontinam (talk) 05:48, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Added Geo Coordinates
For some reason this hadn't been don yet. No private, confidential or non-public information was used deriving these coordinates. They were obtained by examining satellite pictures in Google Maps, matching them with normal pictures of the houses --Tavernsenses (talk) 13:15, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Opinionated language in article
This article, and especially the lead, is unfortunately rife with vague, chatty, value-laden terms (influential, progressive, humane, and dramatic in the lead sentence alone), in contradiction to Wikipedia's neutrality policy and, I think the spirit of writing an encyclopedia. I think some rewriting in a more factual style is warranted – if there are reliable, third-party sources expressing such opinions, then they should be given proper attribution rather than stated in Wikipedia's voice. Are there any suggestions? —Coconutporkpie (talk) 13:51, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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