Chemosphere
The Chemosphere is a modernist house at 7776 Torreyson Drive in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.Photo: ikkoskinen, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: House
- Description: architectural structure
- Address: 7776 Torreyson Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Universal Studios Hollywood and Campo de Cahuenga.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Theme park
Photo: 林振宇, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park located in Universal City, California, United States, near Hollywood, Los Angeles. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use. Universal Studios Hollywood is situated 1 mile northeast of Chemosphere.
Campo de Cahuenga
Park
Photo: PKM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Campo de Cahuenga is an adobe and memorial park located at the site of the signing of the 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga, a ceasefire agreement which ended the American conquest of California. Campo de Cahuenga is situated 1 mile northeast of Chemosphere.
Jurassic World: The Ride
Photo: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jurassic World: The Ride is a dark water ride attraction that is themed to the Jurassic World series at Universal Studios Hollywood. The original Jurassic Park: The Ride, which operated from June 21, 1996, to September 3, 2018, underwent a major refurbishment and reopened as Jurassic World: The Ride on July 12, 2019. Jurassic World: The Ride is situated 1 mile northeast of Chemosphere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Universal City.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Locality
Photo: Breakfast221, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a themed area at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park near Los Angeles. The area is themed to the Harry Potter media franchise, adapting elements from the film series and novels by J.K.
Universal City
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Universal City is a community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, most of which is given over to the world's largest motion picture studio and its associated visitor attraction, the popular Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
Hollywood Hills West
Neighborhood
Hollywood Hills West is a neighborhood within Central Los Angeles, California.
Chemosphere
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.12759° or 34° 7′ 39″ northLongitude
-118.36878° or 118° 22′ 8″ westElevation
1,358 feet (414 metres)Inception
1960Height
58 feet (18 metres)Open location code
85634JHJ+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 425987442OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q836939
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Chemosphere” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chemosphere”
- French: “Chemosphere”
- German: “Chemosphere”
- German: “Malin Residence”
- Greek: “Chemosphere”
- Ukrainian: “Хемосфера”
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