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"Sizzling crosscourt forehands, Martin Margiela togs, barbecued ribs, fruit-infused Austrian beer, and oh so much avant-garde concrete. This was the delightfully offbeat scene at the first annual MAK Games, an invitational tennis tournament and cocktail party benefiting Los Angeles's MAK Center for Art and Architecture, a satellite of Vienna's Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art. The event unfolded against the striking backdrop of architect John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein House (AD, October 1995), a landmark residence whose distinctive canted concrete canopy and gravity-defying forms are beloved by aficionados of organic modernism as well as The Big Lebowski.\n\nPinterestFacebookThe landmark home as it appeared on *AD'*s October 1995 cover.\n\nThe tournament brought out a cross section of L.A.'s cultural elite (does the GOP still use that quaint phrase?), all vying for the coveted MAK Cup. After several rounds of fierce competition, Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana) and his doubles partner, Grammy darling Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse), emerged victorious. The players' roster also included GOOD cofounder Ben Goldhirsh, Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Franklin Sirmans, auctioneer Viveca Paulin Ferrell, Hammer Museum director Brooke Hodge, and contemporary artists Gunner Fox, Charles Gaines, and Roxana Landaverde.\n\nPinterestFacebookOscar-winning screenwriter and director Stephen Gaghan serves.\n\nThe winners' cup was designed by architect Duncan Nicholson, a former Lautner staffer who has worked on modifications to the Sheats-Goldstein House for the past few decades with its owner, fashion-forward L.A. staple James Goldstein. Nicholson's most recent addition is a dramatic two-level structure\u2014tennis court above, alfresco concrete discotheque below\u2014that hovers above Benedict Canyon and offers spectacular views of the city.\n\nPinterestFacebookThe day's tennis champs, musician Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse), left, and Gaghan, center, with MAK Center director Kimberli Meyer.\n\nAmong the notables in attendance were artist Doug Aitken, architect Ron Radziner and his wife, Robin Cottell, couture czar Cameron Silver, former tennis pro Justin Gimelstob, architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, and gallery owner Esther Kim Varet. The event was presided over by MAK Center director Kimberli Meyer."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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