Alson Clark Studio and Residence - An urban compound with a historic Monterrey Colonial Revival structure and a 1956 Modernist home on a sizable arroyo-front lot with views of the Rose Bowl, Linda Vista, and Sacred Heart Academy.
First Offering: The Ouzounian Residence, 1960
Rarely does a house fulfill the sweet promise of modernism - but this one does. Inspired by his university instructor,
Gregory Ain, the architect created this iconic Mid-Century Modern employing all the tene
Majestically straddling the high ridge just above Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, this classic and rare Egyptian Revival Residence built in 1924 affords remarkable two-way views of both Griffith Park, and the city at your feet below.
Erik Olson, Architect: the 10-20-40 house, 2000. Capturing panoramic views of the greater Los Angeles basin, the 10-20-40 house was designed specific to the site in against the San Rafael Hills. Two of the three bedrooms offer southern and westerly facing
Laura Kaehler, AIA of Laura Kaehler Architects, LLC, is an award winning architect who specializes in the design of custom homes blending a traditional vernacular exterior with crisp and warm modern interiors.
Robert H. Skinner, AIA.
The architects' private 7 acre retreat located in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild, California is sited on the last of a rare chain of mountain ponds.
Frank Gehry design utilizing the architect?s signature angled surfaces within grand volumes. The orderly main level features an updated kitchen with living and dining area which open to the private garden.
The Von Hagen Residence, 1975. From this mountaintop vantage above Malibu one surveys the world like an Olympic God, but instead of the Mediterranean, the Pacific is below.
The Smilack House is located in the Rush Creek Village Historic District 48 Usonian homes designed by Theodore van Fossen and custom built by Richard and Martha Wakefield. All apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Old world traditional expanded to accommodate contemporary lifestyle. Extensive additions by architect Janek Bielski enhance the home?s original elegance with modern sensibilities of light and space.
Amazing entry level opportunity to own an important piece of this renowned architect?s work. Located in the coveted Arcadia area of Phoenix, just below the base of Camelback mountain.
A classic U.S.C. School of Architecture post & beam design that remains original and unaltered. Sited to capture city views on nearly 1/2 acre of peaceful and usable grounds. Details include......
Wood trim softens and integrates the exposed steel trusses supporting the ceiling. Inclined glass walls look out to the natural pool and gardens. Living at one within nature is the gift.
First offering: The Hong Residence 1968, Roger Hong, Architect in collaboration with the office of Buff and Hensman. Drawing on his family?s Asian traditions, and his U.S.C. training, Roger Hong created this classic post and beam design for his mother.
Refined country charm in Brentwood is rarely available on this scale, in an intimate compound South of Sunset. Pool, patio and guesthouse with full kitchen and bath complement this redone 1930 Spanish.
The Brunswick Residence, 1962. Unlike many of his contemporaries of the early 1960?s, Brunswick married large and dramatic public spaces with an unusually high bedroom count for his personal residence.
A. Quincy Jones & Whitney R. Smith, Architects 1950. Cory Buckner, Restoration Architect 2001. Brentwood hilltop cul-de-sac retreat features panoramic vistas from the Getty to Catalina.
LAND WITH PLANS. From this Hollywood Hills ridgetop one surveys the entire City. With an approximate elevation the same as the Griffith Observatory, the panorama is from the mountains to the sea.
Following a world-class restoration, John Lautner's Tyler House is available for lease. The Tyler House is a significant and highly prized work of architecture that soars proudly above the street. Living here satisfies the soul.
For his own family residence, principal architect Michael Ferguson has adopted his firm?s philosophy of incorporating architecture, landscape and interior environments into a living space that can heighten the experience of the natural and physical realm.
At the Virzintas Penthouse, 1966, Neutra breaks form, completing one of his very few additions to an existing structure. Remarkably, the residence lives and breathes as one of the rare seminal Neutra houses.
The Otero Residence, 1961. For his own home, the USC-trained architect carefully sited the residence across the hillside maximizing living space and city views.
Commanding the highest point in Greenwich, this venerable English-inspired manor of historic distinction embraces the coveted seclusion of four-plus spectacular acres on a private backcountry road.
Featured in DWELL magazine, this once unassuming Spanish house has been strikingly transformed into a modern showplace by the architecture firm Assembledge.
The historic Alfred Newman Estate with original residence by architect Lloyd Wright. A family residence, but also designed for entertaining, and regular evening musical concerts.
The Austrian House by Case Study architect Raphael Soriano ? Circa 1937. Nestled on a picturesque street in the hills, a short stroll from Silver Lake Reservoir, sits this rare opportunity to redefine a work by one of the 20th centurys seminal architects.
Architect Alfred A. Jausen built this mid-century architectural marvel for himself situated on a premier view lot in the Flintridge hills with breathtaking views of the San Gabriel mountains and glittering lights of Los Angeles? downtown skyline.
Responding to the owners' appreciation of Bernard Maybeck's Bay Area houses and the challenge of salt-infused breezes, Fisher Partners used mahogany, copper, textured materials and color to create a new modern idiom.
A harbinger of a 21st-century Los Angeles emerges in this elegant, cutting-edge loft near a major crossroads in West Hollywood, the city?s truly 24-hour neighborhood.
The Santoro Remodel, 2006. Taking his cues from the simple modernism of the original structure, Unruh expands the residence to almost 3,000 square feet using a deft combination of steel, wood and glass.
The Thorgusen Residence, 1953. Following his own vision, Thorgusen expanded on his U.S.C. School of Architecture training, creating a unique organic space for living within Eckbo's forest landscape.
Resting gently on a 5 acre promontory, this 4 bedroom Mid-Century Modern conveys the perfect balance of indoor and outdoor lifestyles. Characterized by strong horizontal lines, exposed structural elements and seamless flow of architectural interiors.
Sleek lines converge in this custom home. A true desert retreat nestled in prestigious Canyon Country Club with modern amenities, such as granite kitchen counters, stainless steel appliances & surround sound.
The romance of the Arbolada is alive and well at Libby Ranch. Here industrialist Edmund Drummond Libby reserved the finest oaken lands of the Arbolada for his ranch/estate. Pierpont's French Country additions merge with Spanish Colonial.
James DeLong, Architect. DeLong?s early years at Frank Lloyd Wright?s Taliesin West are evident in this modernist interpretation of the Wrightian Prairie Style.
Few works of architecture speak more eloquently. Its blueprint for living inspired a national audience. On a verdant acreage minutes from downtown Boise, Idaho stands a storybook composition and a special way of life.
While few architectural elements are exposed at the street, upon entry the experience of Schindler's architecture is unforgettable. Here is a timeless space for modern living.
Located in the hills just above Sunset Boulevard on a quiet cul-de-sac street, and sited on nearly one-half acre, this home exemplifies sophistication, warmth and the simplicity of California living.
The Charles Cruz Studio, 1948. Many people think live/work space was invented with the recent loft craze. The Cruze Studio proved the practicality of the lifestyle a half century earlier.
A simple buttressed facade evokes early California Pueblo architecture and conceals sophisticated architectural details such as original tile & hardwood floors, arched doorways & custom iron work.
Soaring above the Hollywood Hills, with 180 degree helicopter views, this signature Koenig steel & glass case study style residence thrusts out from its ridge top site.
Halverson Residence #1, 1959. Set carefully into the slope, this example of the firm's classic post & beam architecture is designed for living within the dramatic views afforded by the close-in hillside location.
Brand New Architectural Contemporary - Designed by Andrew H. Sussman & Siti Studio, Architects. This architectural masterpiece features 4 BR and 5.5 BA plus maid's area with separate entrance & full bath.
Very unusual house by its conception and its location: "La Renardi?re" (the fox's hole) is a house covered by vegetation in a forest on the fringe of a very nice golf course.
The signature elements of this 1960's gabled roof post & beam residence are its glassy facades, and open plan interiors anchored around original stone fireplaces.
Franklin Hills Modernist's View Residence.
A new space for modern living has been created by carefully stripping away earlier non-essential design elements.
The Backer/DeCarolis Residence, 1959-75 by Robert B. Marks, Architect. Rooted in the tradition of Wright's organic architecture, Marks' plan is based on the naturally forming hexagon.
Nestled in the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountains in a prestigious gated community in Tucson, AZ, this spectacular house offers the true meaning of the indoor/outdoor living.
This stunning modern home was personally designed by architect Brian Bancroft as his own former residence and the jewel of his contribution to the transformation of Downtown Oakville's Raymar Estate into what is today a prestigious cul-de-sac of cust
Norman Cherner was a pioneer of prefabricated housing, his furniture design, the 1958 molded plywood 'Cherner Chair' chair has become a mid 20th century icon.
Significant mid-century modern architectural design. Original plans by published architect *Richard Gordon. A work of art with a nautical theme masterfully crafted and unique.
The Houseman House by Conrad F. Bryant, architect, 1929. A masterfully detailed Monterey Colonial Revival residence set on an oversized lot in Beverly Hills finest neighborhood.
First Offering: The Fischer Remodel, 1967. The architect, one of Richard Neutra's chief designers, reworks a typical 1940's traditional residence in a vocabulary gained from years of collaboration in the Neutra office.
`The Silver Ship`a La Jolla landmark designed by noted architect and professor, Eugene Ray has been celebrated in international publications in France, Italy and Japan.
The Warshawsky Residence, 1961. Recognized by Dr. Thomas Hines for making a significant contribution to the Neutra office, Traub has, in the Neutra tradition, masterfully sited the home to capture dramatic city & valley vistas.
Matlin & Chapman Architects. Arts & Architecture Magazine described this 1959 hillside house above Sunset Boulevard and west of Doheny Drive as 'a structure which would not only allow for a horizontal, but also for a vertical quality of visual sp
The Internationally recognized Case Study House Program was founded to demonstrate that well designed, affordable housing could be built using technologies and materials developed during W.W.II.
Palladian Estate in Malibu by Jack Warner, Architect and Lane-McCook Design. A formal plan containing a grand wood staircase and elegantly proportioned entertaining spaces defined by white wood columns and mouldings.
In the late 1940's Cliffside architect, Arthur Dennis Stevens, served as an apprentice to the master of natural architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright. Designing in the Wright tradition.
Located on 2-1/2 acres of dense white pines only an hour outside of Manhattan, this glass and steel pavilion was designed and built in 1956 by prominent modernist John Black Lee.
Built amidst centuries old eucalyptus trees on a parcel just short of an acre, the RidgeView Residence was designed for privacy, comfort and to indulge the senses.
The Souther Residence, 1991, Nichols Canyon. The private country estate is set within a heavily forested setting that feels far from the City, yet is only 5 minutes to the Sunset Strip.
Esteemed architect Ed Niles created the perfect design and function in this modern style home atop a prime and private 57,499 sq.foot view lot in beautiful Bell Canyon, a guard-gated community in the hills west of the San Fernando Valley.
Plunkett House at The Villages in Flint, Texas. South of the beautiful Rose City-Tyler Texas. This extroadinary architectural work has 3 levels and views beautiful east Texas woods.
Secluded but convenient, the acre ridge site quietly and dramatically provides for quiet re-interpretation of a craftsman lodge: rooms in rich hardwood and stone floors, warm paneling, artful fixtures and loving details.
The Bonnet House by Richard Neutra - This seminal 1942 design of unusual series of cubes angled into a steep hillside was widely hailed by critics in 'Architectural Record' and 'Arts & Artists'.
The Gould/Jacobson Residence, 1966-68. With its palette of fine woods, concrete & glass, and relationship to the site, the published ridgetop residence celebrates both Wrightian traditions, and the clean lined purity of California Modernism.
The Warwick Evans Residence by Lloyd Wright. Here, Wright's rich textural and ornamental tradition is fully resolved within a precise geometry, which reflects inside the perfection of nature outside.
Beyond stainless steel gates, expansive volumes and elegant materials were assembled employing sophisticated design and craftsmanship in steel, wood and stone to house the owner's modern art collection.
Ideal one-story family residence located in exclusive Royal Oaks, Encino. Here, architect Roberta Weiser expanded upon the concept of the original architect Richard Neutra.
The Moses House, 1973 by Jerrold Lomax.
Reinterpreting the Bauhaus principle of economy of form, Lomax sculpts three levels of living space by positioning windows, decks and interior walls to maximize natural light, canyon views and privacy.
DeKeyser Duplex by Rudolph Schindler. Live and work in world-class architecture overlooking downtown Hollywood. Featured in MOCA's Schindler exhibition and widely published.
Maison Jaoul by Le Corbusier. In a fashionable suburb close to the center of Paris, on a street near the Bois de Boulogne, stands a true representation of modernism created by Le Corbusier.