Editor’s Note By Crosby Doe A Los Angeles Times reporter once asked me to name my favorite L.A. house. I chose the Walter L. Dodge House by architect Irving J. Gill—and I am still fascinated by the elegance of the design, the power in its simplicity, the use of materials and finishes, and what, […]
Editor’s Note: For the Love of Architecture By Crosby Doe Okay, let me admit this up front: I am one of the lucky ones. Not only do I sell historic and architect-designed properties for a living—which I love and have been doing in Los Angeles for over 40 years—but for 35 of those years, I […]
Editor’s Note: Two Wrongs to Wright By Crosby Doe When I was in grade school, growing up in Pasadena, California one of my teachers told us the story of the destruction of the Royal Library of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It was beyond my comprehension, […]
This Saturday, June 6th. A one-of-a-kind Frank Gehry designed playhouse will be auctioned off for a fundraiser in Palo Alto, CA. Gehry’s “Tours en l’Air” playhouse will be one of 10 other playhouses that are auctioned off, with funds benefiting Rebuilding Together Peninsula. Interested bidders need not be present to bid – absentee […]
Our recent listing The Esherick House is featured in this article on PreservationNation, the blog of Preservation magazine. Check it out!
Here is a are opportunity to experience the classic De Jonghe Residence, 1949 by Lloyd Wright with enhancements by architect John Powell. Constructed like Taliesin West of Stone, Concrete, Wood and Glass, the residence is seemingly grown out of it’s gated ridge-top. Sited for panoramic vistas: occupants live within the City, Ocean and Mountain views. […]
Featured in the Wall Street Journal: L.A. Home Designed by John Lautner to List for $7.5 Million By Candace Taylor Known as Silvertop, the house has a striking design: It is made up of a series of interlocking half-circles, with a massive, arched concrete roof over the living room. The home, which sits on 1.26 acres […]
by Alyssa Bird – Pedigree: A striking composition of steel and glass planes, this prefab residence was designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Marmol Radziner in 2009. Its free-flowing layout, oriented around a lap pool, incorporates several covered terraces that promote indoor-outdoor living. This being Vegas, the home does not lack for wow moments, among […]
Join the SAH/SCC as we explore 40-years of master planning by renowned Case Study House architect, Edward A. Killingsworth at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). Sponsored by the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) and Crosby Doe Associates/architectureforsale.com, the program will begin with an informative panel discussion, followed by a book signing and self-guided walking tour of the […]
Architect Rodney Walker built his family home on a hilltop overlooking Ojai, California, an enclave northwest of Los Angeles known for its hiking, spiritual retreats and organic farms that is dubbed the Shangri-La of Southern California. His former home, known as the Walker Residence, utilises an equilateral triangle for its architectural footprint, an approach common among his […]