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Architecture

Editor’s Note: A strong market for Architecture

  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, to me, was the ideal plan for living in a California garden. However, I never got to experience the...

Editor’s Note: For the Love of Architecture

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 have been living with my wife in a two-story hilltop manse designed by architect Joseph Blick with spacious...

Editor’s Note: Two Wrongs to Wright

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, even as a child, that any civilization would deliberately burn down such a valuable...

Auction of Frank Gehry's Playhouse "Tours en l'Air" this Saturday:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlQb4Q1Qmc 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 bids, proxy bids...

9028 Crescent Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046 – Lloyd Wright, Architect

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. Extensive outdoor decking flows seamlessly from the...

Wall Street Journal: Private Homes

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 on the crest of a hill, is reached by a cantilevered concrete driveway that wraps...

Architectural Digest: On the MarketMarmol-Radziner with James Turrell

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 them a screening room and an underground...

Panel Discussion: Edward Killingsworth – Master Plan for Learning

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...

China: Luxury Properties – The Walker Residence

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 peers Frank Lloyd Wright...

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