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Timeless Modern Tree House By Adriene Biondo Call Agents: Robert Moore 646-918-4360 Ilana Gafni 310-779-7497   Descriptions like 'dramatic' and 'spectacular' are often overused, but in the case of the Garduno‐Heiser residence of Silver Lake neither would be an exaggeration of this architectural marvel. The Space Age '60s home, designed by architect Raul F. Garduno, with Peter Heiser and Paul Judson,...

By Wendy Bowman Call Agents: Robert Moore 646-918-4360 Ilana Gafni 310-779-7497   Back in 2015, when Piper Mavis was seeking a place to live in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake, the visual artist ran across a particularly intriguing home cantilevered into a steep hillside. Though it was out of her budget and had an especially precipitous staircase leading up to the living space, she...

A 1965 post-and-beam gem Agent: John J. Matthes 626.536.4001 Case Study architect Craig Ellwood designed this pavilion-like Pasadena property for the president of the Art Center College of Design in 1965. Don and Sally Kubly tapped Ellwood to design their family home after becoming enraptured with his Case Study designs. The Pasadena home is now offered for sale for the first time via Jacob...

Location: California Call Agent: Christina Hildebrand 310.890.3313   BY Chava Gourarie L.A.’s ‘Earthquake House,’ One of the Only Homes Built on Shock Absorbers, Heads to AuctionThe seller, whose father designed the industrial-looking residence, said the building felt like it levitated off the ground during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The “Earthquake House” by architect David Ming-Li...

Location: California Call Agent: John J. Matthes 626.536.4001 BY IAN VOLNER   Historical preservation tends to be a niche interest. But one landmarks-related news item out of Los Angeles this spring managed a rare pop-cultural breakthrough: Hollywood actor Chris Pratt—better known as Marvel superhero Star Lord—and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger—better known as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s...

Location: California Call Agent: Crosby Doe 310.428.6755 The ideal of California midcentury-modernist living is nearly extinct in Beverly Hills. This custom-built residence is the exception, and is reputedly the first project completed by Robert Kennard, FAIA after he left Richard Neutra’s office. Neutra’s aesthetic is reflected throughout today. In 2001-2002, architects Marmol Radziner performed a...

By Lisa Johnson Mandell Call Agent Christina Hildebrand 310.890.3313   It's always notable when an award-winning architect's personal home hits the market for the first time. So you can expect there to be interest in the landmark, Los Angeles abode of architect, artist, and educator David Ming-Li Lowe, who died in 2013. The property was just listed for $3 million. Lowe built the...

By Katherine Clarke via Wall Street Journal Location: California Call Agent: Crosby Doe 310.428.6755 Carmen Radulescu-Devine knew little of Modernist architecture when she started dating her future husband, Frank Devine, in the early 2000s. She had been raised in Romania, among medieval and classic Gothic structures. So when she saw Devine’s home in Los Angeles—a trophy of the Modernist movement...

By  Josh Niland via archinect.com Location: Pacific Palisades, California Call Agent: Crosby Doe 310.428.6755 Late SCI-Arc founder Ray Kappe’s Keeler House design has hit the market in Pacific Palisades, California, for $12 million. The split-level, 4,142-square-foot Post and Beam design was built over four and a half years using Kappe’s nearby personal residence as its model. A rich palette of...

By Wendy Bowman via Robb Report Location: Highland Park, California Call Agent: Ilana Gafni 310.779.7497 Way back in the early 1900s, doctor-turned-faith healer Finis E. Yoakum was gifted this residential showpiece by the dedicated followers of the Pisgah Home Movement he founded in 1895 to provide down-on-their-luck folks with food, clothing and shelter. Last sold in 1993 for a mere $425,000, and...