LA Residential by John Arlidge of The Sunday Times.Whoopi Goldberg has one. So do Courteney Cox and Tom Ford, former creative director of Gucci. Leonardo DiCaprio was going to buy one but the Hollywood screenwriter Mitch Glazer outbid him. Orlando Bloom is searching for one. Rene Zellweger has just agreed to sell hers. For the bold and the beautiful of Los Angeles, architectural collections now rival...
Looking for Modern? Wait in Line. by Kimberly Stevens IF you're interested in buying a Neutra, Lautner or Schindler in Southern California - or any house designed by a high-profile architect, for that matter - be prepared to stand in line and to pay top dollar. "It seems like there have been record-breaking sales every couple of weeks," said Crosby Doe, an agent at Crosby Doe Associates in Beverly...
HOME OF THE WEEK An indoor-outdoor Neutra, Windows of Opportunity: This Bel-Air home designed by Richard Neutra uses expanses of seamless glass to blend into the outdoors.By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer The indoor-outdoor look so popular in Southern California has its roots in such houses as this one in Bel-Air designed by Modernist architect Richard Neutra. When this house was built in 1959 for...
This is where I drove my go-cart, Crosby Doe says, turning his champagne-colored Jag down Pasadena's Hillcrest Avenue on a rolling tour of the posh Oak Knoll district where he grew up. A civilized gent in a stylish blend of creams and browns, Doe points to a series of houses, fondly recalling memories of each. There's the wood-shingled Blacker House, an Arts & Crafts masterpiece designed by Greene...