Robb Report: An Architecturally Significant Modernist ‘Treehouse’ Is up for Grabs in L.A. at $2.4 Million

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 attended an open house anyway and was instantly captivated by the picturesque views overlooking the iconic Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory.

Soon after, Mavis came to find out that the 1960s structure had the added cache of having been the very first project undertaken by USC School of Architecture students Raúl Garduño and Peter Heiser, so she doled out nearly $1.2 million for the retro residence and vowed to restore the then-rundown abode in keeping with the designers’ original vision. Now, nine years later, the post-and-beam property has popped up for sale again, this time with a nearly $2.4 million ask.