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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House is on the market

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Frank Lloyd Wright’s curiosity about a material he once considered the cheapest and ugliest thing in the building world led to four spectacular concrete textile-block residences in Los Angeles. One of them is the Freeman House, currently on the market and awaiting restoration.

Refined midcentury in Montecito Heights by Design Assembly

July 19, 2021July 20, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Lauren Moore moved into a nondescript midcentury home on a uniquely architectural street in Montecito Heights seven years ago. After a recent overhaul, the word that best fits the home now is refined.

Handsome midcentury with ADU in the Hollywood Knolls

July 11, 2021July 24, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Built-in 1962, this mid-century home is believed to be the work of Gardner Cowan, a Toronto-based architect with a distinctive style grounded in the ethos, ‘Less is more.’

Calvin Straub’s Wirick Residence in Pasadena

July 9, 2021July 17, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

The Poppy Peak Historic District, located in southwest Pasadena, contains a collection of 30 architecturally significant mid-century modern homes. One of them, named the Wirick Residence, was designed by Calvin Straub of Buff, Straub & Hensman.

James G. Pulliam’s minimalist masterpiece in Pasadena

June 20, 2021July 17, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Noted architect James G. Pulliam originally designed this circa 1963 minimalist masterpiece as his personal residence. The home remains an exemplary example of his trademark understated style.

Robert Skinner-Designed midcentury in Beverly Hills seeks its next steward

June 13, 2021July 17, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Robert Skinner, a renowned Los Angeles-based architect, designed this swanky midcentury in Beverly Hills, restored by a local L.A. architect and Hancock Park-based interior designer.

Thomas Takahashi’s pedigreed midcentury in Silver Lake

June 10, 2021July 17, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

This pedigreed midcentury modern, designed in 1967 by architect Thomas Takahashi as his personal residence, is available to own for the second time ever.

Heyday’s small lot home in Glassell Park

May 12, 2021July 17, 2021Posted in Properties by Sonya Coke

Kevin and Hardy Wronske, the sibling design/build/develop team behind Heyday, set out to “improve the quality of building in working class neighborhoods throughout L.A” by building small lot homes.