Modern Home in Echo Park Capturing Landmark Views Asks $1.9M

This modern home is sited on the same premiere block in Elysian Heights as the record setting sale of architect Rachel Allen’s modernist compound.

5 bd / 3 ba

$1,895,000

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Owners David King, a local contractor who runs DTK Builders and wife, Allison Levinson King, an acupuncturist, teamed up with Unruh Boyer, an architecture, interior design and planning firm, to help them remodel and expand their home.

Now a two story modern gem, measuring 2,524 square feet, the home captures the expansive landmark views of the neighborhood with a gracious, open floor plan.

The main level opens to a grand living room showing off custom built-ins while large, strategically placed, windows let in light and the surrounding views.

Borrowing a design feature of modernist architects, the kitchen features a series of windows that wrap a corner of the home. The kitchen also features loads of cabinet space, a marble baker’s island, and high-end appliances.

The second floor contains a true master suite, two additional bedrooms, a bath, office, balcony and 3rd floor roost with 360° views.

The Kings hired Kathleen Ferguson, known for her minimal and modern landscape design sensibilities to tackle the yard.

The hardscape and verdant garden are beautifully defined for a multitude of uses – there’s a built-in table and benches nestled under the custom metal canopy, a gas fire pit perfect for roasting s’mores, a vegetable garden, fruit trees, and a modern play-fort tucked away for maximum amusement.

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Listing courtesy of Alyssa Valentine & Courtney Smith – Compass

Dreamy Steinkamp Spanish in Leimert Park Asks $725K

With boutique stores like Marikoko, the Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX line, and homes for sale like this Steinkamp Spanish it’s easy to see why Leimert Park, an historic South LA neighborhood, is on the rise.

3 bd / 2 ba

$725,000

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Developer-builders, Elwain Steinkamp and William T. Richardson, built middle-class homes in Los Angeles from the 1930s to 1950s. Their homes are easily spotted by the Spanish-Mexican style architecture with L-shaped floor plans, enclosed courtyards, leaded and stained glass windows, weather vanes, and decorative tiles. As Survey LA notes in this blog post, “They are in many ways some of the perfect houses for Southern California living.”

The home’s original beauty was kept intact. Vintage details include the original hardwood floors, fireplace, and formal dining room.

With two huge picture window swivel doors allowing light to flood the space, the detached garage makes a pretty sweat artist studio or home office.

And while living on a tree-lined street in a home with intact vintage details, updated electrical, copper plumbing, newer roof and sewer line is more than enough reason to want to live here, this home has the added bonus of being in a neighborhood crowned Curbed LA’s Neighborhood of the Year for 2016.

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Listing courtesy of Angela Bond – Keller Williams

Preserved Mid Century Modern in Beverly Hills Asks $13.9M

The Aldelman Residence, a mid century modern home designed by modernist architect Thornton Abell and renowned Texas architect O’Neill Ford, hits the market for the first time since it was built in remarkably well-preserved condition.

4 bd / 6 ba

$13,900,000

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Built in 1956 and located in Beverly Hills, the home is sited for privacy on nearly an acre of land that was once part of the Charlie Chaplin Estate.

According to a feature in LA Curbed “Ford was friends with the home’s owners, artist and designer Lucy Adelman and her husband, Isadore B. Adelman, who owned a small chain of movie theaters in Texas and Oklahoma, says their daughter, Susan Adelman. She was 12-years-old when the home was built, and she now owns the property.”

Adelman remembers by the time she was in her late teens she knew she’d grown up in a pretty cool house.

Untouched, the residence’s cool factor is still intact.

Today the estate includes the 5,000 foot residence, the original Chaplin Tennis Court, a long private drive to the parking court, pool, studio, and panoramic treetop vistas.

The interiors incorporate high ceilings in the public spaces, and have been designed to house a large art collection.

An impressive indoor-outdoor flow is created with mobile glass walls that open the living spaces to landscaped grounds which display a clean oriental flair, or the pool court.

All principal rooms are on the main level while the housekeeper’s room, studio, and storage are located at the carport level and may be accessed by an elevator.

And while this is an exceptional modernist dwelling Adelman says, “It’s time to sell it; so I’m hoping that somebody who loves it and sees the potential—or who just loves it the way it is—will buy it.”

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Listing courtesy of Crosby Doe

ReInhabit Makes Old CA Bungalow in Atwater Village New Again

ReInhabit is a real estate development firm who take great pride in being a group of artists doing construction. Their niche is bringing old homes back to life while being sensitive to a dwelling’s existing character and charm. So, when they got their hands on this CA bungalow in Atwater Village they stayed true to form.

2 bd / 1.75 ba

$819,000

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The original dwelling measured a mere 468 square feet and sat to the rear of the lot. They decided to enlarge and modernize the residence by adding 500 square feet to the front of the existing structure.

Instead of just “building new” they salvaged what they could and sourced materials from other places. They preserved most of the original siding, windows and doors. And according to their site the, “front porch Redwood that was once part of a West LA music studio, and the wine-barrel planks that add texture and gorgeous patina to the gable. A Murphy bed that was native to the home has been restored and put back into use. Wood flooring in the living room and Master Bedroom come from Downtown LA’s Silverado Salvage, and refurbished lighting has been procured from M & M Electric of Pomona.”

Throughout the home modern amenities blend with classic, period, details. ReInhabit even replaced one wall along the main portion of the house with an automatic roll-up door that seamlessly ties the open living-dining-kitchen space to the outdoors by opening to a deck.

Their devotion to add a unique quality to every home they re-imagine is brilliantly executed by commissioning established graffiti artist, Fuse, to paint the kitchen cabinets. (Nice touch!)

And if you work from home the garage turned studio space makes a perfect home office.

The home last sold in 2014 for $675,000. The asking price is now $819,000.

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Listing courtesy Thomas Inatomi – Berkshire Hathaway

Robert Skinner Designed Mid Century Modern Fixer in Beverly Hills Asks $2.7M

While this Robert Skinner designed mid century modern fixer doesn’t possess the glitz of the masterpiece he’s known for in the Trousdale Estates it definitely has some really good bones.

3 bd / 4 ba

$2,695,000

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Measuring 3,500 square feet the dramatic interior features high, pitched ceilings and clerestory windows that flood the space with tons of light.

The split level, open plan living and dining areas are anchored by what appears to be the original chiseled stone floor to ceiling fireplace and wood-paneled walls.

Glass walls look out to a generous patio and affords an indoor-outdoor flow.

And if you work from home there’s a discrete second entry that leads to an oversized living space and bath making it ideal for a home office.

The home last sold in 1976, for $175,000. It’s now listed for $2.695 million.

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Listing courtesy of Deborah Glusker & Crosby Doe – Crosby Doe

Architect Aaron Neubert Gives the Modern Home a Fresh Look in Silver Lake

Clearly, Aaron Neubert, principal of ANX / Aaron Neubert Architects, knows how to effortlessly blur the lines between warm and minimal. You’ve probably seen his work at Ozu East Kitchen in Atwater Village. Or maybe you’ve read about his projects, Black Box and the Manifold House. And if you liked them you’ll love the new modern home he just completed in Silver Lake that’s now for sale.

3 bd / 3 ba

$1,989,000

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This multi-level home fits right into a neighborhood already renowned for some of the best modernist dwellings Los Angeles has to offer. (On this side of the hill alone theres William Kesling’s Vanderpool and Wilson House along with the Allyn Morris Studio.)

Neubert teamed up with 4th and 5th generation builders, Westward, to construct the darkly clad dwelling sited on an upslope. And left the interior to Sidonie Loiseleux who created a calming, minimalist, aesthetic.

Features include French Oak floors throughout; a chef’s kitchen outfitted with floating shelves, Caeserstone countertops, Fisher & Paykel appliances, and a Bertazzoni gas range; built-in shelving, matte black fixtures, oversized windows, skylights, and Clé tile.

Both the open-concept living/dining room and the master suite look out over the city below through floor-to-ceiling glass.

And just in case you ever get tired of dining at Botanica, L&E Oyster Bar or Alimento you can invite your friends over to hang out on the back patio with an outdoor kitchen and additional half bath or head up to the rooftop deck with some wine and take in the outstanding city views.

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Listing courtesy of Steve Clark – Compass