Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No.21 returns with a new asking price

One of the few remaining homes of Arts & Architecture magazine’s Case Study House program returns to the market with a new asking price.

While Pierre Koenig is world famous for the Stahl House, the Bailey House, also known as Case Study House No.21, maybe less well known but is no less admired.

Completed in 1959, the steel and glass residence located at 9038 Wonderland Park Ave in Laurel Canyon is positioned on a north/south axis on a 12,450-square-foot lot allowing the house to “trap the sun’s warmth in the winter and screen it out in the summer.”

A success visually as well as functionally, the 1,280-square-foot home holds two bedrooms, 2 baths and features innovative steel paneled walls at the front and back providing privacy from the street below and the hillside houses above and walls of glass on either side opening to the landscaped yard with shallow reflective pools.

After a series of unfortunate interior modifications, Koenig was invited back in the 1990’s to oversee the restoration of the property earning the City of Los Angeles Historic Preservation 2000 Award of Excellence. “As a result, Case Study House #21 survives as a beautiful and sadly rare example of steel-framed residential architecture in a graceful Mid-Century Modern style.”

The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, designated Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #669 and has a Mills Act contract providing significant property tax savings.

We last saw the Bailey House on the market two years ago with a whopping asking price of $4.5 million. It’s now back and listed for $3.6 million.

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Listing courtesy of Edward Reilly & Aaron Kirman – Keller Willimas & Pacific Union

Two-bedroom unit in South Carthay now renting for $3K per month

This is Best LA Neighborhoods’ latest listing; an apartment for lease located in South Carthay, a historic neighborhood with a walk score of 80 in the middle of Los Angeles.

The two-bedroom, one-bath ground floor unit is tucked to the rear of an intimate, well-maintained building that’s a stone’s throw from La Brea, Fairfax district, The Grove, and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Measuring roughly 1,015 square feet, the home opens to a spacious living room with decorative crown moulding. The living room connects to a roomy eat-in kitchen and, on the other side, opens to a hallway that leads to two spacious bedrooms with ample closet space.

Notable perks include hardwood floors, updated kitchen and bathroom, period hardware in the bedrooms, on-site laundry, and one off-street covered parking. Refrigerator and stove are included.

Available for lease. Asking $3,000 per month.

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Listing courtesy of Sonya Coke – Compass

‘Restored by the Fords’ star seeks $995K for dreamy Echo Park cabin

Leanne Ford, designer and co-host of HGTV’s ‘Restored by the Fords’ lists her Echo Park cabin. It’s rustic, modern, and ever so dreamy.

Built in 1911, 2317 Avon St is rumored to be the first house standing in Echo Park and was once owned by silent film star Clara Kimball Young.

Ford spent a year and a half salvaging her two-bedroom, one-bath house that sits on 8,433 square feet of woodsy land, tucked behind a mature rubber tree.

Staying true to the architecture, Ford — a woman notoriously obsessed with the color white — anchors the interior by painting the entire 1,481 square feet of living space in Sherwin-Williams’s Shoji White; “In certain light, Shoji White looks like an aged book page. In direct sunlight, it’s as soft as a cloud.”

Exposed beams in the living room, splintery cabinets, stone floors, and exposed wood all add to the home’s rustic, yet modern look and feel.

She says,“The reason this house is interesting is because we pull in all of these textures, down to the old sheepskin, down to the Mexican blanket and the knit throw.”

Features include a stone hearth surrounding a Midcentury Malm fireplace in the living room, french doors in the back that open to a beautiful stone patio, kitchen equipped with a Smeg refrigerator and viking stove, open shelving, and an old sink brought in from Pittsburgh. And, the original tub was kept in the bathroom with new plumbing, made to look old.

Ford lives with her husband Erik Allen, the co-founder and co-CEO of the menswear company Buck Mason. Their decision to sell came “After we found out about the sweet bun in the oven we realized this place is much more wine bottles than baby bottles style. So it’s time to pass it on!!”

The home dubbed #thelittlecabininthebigcity is listed for $995,000.

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Listing courtesy of Diana Braun – Compass

Stunning Breland-Harper transformation of Frogtown casita asks $899K

We’re guessing the home at least had good bones. But aside from that no one imagined this uninspiring space in Frogtown could be worthy of possibly gracing the pages of Kinfolk magazine.

Local architectural design firm Breland-Harper consider the experience of their homes from every aspect.

It took a complete overhaul to transform 2415 Elmgrove St into a quintessentially Californian residence that sits back from the street and is surrounded by lush and mature landscaping.

Grounded by the firm’s signature pale color palette the 1,685-square-foot interior is a series of light-filled, intimately connected spaces.

Exposed beam ceilings, concrete floors, skylights, and restored windows and doors that seamlessly bring the outdoors in create a wonderful sense of openness and light inside the two-bedroom, two-bath home.

Features include a spacious kitchen with a seating area, concrete countertops, high ceilings, and doors that lead to a rear courtyard dining area.

Elysian Valley (aka Frogtown) is a short walk or bike ride to Spoke, Wax Paper or Salazar and close to surrounding neighborhoods such as Silver Lake, Echo Park, Downtown and the rest of the Eastside.

Last sold in 2013 for $380,000 the home is listed for $899,000.

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Listing courtesy of Rob Kallick – Sotheby’s International Realty

Private architectural retreat in Laurel Canyon seeks $1.9M

From his first commission to his last it’s easy to see why Barry Gittelson is a celebrated architect.

A graduate of USC School of Architecture, Gittelson’s work included West Hollywood’s Bodhi Tree Bookstore, homes in Malibu, Oregon, and Mexico, and this private architectural retreat located at 2353 Stanley Hills Dr in Laurel Canyon.

Completed in 1978, the two-bedroom, two-bath modern residence sits on three parcels measuring 11,274 square feet and is surrounded by mature oak trees and lush green scenery.

Inside, 2,314 square feet spans multiple levels and flows with ease from the entry, living and dining room, kitchen, and bedrooms.

Eye-catching features include a serene and private setting, an expansive outdoor deck, terraced yard, casement and awning windows allowing views of the home’s lush surroundings, fireplace in the living room, custom wood cabinetry, built-ins, and a two car garage at street level.

There’s also a one-bedroom, one bath guest house equipped with its own garage that you can use as your home office or offer it for lease or rent it on Airbnb.

Offered for the first time the asking price is $1.9 million.

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Listing courtesy of Ian Rhodes & Kimberly Green – Keller Williams