Featured Properties

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The West House

Rodney Walker Design, 

Case Study House #18, 1948.

A National Register of Historic Places treasure. John Entenza's Case Study Houses #'s 8, 9, 18, & 20 by Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Rodney Walker, and Richard Neutra are here together, at the edge of the continent, on a bluff in Pacific Palisades.

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The Keeler House

 Raymond Kappe, FAIA, 1990.

 The architect's work has been described as the apotheosis of the California Modern House, and while some may argue the point, it is clear that Ray Kappe pushed the limits of California's Post & Beam style to its ultimate conclusion, and in doing so created unsurpassed space for California living

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Kubly House

Craig Ellwood, Architect, 1965. 

Working in wood and glass, Ellwood rendered a transparent horizontal box and elevated it like a pavilion amidst the massive gum and oak trees shading the site. The resulting post and beam structure proved fitting for the Pasadena neighborhood where his contemporaries, several of them also Case Study architects, practiced their craft.

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The Earthquake House

David Ming-Li Lowe, Architect, 1990

As part of the A.I.A. centenary celebration, this project was selected as one of the nation's 100 most important, receiving accolades for its design. Assumably the first in America built on visco-damper base isolators to protect it from earthquakes, along with steel as the major structural framework.

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The Galka Scheyer House

Richard Neutra, Architect, 1934

Second story addition in 1936 by Gregory Ain, Architect. Dubbed the “Maven of Modernism” and given the nickname “Galka” (inquisitive crow) by Alexej von Jawlenski, Scheyer broke the proverbial glass ceiling in the art world long before the term was used. 

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The Sommers House

Robert Kennard, FAIA, 1954.

First offering since 2001. This custom built residence is the exception, and is reputedly the first project completed by Robert Kennard FAIA after he left Richard Neutra's office.  In 2001-2002, architects Marmol Radziner performed a major renovation, including adding a swimming pool.