The Bayview home of celebrated and much published designer/artist Antonio Martins is on the market. Once the workshop and home of plaster artisan and sculptor Cesare Santini in the 1920s, Martins acquired the property in 2017 (you can see its previous incarnation at Curbed SF) and proceeded to resto

In San Francisco’s Clarendon Heights neighborhood, there’s a quiet street tucked just below the Sutro Tower with spectacular views encompassing the Golden Gate, Marin County and Downtown. Already dotted with handsome Arts & Crafts Style homes, the neighborhood’s expansive hillside plots were further

With a successful career encompassing decades, Donald Wexler, FAIA, [1926-2015] was one of Desert Modernism’s leading proponents for bringing an elegantly restrained Post + Beam aesthetic to dozens of projects in the Coachella Valley. The home he built for his family in 1955 (and lived in for nearly

San Francisco has no shortage of seductive views, and this home perched near the top of Telegraph Hill just below Coit Tower, may have more than its share. With outlooks ranging from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate and encompassing everything in between, it’s a late-career work by Lewis Butler of

The Laing House—one of Pasadena’s most admired Modernist houses—designed by the young Harwell Hamilton Harris in 1935, is on the market, asking $1,680,000. Perched above the road in the Poppy Peak historic district, the house is defined by ribbons of windows set into the crisp stucco volumes under a

David Lynch was a surpassingly brilliant individual, a film and television director/producer who would irrevocably change what we see on our screens. From the 1977 Eraserhead to the 1986 Blue Velvet and beyond, Lynch challenged the concept of the banal and of lives swept aside by horror. His work wi

Joseph Eichler—the Bay Area poultry-and-egg merchant who saw an opportunity to build Modernist homes for returning GI’s after WWII after living in a rented Frank Lloyd Wright home—would go on to  become one of California’s most influential and prolific developers. His firm built over 11,000 homes th

The home of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands,  pioneer actors and filmmakers who changed the course of independent cinema, has come on the market, presenting an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a property that occupies a singular place in the history of American cinematography. The couple purch

In over six decades of architectural practice—Donald Wexler (FAIA, 1926-2015)—had a profound influence on what we now admire as Desert Modernism. Starting with a brief stint at Richard Neutra’s office in L.A., Wexler moved to Palm Springs to embark on a career that would encompass public commissions

Set on the edge of a canyon in the Oaks neighborhood of Los Feliz sits a three story, Mid-century home with views of Downtown that was recently rescued by Ruby and Mike Rubin of Rubin Studio Design. Partially demolished in a previous and failed renovation, the Rubins completely transformed it into a

Reflecting the exuberance of the post-WWII boom in L.A., this recently renovated paragon of Mid-century style in Rolling Hills Estates that was designed in 1957 by architect Joseph Friel, is set on a canyon-side site encompassing views of the San Gabriel Mountains. With its long, low-slung profile a

With her decades-long practice of architecture, Lutah Maria Riggs [1894-1984] produced some of the most compelling structures in Santa Barbara and the American Riviera. First working in the 1920s with the master of Andalusian Revival—George Washington Smith—her work evolved into a hybrid Mediterrane

One of the best-known of the Southern California historicist architects, Reginald Davis Johnson (1882–1952) created some of the most beautiful dwellings in and around Pasadena, as well as further north in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Johnson’s projects always possess a confidence and assuredness in

Heinz Legler and Veronique Lievre—a multi-hyphenate creative couple with broad experience in residential and leisure design/build projects, film sets and more recently, their gloriously remote boutique hotel, Venana, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the mountains near Puerto Vallarta—have put their

Just minutes from both Joshua Tree and Palm Springs- and with wide-ranging views of the surrounding mountains- this secluded mid-century ranch is the perfect place for memorable desert sojourns. With a flexible layout on a very private 2.5-acre lot, it’s also been a successful and fully functioning

We love seeing projects by young entrepreneurs succeed—visually and financially—and this beautifully re-invented Westchester house from the designer-developer Taylor Walker is a perfect example. Represented by realtor Limor Etgar-Zamir, the gut-renovated (and now move-in ready) project went “pending

It’s a California dream—a self-sufficient and sustainable place in the hills of Sonoma County, with just enough of a vineyard to make some wine and an organic garden for produce, room for friends and entertaining, all set in world-class architecture. Built in 2002, this particular dream compound, wi

The homes of architect Paul Revere Williams are among the most coveted dwellings in Los Angeles. Each is a master class in graceful living with their subtly traditional and elegant details showing a range of European styles that mirrored the aspirations of his prosperous (often celebrity) clientele.

Pacific Palisades has long been one of the most sought-after residential neighborhoods in L.A., and despite January’s tragic wildfires, it remains just that. Recently completed and with views to the Pacific Ocean, this exceptional 7-bed, 11-bath, 10-car garage California Farmhouse is the work of arc

The home of architect Jared Brunk, architect/artist Channa Yates is a perfect example of the design-driven reinvention of one’s living and working spaces in the 21st Century in L.A. Done in collaboration with Mike Nesbit, the multidisciplinary couple created a compound that met both their esthetic a