Market Differentiation: The key to building value, and the preservation of architecture. Forum with Crosby Doe, CEO of Crosby Doe Associates, Inc., a real estate company based in Beverly Hills, California, and the developer of “Architecture for Sale” a multimedia platform for showcasing important properties of architectural significance available around the world. Followed by Q&A and...
In terms of beautiful homes for sale this year, Los Angeles did not disappoint. From celebrity lairs to architectural gems to historically significant homes, 2018 brought a wealth of eye candy. Like most real estate in LA, these beautiful homes came with commensurate price tags: ...
Story by Jamie Robinson The live/work loft of a designer and publisher duo has hit the market in Los Angeles’ Arts District for $1.1m. Sitting on the top floor of the Molino Lofts building – one of the area’s original adaptive reuse projects – the one-bedroom bolthole belongs to Micah Heimlich of design firm UnHeim and writer Paul Foss....
Story by Patrick Campbell When you think of castles in Southern California, you might think of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, or Hearst Castle in San Simeon, or perhaps the Magic Castle in Hollywood. But there are castle style buildings all around us in LA. They come in all sizes, from large hotels and apartment buildings to small cottages. They’re known as French Normandy Revival Architecture...
Story by Lisa Johnson Mandell One thing is certain about this modernist marvel in L.A.'s Studio City: There's nothing else like it in the world. The one-bedroom, two-bath home comes with an unwieldy moniker—"The Lois and Roger Kennedy Studio/Residence #3"—and it's now available for the first time in over 30 years, for $1.9 million....
Neal J. Leitereg Publisher and art collector Benedikt Taschen and his wife, Lauren, paid $1.15 million less than the asking price for a modernist trophy on Summit Drive. Set at the end of a gated driveway, the Midcentury Modern-style residence was designed by noted architects Thornton Abell and O’Neil Ford. Virtually untouched since it was built in 1956, the post-and-beam is distinguished by its...
Our Whitley Heights listing found some attention on...
Story by Liz Stinson For $14.5 million you can expect to get a lot of house. A swimming pool is a given. A subterranean basketball court? Sure. This modern abode has all the standard outrageous amenities and more—the more being an original James Turrell Skyspace that sits in the home’s courtyard....
Crosby Doe: "Like art, architecture inspires me. The uplifting experience of great architecture compels me to want to share the gifts it imparts to our daily lives. Each significant house holds the power to enhance and even change the lives of those who live in it, or even just happen to walk by. When we look around carefully at our built environment, it would be easy to become depressed - so much is...
Yucca Valley, California Pedigree: Fast-rising Los Angeles architecture studio Oller & Pejic collaborated with Marc Atlan, a creative director, to devise this enigmatic 2012 house, wrapped around a central courtyard and set in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert overlooking Joshua Tree National Park. The home's black-stucco facades are meant to evoke shadows on the landscape, while its form takes...
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