Lloyd Wright’s c1922 Bollman House, $3.2M
Architect Lloyd Wright [1890-1978] was the son of the great (also difficult and demanding) architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was a tough act to follow, but the younger Wright had a good start—originally training in landscape design and botany and working for Olmsted Brothers, moving to San Diego to work with Irving Gill and then alongside Rudolph Schindler on the Hollyhock House while his father was in Tokyo building the Imperial Hotel. He worked on sets for Paramount Studios before moving on to private practice, primarily working on residential projects in Los Angeles in a style best called Mesoamerican Revival.It was a time where the fantasies of cinema and a boom in everything “Storybook”– Tudor turrets, Spanish Revival, Nantucket cottage—coexisted with a highly skilled workforce that migrated between film sets and building sites. And although the vaguely Mayan-Aztec Mesoamerican never caught on (except with Wright clients, it seems) the elder Wright was dogmatic and vocal in his hatred of European styles, bent on developing what he felt was a uniquely American style built with precast blocks, best seen in residences like the Ennis house and La Miniatura. Together, father and son developed Wright’s signature Textile Block– the beginnings of which can be seen in the Bollman House.Photo Credit: Matthew MombergerPhoto Credit: Matthew MombergerPhoto Credit: Matthew MombergerWhat We Love: Unlike many other homes in the Storybook tradition, Wright’s interior details reflect his Mesoamerican aesthetic, and much of his original landscape design survives intact. But no design ever escapes its time. There remain resolute echoes of Streamline Moderne and its parent, Art Deco.Photo Credit: Matthew MombergerPhoto Credit: Matthew MombergerBelow, a modern but period-perfect bath.Photo Credit: Matthew MombergerMore: Go to the listing for additional images and details. An outstanding opportunity to own a piece of LA’s design history, represented by architecture specialist Nate Cole of Modern California House and Dalton Gomez of Christie’s International Real Estate.Photo Credit: Matthew MombergerThe post Lloyd Wright’s c1922 Bollman House, $3.2M appeared first on California Home+Design.
The Best Two-Bedroom Condo In WeHo, $1.099M
Looking upon design as a social act, architect Lorcan O’Herlihy and his firm LOHA have transformed the fabric of multi-unit residential housing in L.A. and West Hollywood over the past two decades, with projects ranging across categories from luxury to supportive. One of the firm’s most influential projects was Habitat825, an exploration of space and color overlooking the first Modernist multi-family, the historic 1922 home of Rudolph Schindler, and LOHA continues to reinvent LA’s traditional multi-unit courtyard concept. A 2-bed, 2-bath unit in the firm’s 2005 1050 Gardner has just come on the market, asking $1,099,000. Here the firm has arranged the units in stacked wood-clad blocks, elevated above parking and connected by bridges, eliminating hallways.Photo Credit: Engel Studios for CompassPhoto Credit: Engel Studios for CompassThe interiors are classic LOHA, open and luminous, with high ceilings and intimate, private outdoor spaces. Photo Credit: Engel Studios for CompassPhoto Credit: Engel Studios for CompassMore: Go to the listing for additional images and details. An exceptional opportunity to live in an architectural property in West Hollywood, represented by Jackie Smith and Rodney Williams II at Compass. Worth a look– there’s an Open House on Sunday, June 11 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.Photo Credit: Engel Studios for CompassThe post The Best Two-Bedroom Condo In WeHo, $1.099M appeared first on California Home+Design.
Luminous Residence At The Top Of Nob Hill, $2.5M
Mid-century design in San Francisco saw a boom in hi-rise residential buildings, and 1200 California Street is one of the best examples. Designed by the venerable Angus McSweeny and built in 1962, the simple but elegant structure consists of four corner units on each floor—directly behind Grace Cathedral—forming a backdrop for the much-loved French Gothic Style church that was begun in the late 1920s but not actually completed until 1964. With a long and prolific architectural practice, McSweeney is probably best known for his last project, his collaboration with Piero Belluschi and Pier Luigi Nervi on St. Mary’s Cathedral.Photo Credit: Joseph Schell for Sotheby’s International RealtyCurrently the home of gallerist Jessica Silverman, the spacious 3-bed, 3-bath co-operative unit has been immaculately renovated to highlight the art on the walls (some of which is for sale) and the breathtaking views of the Cathedral and the city beyond, from every room.Photo Credit: Joseph Schell for Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto Credit: Joseph Schell for Sotheby’s International RealtyWhat We Love: With its uninterrupted expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass and high ceilings, it’s the prefect setting for contemporaneous Modernist classics like the Isamu Noguchi settee and Warren Platner steel wire chairs. Plus the views of the Cathedral are priceless.Photo Credit: Joseph Schell for Sotheby’s International RealtyMore: Go to the listing for additional images and details, plus a video and floor plans. An outstanding opportunity to acquire a well-established Mid-Century co-operative property in a stellar San Francisco location, represented by Wendy Storch of Sotheby’s International Realty.Photo Credit: Joseph Schell for Sotheby’s International RealtyThe post Luminous Residence At The Top Of Nob Hill, $2.5M appeared first on California Home+Design.
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