This compact but exquisite Venice residence was designed and built for architect Leo Marmol (FAIA by his firm) Marmol Radziner as an early exploration into luxury prefabricated homes in the early-2000s, just closed on the last day of 2025 after barely a month on the market (in an all-cash deal) for

Taking the concept of a chic Modern Farmhouse one step further, Villa Verde is an exceptional new offering on Sonoma’s Eastside. The work of Ridge Design + Build—a firm with deep roots in Wine Country and a reputation for impeccable quality—designed this private gated compound, clad in spruce and st

Much coveted by the serious architecture collectors of Los Angeles, the Mid-century homes of architect John Lautner [1911-1994] are both bold and experimental. Even his most modest projects possess a restless, sweeping energy much like the work of his mentor—Frank Lloyd Wright. Lautner spent much of

Attention architecture collectors, the legendary Stahl House (AKA Case Study House No. 22) has come on the market after 65 years of one-family ownership and care. Conceived by its visionary owners Bud and Carlotta Stahl for an “unbuildable” lot overlooking L.A., it was designed and engineered in 195

Angelo Sangiacomo—born in San Francisco’s Richmond District and the son of Italian immigrants—rose to become one the City’s largest landlords, developing dozens of rental properties during his long (and occasionally contentious) career. When it came time to build a home for his family, he had the vi

Edward H. Fickett [1916-1999] was a prolific L.A. architect—whose reputation was—until recently, very much under the radar, probably because he was responsible for designing over 50,000 tract homes that would eventually cover the L.A. basin in the post-WWII building boom. As such, Fickett was succes

After years in the making, Studio Rob Diaz recently completed an extraordinarily complex project in the celebrity-studded Fryman Canyon neighborhood of Studio City that is unlike anything else on the market. Set on a wooded 1.4-acre property (once the home of everyone’s favorite Canadian game show h

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