From Tower Grove Drive, looking out from a wonderfully designed home whose precipice is a hillside in the southern Santa Monica Mountains, the view is truly grand—a sweep that extends dramatically past Los Angeles to the Pacific.
Despite his accomplishments, architect and designer Jean-Louis Deniot continues to constantly challenge himself. He likes to experiment, take risks and get out of his comfort zone.
According to Marketing Insider, Los Angeles-based brokerage Gibson International and Pacific Union International, Inc., the eighth-largest real estate brokerage in the U.S. by 2016 sales volume, today announced the intent to unite brands in the first quarter of 2018.
From quality materials and craftsmanship to five-star amenities, like a 10-car garage, pool, roof deck, elevator, front and back staircase, and service entrance, this eight-bedroom and 11-bath house easily tips over the line from outright beautiful to downright breathtaking.
Propositions 60 and 90 were constitutional initiatives passed by California voters in the 1980’s to provide property tax relief by preventing reassessment of property value when a senior citizen sells his/her existing residence and purchases or constructs a replacement residence worth the same or less than the one being sold.
ON THE COVER Hilltop Haven: Country zen & city sophistication collide in a Santiago Arana’s lower Mandeville Canyon home with state-of-the-art amenities matched only by its stunning views and unparalleled privacy presented by Santiago Arana of The Agency.
Los Angeles-based designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard has gained a reputation on the TV show Million Dollar Decorators before showing his mastery of a broad range of styles in many residential projects in Hollywood.
The Glass House, designed by architect Philip Johnson, reflects the beautiful landscape of Southern New England. Johnson, known for his modernist approach, incorporated historical elements into his designs. The Glass House, completed in 1949, sits on a hill, nestled among trees, and offers stunning views of a manmade pond.
One thinks of a summer cottage in mostly quaint terms—a place of some modesty, wrapped in quiet, with a nice view. But in Newport, Rhode Island, once dubbed “The Eden of America” for its postcard locale, the “summer cottage” produces a far more elaborate picture of early American progress as seen through some of the country’s most celebrated mansions.
