Billy Duffy, lead guitarist of The Cult, has placed his glamorous oasis in the Hollywood Hills on the market. Plus, A glamorous Mirabella penthouse owned by the late legendary lyricist Hal David.
“I have the most amazing playground in the world right in front of the house,” says David James, owner of a contemporary Manhattan Beach dwelling that he commissioned prolific Beach Cities architect Michael Lee to design.
ON THE COVER Privacy, indoor-outdoor living and a solid, sculptured beauty define this historic estate 1744 Reedvale Lane in lower Mandeville Canyon just moments from the heart of Brentwood offered by The Feil Group with Berkshire Hathaway.
ON THE COVER Perched over the Pacific: Fine features and keen design make the most of this Manhattan Beach abode and its brilliant ocean views at 2615 Crest Drive offered by Lauren Forbes and John Corrales of Compass.
Matt Berman, one of the founding principals of New York-based Workshop/APD, is a believer in the transformative power of good design demostrated in this former miner’s cabin.
From city lights chic with KAA Design Group, Hudson + Bloum Design’s modern mountain home to Grey Dove Design’s wintery white—the atmosphere is festive with design styles this season.
1072 Newbern Court is a stately Colonial Revival-style residence is so nice that NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky and his wife, Janet, have lived in it twice.
When the leaders of BLDG Partners set out to develop Thirty Four Fifty West, they focused on creating a collection of live-work residences that forego the conventional in favor of creative expression.
It is the second project designed by Stuart Silk Architects for this couple with young children, who, for their home in Rancho Mirage (located 10 miles southeast of Palm Springs) dreamt of having open and light-filled spaces that maximized desert and mountain views.
I joke that my dad was like McDonald’s,” says real estate pro Marika Kalogerakis Director of Sales Terranea Real Estate. “He was in the restaurant business, but really, it was just a way for him to buy real estate.”
The sunlit Palos Verdes villa offered by Megan Neel—approximately 11,000 square feet in size—is perched on approximately 200 feet of peninsula oceanfront, and no matter where one roams on the five-bedroom property, one is always aware of this happy fact.
Marketers continue to preach quick fix “silver bullets” and sure-fire tactics that will single-handedly hit the target and create instantaneous success. Better to think in terms of butterflies.
