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Lining the wide streets are beautiful estates distinguished by their large lots and generously sized homes. Even in this elite group, 770 Amalfi Drive is a standout.
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Lining the wide streets are beautiful estates distinguished by their large lots and generously sized homes. Even in this elite group, 770 Amalfi Drive is a standout.

Frank Gehry’s shiny, sculptural structures, almost more art than buildings, are formidable. But his work at 600 E. Rustic Road showcases another side of the lauded architect.


Rising from a quiet corner, the home plays peekaboo with lush landscaping and a fence of thick gray stone. Shielded from the eyes and noise of its neighbors, the home’s tranquil setting is enhanced by the perfumed air that rises from lilac and lavender bushes.


It’s impossible to discuss the history of Los Angeles without devoting a large portion of the conversation to architect Paul R. Williams.

Recently completed, this former beach shack, reimagined by architect Doug Burdge and built by Babineau Construction, has been transformed into the ideal platform for events of all kinds.

Mario Romano’s latest home, located at 1016 San Vicente Blvd., takes that home’s best qualities and translates them to the more architecturally restrained environs of Santa Monica.

426 N. Barrington—breathtaking and truly worthy of its classification as an estate, with all of the beauty and bounty it implies.

Within this storybook, developer Khajak Kassabian created one of the neighborhood’s newest and most magnificent homes. Well-concealed behind thick green foliage, elegant wooden gates swing open to reveal this case study of grace, which is comfortably set back behind a spacious motor court.

