Life is good in the Lower Riviera, but at 1166 Corsica Drive in the Pacific Palisades, it’s absolutely fabulous. Re-envisioned to incorporate new design elements, upgrades and finishes, a house that was already elevated is high on the radar of the market for $17.250 million.
It’s a behemoth, not just in size but also in standards—the taste level is as high as the view is magnanimous. And for Paul Vincent Wiseman, when it comes to this house named Nouveau Modern, perspective is everything.
Originally designed as a family residence for José Maria Ferreira, Carvalho Araújo’s architectural practice behind one of Portugal’s most talked-about buildings, Otiima House.
Listed for $6.3 million by Jen Caskey of the Jen Caskey Group, 133 31st Street in Hermosa Beach, is made even more valuable when one considers it is Kim Komick’s vision.
The architect’s 1938 “Dream House” design for Life Magazine, this now-rentable construction is a striking example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s democratic Usonian vision—if not its ideal.
Restored to a handsome sheen at the hand of top designer Martin Kemp, the St. James’s Townhouse marks another noteworthy turn for the touted tastemaker, whose eponymous London-based design studio Martin Kemp Design crafts sophisticated and highly private town-and-country interiors.
With the clean lines of a modern aesthetic balanced with the warmth of traditional style, Palisades Ranch is a characteristically sunny Southern California house designed by a quintessential California architect, William Hefner.
Tainaron Blue Retreat is quite literally a hotel for the ages. Lovely and romantic, it is infused with ancient myth and has patinaed with time.
There is a lot of glitter over Hollywood Hills West. A residential berth in this high-profile enclave is coveted for, among other incentives, the convenience of its central location and astonishing views. That, plus uncommon privacy and expanse of flat land makes 2727 Cardwell Place a prize in an unquestionable trophy neighborhood.
Finished in 1989, an often aesthetically garish era, the Neuendorf House was destined to stand out, a work of committed minimalism by the now lionized architects John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin.
A showpiece on stilts in Sherman Oaks, 3707 Oakfield Drive is a house of considerable architectural stock, a Platform House originally designed by Austrian-American modernist Richard Neutra, who was especially prolific in Los Angeles.
That these clean-angled constructions are strenuously minimalist makes them more interesting and dynamic than one expects to find in a gated community. Robustly walled, but not walled off from the world, Abraham Cota Paredes’ Natura House is a bold rethink of privacy.
