![]() ![]() That architectural sleight of hand was recognized back when it was built. “The house turns in upon itself, creating its own quiet and seclusion,” Arts and Architecture magazine reported. The home has a “pathway of steppingstones over a reflecting pool and is entered through a dramatic 17-foot-high front door that reveals a two-story interior courtyard with views into the adjacent living room and dining room downstairs, and master bedroom and study upstairs,” according to the listing.įeaturing walls of windows that blur the lines between indoor and outdoor living space, the 2,307-square-foot, three-bedroom property still manages to maintain plenty of privacy for those inside. You don’t even have to go inside to appreciate the awesomeness. The sellers reportedly got the thumbs-up from the original designers. ![]() The modifications include converting the back terrace into a bedroom and the carport into a garage. The sellers are the fourth owners of the house and made some “modest modifications,” according to Kramer. Known as the Frank House, the home was designed by Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Associates, the “influential group of architects who informed the California Modern movement in the 1960s,” according to the Los Angeles Conservancy. (Yes, there are gondolas, too.) There’s even a 40-foot private dock that comes with the property. Lucky residents of the modern masterpiece also enjoy a front-row view of the Italianesque waterway. It’s an unexpected sight in this city where cars rule, and we’re betting that many Angelenos have never seen or heard of such a spot. Not all of the homes, many located in Southern California, ended up being built (and some are no longer standing), so we’re sure glad this one’s still around: Built in 1961, the cool property sits on a canal where paddle boats and kayaks can be seen floating by. In the mid-1940s, the so-called Case Study Houses were commissioned by Arts and Architecture magazine to many now-famous architects as experiments in low-cost yet innovative housing after World War II. The challenge: To use “new materials and new techniques in house construction.” ![]()
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