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The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", [1] is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.
This List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area includes 17 single-family residences that are known to equal or exceed 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2) of livable space within the main house.
Shane Building (former Directors Guild of America), Los Angeles, 1930 Skinner House, Los Angeles, 1937; Sontag Drug Store (now Wilshire Beauty), Los Angeles, 1935; Southern California Edison Company Building, Los Angeles; Southern California Gas Company Complex, Downtown Los Angeles, 1925; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, 1911
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...
During the 1920s the house became a focal point for Hollywood's social activities, and the couple became famous for entertaining there. An invitation to Pickfair was a sign of social acceptance into the closed Hollywood community. In 1928, Will Rogers said "My most important duty as mayor of Beverly Hills is directing people to Mary Pickford's ...
Moorcrest is a house in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United States.It was built in 1921 for the Utopian Krotona Colony in Beachwood Canyon and was designed by Marie Russak, an architect who designed several buildings for the Theosophist community; Moorcrest is thought of as one of her most famous pieces.
The Garcia House (also known as The Rainbow House) is a private home in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, designed by architect John Lautner. Located on Mulholland Drive, it sits on stilts 60 feet above the canyon below. Also known as the "Rainbow House" for its parabolic roof over stained glass windows and a curved ceiling that rises to 30 ...
The house is situated in East Gate Bel Air on Copa De Oro Road ('cup of gold' in Spanish), which was "coined to reflect the millionaire status of its inhabitants". [1] Copa De Oro Road was named in 2015 as one of the "15 Priciest Streets in America", with a median home value estimated at US$10.264 million.