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Modernist Houses

1920s bungalow by Irving Gill asking $995K in the Hollywood Dell

It’s a charming example of early modernism.

Condo in historic Silver Lake co-op asking $995K

Features include built-in furniture, sliding partition walls, a modernized kitchen, and views of the Silver Lake hills.

How LA’s health craze birthed modernist design

In her new book, author Lyra Kilston connects the city’s wellness culture to its streamlined, sun-drenched homes.

Raphael Soriano’s Lipetz House renting for $6,500 in Silver Lake

A dreamboat if ever there were one.

1970s modern with stunning wood interior seeks $1.4M in Rancho Palos Verdes

Plus, high ceilings and walls of glass.

Historic Lukens House on the market in Jefferson Park for $1.9M

The sensitively restored home also comes with a glass dining pavilion that dates to 1908.

Handsome Buff & Hensman in Bel Air awaits its second owner ever for $4M

The property offers canyon, city, and ocean views, and it comes with original blueprints.

Restored 1941 modern by R.M. Schindler returns asking $1.9M

The Goodwin House is simple and handsome, with treetop views.

In Los Feliz, Rudolph Schindler’s last house seeks $1.8M

Recently restored, it overlooks the Shakespeare Bridge.

Rent Schindler's Walker Residence for $7,500 per month

Located on the west side of the Silver Lake Reservoir, it features built-in furniture designed by the architect in the 1930s

Midcentury modern masterpiece by Rodney Walker available for rent in Sherman Oaks

Known as the Asher Residence, the well-preserved redwood-and-glass home is leasing for $10K per month.

Sublime 1970s modern hits the market in Laguna Beach

Abutting Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, this organic modernist-style property was designed with an octagonal floor plan for a mathematics professor.

Showy Malibu contemporary next to national parkland wants $12.5M

The interior of the 1998 home designed by architects Hagy Belzberg and George Wittman features a car gallery. Outside, there’s a 20-car motor court.

New York's hated prefab masterpiece is on its way to Palm Springs

The house is now on a truck heading across country to Palm Springs, where it will go on display next week and become the centerpiece of an effort to raise funds to restore it and open it to the public.

Tour a resurrected Schindler in Laurel Canyon

See how Pamela Shamshiri of Commune Design, which gave the Ace Hotel in Downtown its look, revived a Modernist gem.

See these modernist gems in next month's MAK tour

Siip on a pair of those sexy blue booties! This fall's tour offers up-close looks at nine notable homes in Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Mt. Washington designed by John Lautner, Harwell Hamilton Harris, RM Schindler, Gregory Ain, and James DeLong

La Jolla’s Lotus House can now be yours

The singular work by Organic Modernist visionary (and San Diego native) Kendrick Bangs Kellogg has been up for grabs since February. Asking price for the sculptural seaside property is $3.888 million.

Kirk Douglas's Midcentury Palm Springs Estate For Sale

Actor Kirk Douglas bought this house—designed by father of Palms Springs Modernism Donald Wexler—in the 1950s and sold it in 1999. Besides still looking it terrific, it also backs up on Leonardo DiCaprio's desert property.

Retro Instagram: Unusual New Views of Modernist Gems

USC Digital Libraries has digitized more than 1,300 photos of Modernist masterpieces shot from unconventional angles. The images form what one could "imagine an architecturally inclined Instagram feed from the 1950s and 1960s would look like."

Frank Lloyd Wright's 1939 Sturges House in Brentwood to Be Auctioned For Charity Next Month

Supercool Laurel Canyon Duplex Built by A Quincy Jones & His Wife in 1939 Asks $1.4 Million

Schindler's Falk Apartments in Silver Lake Hits the Market For the First Time in 50 Years

Case Study House #18, On National Register, For Sale as Possible Teardown

Case Study House #25 is For Sale on the Long Beach Canals

Case Study House #25 is For Sale on the Long Beach Canals

Devo Founder Selling Richard Neutra's Landmark Kun House

Silver Lake Neutra Colony House Available For First Time Ever

Miraculously Restored Neutra in Los Feliz Asking $4.5 Million

Pierre Koenig's 1963 Iwata House For Sale For First Time Ever

Richard Neutra on the Market for the First Time in Palos Verdes

Spectacular Neutra/Maltzan Compound Asking $7.9 Million

Lautner's Extraordinary Carling House With Indoor-Outdoor Pool Hits the Market Asking $3 Million

"Lost" Echo Park Lautner Unearthed and Coming Up For Sale

Looking Back at Richard Neutra's First US Commission

Be the Second-Ever Owner of Architect Earl G. Richards's Sharp Mid-Century Modern in Crestwood Hills

Spectac Glass and Cement Modern in Claremont Asking $1.5MM

Rudolph Schindler's Last House Fixed And Flipped For $1.15MM

Mid-Century Friedman House Returns With Retouching In Brentwood's Crestwood Hills

Mid-Century Friedman House Returns With Retouching In Brentwood's Crestwood Hills