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THE VALUE OF ARCHITECTURE
properties with design integrity

Brian Linder, AIA
Architecture Broker
COMPASS
DRE 01248728

Helping people buy and sell architecture in LA

09/26/2026

OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, September 27 | 3:00–5:00 PM
Tuesday, September 29 | 11:00 AM–2:00 PM

One of Schindler’s most celebrated residential works, the Kallis House is a remarkable study in architecture responding directly to site.

Designed in 1946 for artist and film art director Mischa Kallis, the house steps down its steep Hollywood Hills slope through interconnected volumes, shifting rooflines, angled walls, terraces and expanses of glass. Rather than imposing itself on the hillside, the architecture follows it—creating a continuous relationship between interior space, landscape and views across the San Fernando Valley.

Inside, Schindler’s radical geometry is balanced by the warmth of mahogany, Douglas fir and plywood, with original built-ins integrated throughout the architecture. Frank Gehry famously studied the house while a student at USC.

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #860, the residence underwent an extensive five-year restoration guided by Schindler’s original drawings and archival material at UC Santa Barbara. Original woodwork, windows, built-ins and the historic kitchen configuration were restored while the structure and building systems were comprehensively updated.

The result is an important piece of Los Angeles architectural history that remains remarkably livable nearly 80 years after it was designed.

Rudolph Schindler, Architect
Kallis-Sharlin Residence, 1946
City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #860
2002 renovation by Barbara Bestor, FAIA, Architect
in collaboration with architect/contractor Jeff Fink

R. M. Schindler, Architect | Kallis House, 1946
3580 Multiview Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068

4 Beds
3 Baths
3,549 SF

Listed at $5,750,000

Listed by Timothy Di Prizito

Filmed by Orlando Hernandez Orlando Hernandez

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09/24/2026

The Wolford House may be modest in size, but DeLong makes every inch work.

Built-in cabinetry, concealed storage, integrated desks, leather work surfaces, and sliding panes of glass all contribute to a remarkably efficient interior. Shiplap redwood siding and piano hinges allow doors and cabinets to virtually disappear into the architecture.

There is also a constant compression and release — enclosed passages opening toward canyon views, compact rooms connected visually through sliding glass, and built-ins that reduce the need for freestanding furniture.

This is Usonian thinking at its most practical: architecture, furniture, storage, light, and view designed as one continuous system.

James DeLong, AIA, Architect | Taliesin Fellow
The Wolford House, 1947
City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 614

Listing Agents:

Gia Casty, Compass


Ilana Gafni, Crosby Doe Associates


Videography: Luis Flores


Originally filmed 5/1/25.

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09/24/2026

Richard Neutra, FAIA, Architect
The Jason Hailey House, 1959
Tareco Drive Los Angeles, CA 90068

Perched in the East Hollywood Hills, the Jason Hailey House is a Richard Neutra masterpiece, restored with reverence and creativity. Originally completed in 1959, the residence remains remarkably intact, thanks to a succession of owners who resisted the urge to alter its modernist bones.

09/23/2026

Sometimes touring a house becomes an archaeological investigation.

Here, the original block wall is unmistakable, but other elements are harder to read. Is the cove original? Is it new? The renovation is integrated so seamlessly that the distinction between old and new begins to disappear.

What remains clear is the architectural intent: the masonry carries the eye outward, while large sliding glass panels open the living spaces completely to the landscape. What may once have been multiple smaller, less functional doors is now a broad opening that reinforces the indoor-outdoor relationship.

And that is part of what makes these visits interesting. We are not arriving with every answer. We are looking, questioning, comparing, and learning from the house in real time.

SOLD.

Ed Fickett, FAIA, Architect
Mid-Century Modern, 1959

Listed by
Jonny Perez of Westside Estate Agency

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09/22/2026

Set within Crestwood Hills, the Gelb House reads as a disciplined response to postwar housing—architecture reduced to its necessary elements and tuned for daily life.

Completed in 1950, the composition is exacting. A post-and-beam framework establishes order and legibility, allowing light, structure, and material to operate without distraction. Proportion governs everything.

A. Quincy Jones & Whitney R. Smith, Architects
The Morris & Lydia Gelb House, 1950
Rehabilitation by Bruce Norelius, 2014
LA Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1332

09/22/2026

Craig Ellwood | The Johnson House, 1953

One of Ellwood’s most refined hillside houses, the Johnson House is approached almost indirectly. From the street, the carport conceals much of the architecture. Once inside, the structure takes over.

The exposed beams shift direction and pull the eye toward the city and ocean views, creating a strong sense of perspective through the house. Steel and wood are used together with remarkable restraint, giving the architecture both precision and warmth.

1515 N Tigertail Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049

3 Bed | 3 Bath
1,926 SF
11,756 SF Lot
Listed at $5,995,000

Listed by Fielden Junglas
FIELDEN JUNGLAS

For more details and photos of the property, head to the link in bio.

Considering this property? Brian and I would be happy to represent you in the purchase and help you evaluate the architecture, condition, and long-term value of the home.

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09/21/2026

Nestled into the secluded architectural enclave of upper Nichols Canyon, also known as The Colony.. this strikingly remodeled mid-century modern home combines the optimism of postwar California with the refinement of contemporary living.

Ed Fickett, FAIA, Architect
Mid-Century Modern, 1959

Listed by
Jonny Perez of Westside Estate Agency

09/21/2026

James DeLong, AIA, Architect | Taliesin Fellow
The Wolford House, 1947
City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 614

At the Wolford House, James DeLong carries the architectural language of the interior directly into the landscape.

The brick terrace repeats the orthogonal geometries of the fireplace, kitchen hearth, and chimney system inside. Horizontal brickwork outside becomes vertical inside, while projecting and recessed planes reinforce the relationship between the two spaces.

It is a distinctly Usonian idea—architecture conceived as a continuous system of structure, material, geometry, and landscape rather than a collection of separate rooms.

DeLong, a Taliesin Fellow, was working within the architectural language developed by Frank Lloyd Wright while giving these details their own precision and character.

Listing Agents:
Gia Casty, Compass


Ilana Gafni, Crosby Doe Associates


Videography:
Luis Flores


Originally filmed 5/1/25.

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09/20/2026

Three layers of architecture in one place: the original Lautner, Barbara Bestor’s restoration and intervention, and Peter Blake’s exhibition program.

At the Jules Salkin Residence, Bestor carefully re-exposed the original architecture while introducing a new material vocabulary of acid-etched, saw-cut hardscape, board-formed concrete, integrated lighting, and landscape walls.

The original Cherokee red floor remains, while materials continue from exterior to interior, reinforcing Lautner’s characteristic dissolution of the boundary between inside and outside.

John Lautner, Architect
Jules Salkin Residence, 1948
Restoration by Barbara Bestor, FAIA, Architect

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09/19/2026

An extended cut from our interview with architects James Perry and Kris Conner, sharing decades of knowledge preserving John Lautner’s vision.

The full video is now live on our YouTube channel.

These circular skylights are simply drinking glasses turned upside down and embedded into the concrete ceiling—creating dappled light inspired by sunlight filtering through a forest canopy.

A remarkably simple detail with a powerful architectural effect.

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