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Venice,CA 90291
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Pending
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 3,898 sqft
Price per Sqft $1,513
MLS Listing ID 24366195
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 3
Half Baths 2
HOA Y/N No
Year Built 2018
Lot Size 10,227 Sqft
Acres 0.2348
Property Description
Back on the Market with new pricing. The John Baldessari Gallery Residence, 2018, Frank O. Gehry, CC, FAIA. John Baldessari and Frank Gehry! As impossible to pigeonhole a style of these giants of art and architecture, so it is with their collaboration on John's own home, the model of which was featured center at LACMA's Frank Gehry Retrospective. It's modern, of course, and constructed of the finest materials and accessories available, but in understanding the work, and its success, these terms seem almost irrelevant. It is probably best described in terms of function.Frank and John were friends. From stories about John, one can imagine a request that may have gone like this: Frank, I'm tired of traipsing up and down stairs every time I want something from the kitchen. I want my bedroom to be just steps from everything: my art, my library, the kitchen, and an outdoor place where I can enjoy a cigar, a glass of wine, and a view of the golf course next door. Frank achieved these requirements by pinwheeling the living space and gallery around a cloistered heptagonal courtyard, thus referencing, if not by shape, the program of the early California Missions. Reversing tradition, the master bedroom is on the ground floor, while the guest bedrooms are on the second floor. An elevator contiguous to the master bedroom ascends to the rooftop patios with golf course and city vistas.
Location
State CA
County Los Angeles
Area C11 - Venice
Zoning LAR1
Rooms
Ensuite Laundry Inside
Interior
Laundry Location Inside
Heating Forced Air
Fireplaces Type None
Furnishings Unfurnished
Fireplace No
Laundry Inside
Exterior
Garage Direct Access,Garage
Garage Spaces 2.0
Garage Description 2.0
Fence Block,Wood
Pool Permits
Community Features Gated
View Y/N Yes
View City Lights,Golf Course
Porch Rooftop
Parking Type Direct Access,Garage
Total Parking Spaces 2
Building
Story 2
Entry Level Two
Sewer Sewer Tap Paid
Level or Stories Two
New Construction No
Others
Senior Community No
Tax ID 4243013034
Security Features Gated Community
Acceptable Financing Cash
Listing Terms Cash
Financing Cash
Special Listing Condition Standard
Lease Land No