Michael and Eva Chow’s Former Mansion in Los Angeles Asks $70M
Inspired by the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Michael and Eva Chow took a reported seven years to build their 30,000-square-foot home in Los Angeles. The restauranteur and the fashion designer (now divorced) completed the lavish residence in 2005, finishing its interior spaces in a variety of international styles. The home is filled with voluminous, gallery-like spaces built more for entertaining than everyday living.
A central colonnade stretches along the veranda of the Spanish-style house. Large windows and terraces wrap the home’s living spaces, overlooking the manicured lawn and backyard pool.
The opulent spaces were designed to display the former couple’s extensive collection of artwork and antiques. The home offers nine bedrooms and fourteen bathrooms, and it’s back on the market after being listed for the first time last year. Keep scrolling to see more of the property, which is currently asking just under $70 million.
Sited on a 1.1-acre lot in Holmby Hills, the expansive home offers a rooftop terrace overlooking the property. It was originally built by Michael Chow, founder of the high-end Mr. Chow restaurant chain, and his wife, Eva, a fashion designer and trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The entryway leads to a voluminous central atrium with 30-foot-tall ceilings and 400-year-old moorish columns along the upper gallery areas.
Located off the central atrium, the Art Deco–style library is paneled in rare Macassar ebony.
The space once served as the location of a fundraiser for President Obama.
Unsurprisingly, the home comes complete with a restaurant-grade kitchen. In addition to a full range of appliances, the space features wooden doors from a Spanish monastery and an expansive picture window along one wall.
Upstairs, a skylit gallery hallway leads to some of the home’s bedrooms. Views from between the antique columns look down onto the central atrium below.
At the end of the hall is one of the home’s nine bedrooms. This one overlooks the rear yard and provides direct access to the adjacent terrace.
One of the home's 14 bathrooms is appointed in chalk-white tile throughout. The bright space features large windows and doors that lead to a balcony.
Located in a guest house on the property, the subterranean home theater offers more than just views of the big screen. Windows along one wall provide a peek into the pool.
The three-story guesthouse offers an expansive billiards and recreation area. A covered terrace sits atop the entire structure.
A look at the guest house and the swimming pool glowing amidst a sunset. The lush property is one of many extravagant homes in the area—the Playboy Mansion is just down the street.
133 South Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills, CA is currently listed for $69,975,000 by Kurt Rappaport and Carl Gambino of Westside Estate Agency.
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