On the Market: A “Sandcastle,” a Cor-Ten Steel Retreat, and More Great Homes for Sale This Week

Each week we round up the latest must-see homes that have just gone up for sale. Stay on top of new listings by signing up for On the Market, Dwell’s weekly real estate newsletter.

The Vibes Are Pure Barcelona in This $2.5 Million L.A. Home

"Allprace presents their latest offering, a vibrant residence warmly inspired by Catalan modernism. The home is an ode to fine craftsmanship and high style, with expertly applied plaster and limewash, custom cabinetry and ceiling details, unique flooring by Arto Brick, and designer lighting by Allied Maker, Lawson Fenning, and Urban Electric Co. An inviting foyer reveals the design-forward plan, showcasing textures and tones blending together to create an incredible, one-of-a-kind living experience in an idyllic setting. The newly built guesthouse offers full amenities including kitchen and private yard space; perfect as an accessory office or a chic respite for guests. Fully renovated and expanded with care, this exceptional offering includes all-new interior improvements, plus new HVAC, roof, electric, plumbing, landscaping, and exterior improvements."

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Asking $995K, This Cor-Ten Steel Country Home Is Aged to Perfection

 "Are you looking for a serene and quiet home that’s surrounded by nature, yet just two blocks from the best restaurants and shops that Warren Street has to offer? Welcome to Rusty Ridge (named after the rusted patina of the COR-TEN steel siding). Overlooking 10 acres of city-owned green space, this 2015 passive house is sustainable and energy efficient (very low monthly maintenance). The terraced yard is exceptionally private and overlooks beautiful, pastoral fields, and the small waterfall in the back can be heard from the house. With a backyard enveloped by trees, this is one of a few ‘in-town’ locations where you’ll find no neighbors in sight. Stone walls terrace the yard to create spaces for dining and revelry with a built-in grill/firepit, and a walk-out deck is perched over the hillside below."

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Harry Gesner’s Legendary Sandcastle Hits the Market for the First Time

"An architectural treasure and an icon of Malibu design with 122 feet of beachfront, Sandcastle was the hand-built home of visionary architect (and surfer) Harry Gesner. Offered for sale for the first time, this tranquil Western Malibu oceanfront property is, according to Gesner, ‘a dream place, built with love.’ The home’s texture was determined in part by the materials he salvaged as an early evangelist of sustainable construction: telephone poles, reclaimed bricks, wall panels made from aqueduct pipes, old-growth redwood harvested in the 1800s, and windows and doors saved from one of Hollywood’s silent film theaters. As Gesner said about Sandcastle in Houses of the Sundown Sea: The Architectural Vision of Harry Gesner, ‘The spirit in the design and materials are what you immediately feel in this house. All people who enter and spend a brief period or long time here immediately feel at home and relaxed. The experience never becomes commonplace or boring because over everything is the sound and rhythm of the waves breaking on the shore in front of the house."

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Here’s a Rare Opportunity to Buy Two Frank Lloyd Wright Homes for $4.5M

 "11090 & 11036 Hawthorne Drive are being offered together as one package for a price of $4,500,000. This is a rare opportunity to own two iconic Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Usonian houses, the Samuel & Dorothy Eppstein and the Eric & Pat Pratt homes, located in the prestigious Galesburg Country Homes, aka, ‘the Acres’ community on a beautiful 70-acre setting. Both the Eppstein and Pratt houses are stunning representations of Wright’s Usonian vision and beautiful examples of midcentury architecture. Each home was constructed by the original homeowners, under the supervision of Wright himself. As such, the iconic properties are meticulously crafted, and thoughtfully and gloriously restored by their current owners. Contrary to many of Wright’s homes, these two still have their original footprints."  

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You Can Live Like It’s 1948 in This $2.5M Gregory Ain Time Capsule

 "Arguably one of the best in this enclave of 52 Ain-designed properties, this home has been well maintained and lovingly renovated by the creative family who live here. Originally the three-block neighborhood was conceived as a combination of good design and low-cost postwar housing—Gregory Ain’s attempt to bring modernist aesthetic sensibilities to the masses. By rotating the houses in different directions and alternating rectangular and square forms, the architect was able to create eight unique configurations, resulting in a variegated presence on the streets. Unifying the composition, landscape architect Garrett Eckbo created a communal, park-like setting for the homes, with continuous lawns and green space running the length of the streets, unbroken by fences or private boundaries. Today, the neighborhood remains a tight-knit community of like-minded architecture lovers who value the positive lifestyle benefits stimulated by good design."

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