Mid Century

Designed by Buff, Straub, & Hensman, this landmark 1954 home has a massive concrete fireplace, an interior Japanese garden, and a bridge leading down to a series of ponds.

This Thousand Oaks Eichler home checks all the boxes with clerestory windows, post-and-beam construction, a planted courtyard, and a pool.

Liebhardt was prolific, designing numerous homes around the San Deigo area.

Architect Frederick Liebhardt studyied under Frank Lloyd Wright at the Taliesn Fellowship.

The couple completed their restoration in 2022. They repointed the original brick, which was in good shape.

The timber-clad home steps down a wooded hillside with three levels, thee decks, and a series of terraced planters.

The Snower House, a rare Marcel Breuer residence west of the Mississippi, was meticulously restored 60 years after it was built. In an effort to stay true to Breuer’s vision, renovation architect Matthew Hufft replaced graying cedar siding only where necessary; the rest was stripped with Peel Away 7. Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint in a satin finish was matched to Pantone 1665C to recreate the original MB Red.

Now a good example of the natural lines favored in ’70s aesthetics, Arcturus and the other homes Rick would build in the area were unique at the time. “I freaked out some of the neighbors intially,” he says, “who were not so comfortable with a bunch of, you know, pot-smoking hippies.”

Set in the San Jacinto Mountains, the ’80s home is surrounded by boulders, trees, and forest trails—and it comes with a guesthouse and a hot tub.

Norman Jaffe’s residences have received numerous awards and been featured in exhibitions at institutions such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

With the Wirick House, Calvin Straub used slender, exposed wood framing and tall windows to open up views of the San Gabriel Mountains.