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August 2, 2009

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Hatherall House in Shadow Hills

A circular great room with a sweeping view of the western San Fernando Valley is the focal point of John Lautner's Hatherall House, which combines mid-century progressive engineering with a Space Age flair for the dramatic.

July 26, 2009

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Garden home in Glendale has historic roots

A Rudolph M. Schindler-designed house surrounded by gardens that extend even underneath its structure has been restored and upgraded to show off the historic property in the Verdugo Woodlands, originally designed for writer-composer Jose Rodriguez and his family.

July 19, 2009

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Hollywood condos emphasize privacy

Two-level residences with floor-to-ceiling windows, open spaces and contemporary lines make up 10 Palms, a nine-unit Hollywood condominium where walkways give each unit a sense of privacy and access to the outdoors.

July 12, 2009

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Clean, open modernism in Altadena

This classic midcentury modern home in quiet northeast Altadena has the indoor-outdoor feel, simple lines and open living space that typify the style.

July 5, 2009

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1929 Spanish Colonial Revival in San Clemente

When San Clemente-based architect Michael Luna designed the two-story, 1,141-square-foot addition to the back of this 1929 home, he sought to revitalize the historic property while respecting the original structure.

June 28, 2009

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Sweeping views, grand style

A fusion of classic Venetian style and modern convenience can be found in Villa Allegra, a Hollywood Hills mansion with custom details including an oak-and-limestone-striped floor in the kitchen and laser-cut design work in the travertine tiles of the boudoir.

June 14, 2009

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Clean, sleek lines in Hermosa Beach

A block from the ocean, this modern house on a pedestrian street in Hermosa Beach captures the essence of coastal living in a newly built home.

April 26, 2009

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Where playboys feel at home

It's not the Playboy mansion, but it is the playboy's mansion. Hugh and Kimberley Hefner's personal residence is an English Manor-style home that sits on 2.3 flat acres in affluent Holmby Hills.

April 19, 2009

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Updated Dana Point home is worthy of a James Bond flick

It's more of a compound than a house -- something right out of a James Bond flick.

April 12, 2009

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A queen and her realm

Ever since this Queen Anne was relocated in two pieces from 4th Street and Grand Avenue in 1928 to a spot off Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach, it's been the talk of the neighborhood.

March 29, 2009

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Exotic woods grace home and guest house

A variety of woods give warmth to a contemporary-style house just blocks from the Mid-Wilshire museum district.

March 15, 2009

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Back to nature in Pacific Palisades

Split-level rooms surrounding a central courtyard and sliding glass doors that disappear into walls have created a contemporary-style tree house of sorts on a Pacific Palisades hillside.

March 8, 2009

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A G.W. Smith classic in Montecito enters the 21st century

George Washington Smith, widely regarded as the founder of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, designed scores of houses in and around Santa Barbara during an architectural career that lasted only a dozen years before his death in 1930.

March 1, 2009

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A Hollywood Hills hideaway

The only thing left of the original 1959 post-and-beam house at 2739 Nichols Canyon Road is one wall. What stands there today is a sleek, contemporary-style home with dramatic open spaces, quiet meditative alcoves and canyon and city views south of Mulholland.

February 15, 2009

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Gould-LeFetra House sparkles as an architectural gem in Brentwood

Shielded from its Brentwood street by a shrubbery screen is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 886, the Gould-LaFetra House.

January 18, 2009

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A rosy, cozy showplace

Visitors to the Rose Bowl who take the scenic route into the stadium's adjacent neighborhoods may come upon a leafy enclave of timeless, grand homes. Anchored by Prospect Boulevard, Pasadena's Prospect Historic District counts among its famous addresses Frank Lloyd Wright's La Miniatura, Charles and Henry Greene's Gamble House and, though lesser known, a 1911 two-story home by architect Sylvanus B. Marston.

January 11, 2009

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Grand view in grand style

The Granville Towers, a French Normandy-style classic, is only seven stories. But the view from this penthouse -- with windows in every room -- spans the San Gabriel Mountains, the downtown skyline and Catalina Island.

January 4, 2009

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Lone grand mansion on Mayberry Street

Sitting on a high perch on the border of Silver Lake and Echo Park, this stately Mediterranean house has been the lone grand mansion of Mayberry Street since it was built in 1927.

December 28, 2008

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Preserving a Zen vision

The home that Japanese American artist and Los Angeles landscaper Benji Okubo built on the top of Mt. Washington in 1953 continues to reflect his vision 33 years after his death.

8:59 PM PST, December 5, 2008

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In West Hollywood, town houses chic and sheathed

When architect Lorcan O'Herlihy masterminded the color palette for the Formosa 1140 town houses in West Hollywood, he drew inspiration from Hollywood hot spot Formosa Cafe down the street.

November 30, 2008

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Classic with star appeal

The Windsor Estate, located in the heart of Los Angeles' Mid-Wilshire district, is home to decades of Hollywood history.

September 14, 2008

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Hollywood condo complex becoming upscale home to Gen Xers

Making it in Hollywood has a different connotation to some of the Generation Xers seeking a sense of communal living along with shopping, bars, clubs, restaurants and culture outside their frontdoor. To these 28- to 43-year-olds, living near Hollywood and Vine (there are about 2,500 new upscale condos and apartments around that famed intersection) -- means they've arrived.

May 11, 2008

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Panoramic views atop Santa Monica Canyon

IT MAY not be Florence, Italy, but this Santa Monica Canyon home definitely has a room with a view -- make that several.

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A Moorish fantasy in Irvine's Shady Canyon

THE Alhambra in Granada, Spain -- a palace-turned-museum revered for its architecture -- was the inspiration for this newly built estate in the heart of Shady Canyon, the Irvine home of sports stars Mark McGwire and Lindsay Davenport and sports-show host Jim Rome.

October 7, 2007

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In Malibu, walls of glass and a showbiz pedigree

JAMES WOODS' character in the CBS drama "Shark" exudes the brash self-confidence of a man who earned oodles of money during his years as a defense lawyer before he switched sides to bring his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor's office as the head of the Los Angeles district attorney's high-profile crime unit.

October 14, 2007

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A touch of old Italy in Santa Barbara

AT first glance, the setting of this house may conjure up the Italian countryside. It was designed to capture the feeling of Villa d'Este, a fine old hotel near Lake Como.

October 21, 2007

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Spirit of old Hollywood lives on in 1990s Holmby Hills estate

ACTRESS Irene Dunne, who starred opposite the likes of Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy, lived for more than 40 years in a French colonial-style house on the site of this estate in Holmby Hills.

December 30, 2007

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Industrial strength styling

IS "20th century industrial chic" an actual design style? No matter. This two-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath- room Silver Lake dandy is definitely one of a kind.

December 2, 2007

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Home of the Week: Tropical Modern in Los Feliz

THE Los Feliz hills may be known for Spanish- and Mediterranean-style architecture, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for something a bit more exotic. Just how unusual? Garrison Leigh, the owner and designer of this nearly half-acre, landscaped property, describes his home as "Tropical Modern."

November 25, 2007

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Mansion makes waves in Lake Arrowhead

THIS storybook home in Lake Arrowhead blows the lid off the wow!-ometer. It's big and beautiful and the stuff housing dreams are made of.

November 18, 2007

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A noted cook's house, with all the trimmings

EVER wonder where chefs come up with their culinary creations? It's possible that the inspiration for Mrs. Cubbison's famous stuffing percolated in the kitchen of the Spanish-style home atop Mt. Washington that she and her husband, Harry, occupied from 1937 to 1953.

November 11, 2007

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Downtown loft offers a taste of Soho

SOME live-work lofts go beyond being a place to wear fuzzy bunny slippers to the office.

November 4, 2007

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Luxury cast in stone in Westlake Village

THIS limestone-clad mansion on extensive grounds in the gated Westlake Village community of Country Club Estates purports to have every luxury "reminiscent of grand style living." If it doesn't, it's not far off.

October 28, 2007

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Serendipity in stone

WITH its blue-granite exterior, a turret and a parapet, the one-story Wilkins House is a standout in its northeast Altadena neighborhood.