Leaving his mark behind
Greg Marusak likes contemporary architecture with its loft-like spaces, natural light, open floor plans and use of concrete, steel and glass.
It’s no wonder then that the psychiatrist owns the GE2 House, which has all those things and then some. It’s in Crestwood Hills, a prestigious neighborhood in the hills of Brentwood.
GE2 may sound like a robot from the future, but the name incorporates the initials of the original owners and architects, two Gregs and two Erics. The house was designed by RBK Architects and built in 2003. Now, three years later, Marusak is ready to move. Why?
Not for the reasons many owners of architectural homes leave them -- because they are impractical, even impossible, places to relax and call home. They’re so open to the world that occupants may feel like fish in a tank. Contemporaries, especially, can seem impersonal. But that’s not why Marusak is selling.
He wants to go through the building process again, constructing another house. The next house will be on the same street, however.
“I love the street,” Marusak said.
About the community: “Serene” and “tranquil” describe the setting in Crestwood Hills, which has several hundred homes on eight or nine streets north of Sunset Boulevard off Hanley and Kenter avenues. The area, developed in the ‘50s and ‘60s, has many houses designed by architect A. Quincy Jones.
In recent years, many of those homes and others in the area have undergone renovations. Home prices start from about $2 million.
Asking price: $4.7 million
Size: The house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms in 4,300 square feet, on a 10,000-square-foot lot.
Features: The two-story house has some 30-foot ceilings, polished concrete floors, steel-framed windows and fireplaces, expansive walls for displaying art, as well as a den, a gourmet kitchen, an infinity pool, a grassy yard and a two-car garage.
Where: Brentwood
Listing agent: Jan Eric Horn, executive director, architectural division, Coldwell Banker Previews, Beverly Hills, (310) 777-6220.
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Home of the Week, please send color interior and exterior photos on a CD and a detailed description of the house, including what makes the property unusual, to Ruth Ryon, Real Estate section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Questions may be sent to homeoftheweek@latimes.com.
