The interior of a restored midcentury home in the historic Crestwood Hills neighborhood of Brentwood. (Los Angeles Times)
Midcentury design meets midcentury furniture and a cork flooring in the living room and dining room of this renovated 1957 Buff & Hensman house in Pasadena’s Poppy Peak neighborhood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A view of Charles and Ray Eames’ historic residence in Pacific Palisades. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The 1967 Pacific Palisades home of renowned architect Ray Kappe is cited by design aficionados as perhaps the best-designed house in Los Angeles. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
View of upper deck den, front, living room and kitchen, far back, at the home of architect Ray Kappe. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Musician Brad Laner and his wife Nydia stand near the living room of their classic Eichler house in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The Stahl House, designated a historic landmark, has been featured in numerous films and photo shoots and has attained near-iconic status for its minimalist ‘50s modern design and its spectacular views of L.A. (Los Angeles Times)
Edward Fickett homes are famous for their sleek one-story ranch design incorporating dramatic roof designs, lots of glass to bring the outdoors inside, and always a pool. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A view out to the front deck and swimming pool of Don Hensman’s bachelor pad atop Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
One of several restored midcentury homes in the historic Crestwood Hills neighborhood of Brentwood. (Los Angeles Times)
Twilight falls on the front of a midcentury home in Crestwood Hills. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
“Rapor (Sun House),” designed by midcentury architect Conrad Buff III. The home was originally built for the architect in the hills of Pasadena. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Architect William Krisel designed this Midcentury Modern tract house, often called a Butterfly House for its distinctive wing-like roof line. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A 1970s home designed by architect A. Quincy Jones in Los Angeles. (Christina House / For The Times)
Pasinetti House, a 1959 modernist home by Haralamb Georgescu. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Interior view of the Pasinetti House, a 1959 modernist home by Haralamb Georgescu, an architect who is not well known in L.A. but is revered in his native Romania. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The 1948 Beverly Hills house designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
The stone-covered fireplace repeats in the kitchen as the angled ceiling extends to the covered patio in the 1954 Daily House designed by architect Clair Earl in Glendale. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The Brody House in Holmby Hills by A. Quincy Jones. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
