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Kevin Lo

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$1,399,000

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2 Beds

3 Baths

1,719 SqFt

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Property Type Single Family Home

Sub Type Single Family Residence

Listing Status Active

Purchase Type For Sale

Square Footage 1,719 sqft

Price per Sqft $813

MLS Listing ID 26875015

Bedrooms 2

Full Baths 3

HOA Y/N No

Year Built 1981

Lot Size 0.347 Acres

Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence

Property Description

A rare piece of livable art with hillside charm and panoramic views by architect Frank Gehry. Completed in 1981, The Benson House belongs to a pivotal chapter in Gehry's early Los Angeles period, when his residential work became a laboratory for the ideas, materials and spatial experiments that would later transform contemporary architecture. Designed for law professor Robert "Bob" Benson, who famously told Gehry, "Whatever you want to do, we will go for," the house emerged from an extraordinary level of creative trust and became one of Gehry's favorite projects and most personal residential works. Set into a slope, the architecture separates from the hillside to create a moat-like negative space, allowing two distinct vertical volumes to emerge. A vertebrae-like wooden walkway connects the bedroom wing with the living and gathering spaces, creating a daily experience of movement, sequence and spatial discovery. Gehry described the composition as "almost touching," like two stones in a Japanese sculpture. Clad in humble asphalt shingles and grounded by concrete floors, exposed rafters and raw material contrasts, the home reflects Gehry's early language of recontextualized vernacular, California modernism and architecture as sculpture. The residence offers two bedrooms, three bathrooms, a loft workspace and panoramic San Fernando Valley views. Located within the Las Virgenes Unified School District (public school system). Sited on four contiguous lots, each with its own APN, The Benson House is Calabasas Historical Landmark No. 2 and an important early Gehry residence archived at the Getty Research Institute. Early Gehry homes rarely come to market, making this a singular opportunity to own a formative work by one of the most influential architects of our time.

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State CA

County Los Angeles

Area Clb - Calabasas

Zoning LCA11*

Interior

Interior Features Loft

Heating Central

Cooling Central Air

Flooring Wood

Fireplaces Type Living Room

Furnishings Furnished

Fireplace Yes

Appliance Dishwasher, Dryer, Washer

Laundry Inside

Exterior

Parking Features Driveway

Pool None

View Y/N Yes

View Canyon, Valley

Porch Rooftop

Total Parking Spaces 4

Private Pool No

Building

Story 2

Entry Level Multi/Split

Level or Stories Multi/Split

New Construction No

Others

Senior Community No

Tax ID 2072016008

Special Listing Condition Standard

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23685 Clover TRL Calabasas, CA 91302

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