In Los Angeles, you find a good deal of both architecturally significant and celebrity-pedigreed homes. And sometimes, in cases such as this in the idyllic Rustic Canyon area of Pacific Palisades, those categories overlap.
An estate designed by Lloyd Wright, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s eight children and an esteemed architect himself, has just hit the market for $12.8 million. The five-bedroom, 3.5-bath property was originally built in 1950 for Alfred Newman, the nine-time Oscar-winning composer for films such as Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Camelot, and Hello, Dolly!, among others. Decades later, another Oscar winner, architecture- and design-savvy actress Diane Keaton, took over the estate, restoring many features to all their midcentury-modern glory. Diana Braun and Frank Langen at Compass hold the listing.
The living room is classic midcentury modern, with built-ins and angularity.
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Lloyd Wright incorporated many details that his father was well known for, including concrete floors, asymmetrical exposed brick fireplaces, and angular rooms with banks of windows that bring the outdoors inside. During her time in the home, Keaton retained those design features, restoring the woodwork, modernizing the kitchen, and turning the primary suite into a glass-walled loft on the upper level. There, the sleeping area is accompanied by a small sitting area near a fireplace, plus an alcove for snuggling up with a good book, and even a private deck for enjoying the surrounding greenery.
Back on the main level, a massive fireplace anchors the living room, which spills out to a patio for outdoor hangs. The open kitchen leads to a small dining area, which also has access to the yard. There are built-in benches throughout the home and a cozy office for getting some work done.
A soaking tub sits next to windows in the updated bathroom.
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Outside, the brick-lined pool and spa are situated among 1.4 acres of landscaping, including fruit, oak, and sycamore trees. There’s an outdoor fireplace oven, and along with the main residence there are two detached bedroom suites and a music-studio guest house.
Southern California buyers may be familiar with Wright’s work from some of his other properties that have hit the market in recent years. A $3 million, four-bed abode came up for sale in La Cañada Flintridge in the summer of 2023. And while Keaton no longer calls the Wright property in Rustic Canyon her home, she has continued to spend her time in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, however, she decided to part with a $28.9 million residence that she built from the ground up, inspired by Pinterest.
Click here to see all the photos of the Lloyd Wright home once owned by Diane Keaton.
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Source: Luxury - robbreport.com
