Happy Mother's Day

In honor of all the artful mothers out there, we're taking a look at the nexus of home, art and motherhood - the nursery.

Fairy Land

Organic Modern Nursery

Classic Safari

Twin Stokke Cribs

Not Too Girly

Kinderzimmer

DPP Sponsors Pasadena Heritage's Lecture and Home Tour :: Pasadena: 1940 Forward

As part of Pacific Standard Time's Modern Architecture in LA series, Pasadena Heritage presents Pasadena: 1940 Forward - Three Views of the Recent Past.

May 16 Lecture: $18 members/$20 nonmembers
May 19 Tour: $40 members/$50 nonmembers
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The lecture featuring presentations and discussion by three noted architectural historians - Alan Hess, Barbara Lamprecht and Daniel Paul - will take place Thursday, May 16th from 7 to 8:30pm at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, designed by Pasadena architect John Andre Gougeon.

The self-guided tour will take place on Sunday, May 19th from 9am to 4pm and will feature six Modern-area Pasadena homes:

The Dorland House by Architect Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright

Thies Residence :: Carl Maston, Architect

Home As Art Pick

The Thies Residence from award-winning architect, Carl Maston, features modernist lines throughout, boasting a folded-plate ceiling, polished cement flooring, a Koi pond, pool and rows of floor-to-ceiling windows, lending to the indoor/outdoor flow. 4BD/2.5 BA.

11051 Wrightwood Lane, Los Angeles

for sale $1,995,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000

My Staircase As Art

Panorama House, Ochang-eup, South Korea :: Moon Hoon Architects

Unassuming and utilitarian, the staircase is often a structural element taken for granted. But with a bit of imagination and innovation, these designers and architects have taken steps, risers, banisters and flights to compose stairways that are impossible to ignore.

TRE-140 - Historic Center Overijssel, Zwolle, The Netherlands  :: EeStairs

Ribbon Stair, Liben, Prague :: HSH Architects

Venice :: DU Architects

Home As Art Pick

Equidistant from the ocean and Abbot Kinney, California beach meets New York Loft in this splendid architectural home designed by DU Architects. Sunlight and breezes flow freely through matching pivot doors of the great room comprised of living, dining and kitchen in open plan. Magnificent white lacquer cook’s kitchen opens to a patio with built-in seating around a fire pit. A handsome redwood ceiling adds warmth with floors of polished concrete in public spaces and white oak above. The second level shares a private living room draped in glass with 2 bedrooms, a bedroom/office and 3 balconies. The master suite atop offers a wet room/steam shower and expansive Venice views from north and south rooftop decks. Bathrooms feature European fixtures and glass tiles in ocean hues. Three wood burning fireplaces illuminate living rooms and master bedroom.

422 Rialto Avenue, Venice

for sale $2,950,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000

Venice Garden & Home Tour :: DPP Venice Pod Open House

In celebration of the Venice Garden & Home Tour and the opening of our new Venice Pod office, deasy/penner&partners will be hosting an open house in conjunction with the Tour. 

Saturday, May 4th

10am-5pm

deasy/penner&partners

Venice Pod Office

308 Westminster Avenue

Venice, CA 90291

Please join us for wine and refreshments in our new Venice home.

Modern Farmhouse As Art

Sliding House: Suffolk, UK :: Designed by dRMM

Refuge: Flanders, Belgium :: Designed by Wim Goes Architectuur

Village Farmhouse: Richmont, VT :: Designed by Birdseye Design

Flax Residence :: William Stephenson Architect, 1956

Home As Art Pick

When Harvey and Judy Flax interviewed William Stephenson in 1955 they immediately knew he was the perfect Architect to design their dream home. Stephenson, who also designed President Reagan’s personal residence and other celebrities, completed the Flax residence in 1956.  

Mr. and Mrs. Flax have raised three lovely daughters and meticulously maintained the architectural integrity of their home for over 57 years. Now, this fabulous Mid-Century home is available for the first time. 

Boosting over 3,186 SF of open living space this 4 bedroom 3 bath home has many of its original design features intact. Walls of glass off the main massive living/dinning room anchored by a fireplace make it the perfect setting for any social event or family gathering. The original kitchen has been diligently maintained with original cabinetry and hardware along with an eat-in breakfast nook that over looks the romantic water pond in the lushly landscaped back yard.

Twelve-foot ceilings, sharp lines, skylights, glass walls and period fixtures only add to the originality of this architectural significant home. The family room on the lower level is the perfect place for everyone to relax and enjoy a Friday night movie, or as Mrs. Flax said, “It was the perfect place for many Girl Scout meetings and slumber parties over the years."

The master bath with his and her sinks also has a walk in closet and safe, all luxuries of the time but essential to today’s standards. There is even a super sized storage room between the house and attached two-car garage. 

Walking distance to all the great shops and restaurants in the Westwood Village make this the quintessential house for those seeking a true Mid Century Modern home. 
  

1047 N. Westholme Ave, Los Angeles

for sale $2,400,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000

Hunts and Burns :: Colonial Revival

Home As Art Pick

 

Rare opportunity to own a piece of Santa Monica history. Exceptional Colonial Revival residence built in 1913 by Thomas C. Bundy, a member of a prominent Los Angeles family. Designed by the architects Hunt and Burns, the property spans two lots. Beautifully updated and restored, it has retained its grace, character, integrity, and many original details including spacious public rooms with plaster moldings, paneled wainscoting, leaded windows, high ceilings, French doors and hardwood floors. Elegant living room, formal dining with original built-in hutch, breakfast, cook's kitchen that opens to the family room, office and enclosed porch. There are 4 bedrooms, 3.75 baths, the master has a fabulous bath and 2 closets. Spectacular garden filled with beautiful trees, lush plantings, a pool that resembles a pond, patios for dining, an outdoor fireplace and guesthouse with bath complete this magical property.

401 25th St, Santa Monica

for sale $6,900,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000

DPP Welcomes...

deasy/penner&partners is proud to announce the addition of our newest agent,

                                                                                        Joy Majich

Add A Little Spring To Your Home

As the weather is warming up and the days are getting longer, now is a perfect time to take a look at your home and see if you can add a little extra life and color with a container garden. Letting your imagination and creativity roam free while getting your hands dirty, your garden can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. Why not make it a family project and get the kids involved? 
Here are some of our favorites to inspire you:

Container gardens can make your home more inviting

Finding interesting containers is half the fun. Here they used old kitchen wares

Keep your eyes open for unique items you can re-purpose

Modern Architecture in L.A.

For More Information :: http://www.pacificstandardtimepresents.org

Sweetly Inspired by Art

If food should be fun then dessert should be delightful. Here are some examples of desserts inspired by fine art. We love how creative and beautiful these sweet little indulgences are, how they transform art into an experience to remember.

Piet Mondrian
Salvador Dali
Alejandro Cartagena

John Zurier

Diane Arbus Exhibit :: Opens 3.28

Two-wheelers for deasy/penner's Venice Pod

deasy/penner is excited to announce the first (of several) new dpp-green bikes -- from Venice-based Linus -- for our new Venice pod at 308 Westminster Ave.  The bikes are available to enjoy the neighborhood and look for your new home. If you would like to borrow one of them, just swing by.

George walked to work today

Studio 9 One 2 Architecture :: Patrick Killen, AIA, Architect

Home As Art Pick

High above County Line, with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the Boney Ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains, the award-winning architect’s new Modern home is replete with the amenities of a 5-star resort. 

Behind the private gate and up the winding drive, surrounded by 3.8 pristine acres with dozens of hundred-year-old Live Oaks and specimen fruit trees, this estate is a world away from the cares of the city. Here the designer has nestled a cluster of interconnected orthogonal volumes, reconciling contemporary aesthetic standards with the ancient art of placement. 

Outside, the magical sound of running water permeates the air, as waterfalls cascade from spa to pool to infinity edge at the end of a 2-lane junior Olympic saltwater pool. A dramatic steel and glass stair forms the spine of the home, both functional and sculptural. Kitchen, dining and living rooms connect in open plan, and Fleetwood sliding glass doors expand the indoor/outdoor lifestyle to adjacent decks and balconies. Glass walls and tall ceilings embrace the views, allowing natural light and ocean breezes to pervade throughout. 

No expense has been spared on finishes: porcelain tile and wide plank white oak floors, book-matched walnut cabinets, exotic Macauba granite countertops, redwood decking, professional-grade stainless steel appliances and fixtures by Hansgrohe and Philippe Starck. The state-of-the-art home theatre sets a new standard for creature comfort, visual acuity and acoustical performance – featuring Steward screen and Moniter PL-300 sound. 

Completing the compound, a separate 2-story outbuilding is well suited for multiple purposes: guest house, yoga studio, art gallery or home office. 4 BD, 3 BA, 3,400 SF plus 800 SF Guest House.

12530 Stagecoach Road, Malibu

for sale $2,495,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000

presented by Scott King & Brian Linder, AIA : : deasy/penner&partners

The Right Time and Place to Buy

By LISA PREVOST

Published in The New York Times: March 7, 2013

As both mortgage rates and housing prices head higher, home buyers may be wondering whether they ought to settle for whatever property they can get now, rather than risk paying more later.

The answer depends on where you’re buying. Interest rates aren’t expected to rise much this year, but the same cannot be said for prices.

Economists in recent interviews agreed that the rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was unlikely to rise much above 4 percent this year. House prices, however, are rising nearly everywhere, and nowhere as rapidly as in the Sunbelt states.

March 11-15: Old Pasadena Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week

 Ends March 24th: Catherine Opie: In & Around L.A.

 Saturday, March 16th: LA Festival of Colors 11am-8pm Norwalk, CA

 

 Saturday, March 16th: Secrets of Old Pasadena Scavenger Hunt 

Sunday, March 17th: Downtown St. Patrick's Day Festival

Starts March 14th-April 4th: Peel's Grilled Cheese Nights

Christopher Payne, Architect :: Home and Studio

 

Home As Art Pick

Architect’s own residence. Functionalism transcends the box in this suave exploration of contemporary modernism on a street-to-street double-lot with sweeping views, pool and a separate loft-like concrete & glass studio. Mirroring the distant crest of the high San Gabriels, Payne’s design exploits both the gentle horizontal curve of Ronda Vista Place & dramatic verticality in the cliff-like forms presented to the down-slope garden and pool. Within, distant vistas and high-ceilinged space are bent and refracted, as if natural crystalline forms had grown and merged into a sequence determined by geologic, natural geometries. Ceilings covered with

faceted, origami-like plywood continue the quartz-formation effect and give the sunken living room, dining room and kitchen a playful and pleasing complexity, as well as give warm contrast to smoothly continuous terrazzo floors. Upstairs, family living quarters enjoy substantial separation and dazzling views, as well as ample all-day sun. Rarely does such restrained use of modern materials seem so rich and sheltering.

Residence includes: 4 bedrooms, 4 baths + studio and bath with separate Lyric Avenue entrance & 2-car garage. Additional 1-car garage accesses kitchen off Ronda Vista Place. 

Selected for the 2008 AIA Home Tour.

3813 Ronda Vista Place, Los Feliz

for sale $2,299,000

contact us to request a showing : : 310.275.1000