By Julie Lasky James Allen Walter, a California architect, designed this house for Geoffrey and Doreen Siodmak, a couple who moved in when South Pasadena was “just goats grazing and some avocado trees growing,” as Ms. Siodmak later described it to a historian. The home is being sold by its second owners, following a respectful… Keep reading →

By Julie Lasky Altadena, Calif. | $1.699 Million A 1963 modern house with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Ian Mackinlay, a Scottish-born architect, adapted the design of this house from one his client admired in Hawaii. He built it on a knoll in the foothills of the San Gabriel range, on a private road that… Keep reading →

A 1962 architect-designed house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Charles Wong, an architect who trained at the University of Southern California, designed this Japanese-inflected glass-and-timber home for a Los Angeles dentist named George Yuen and his wife. It sits on a bluff overlooking the Rueben Ingold Parkway, a recreational area in… Keep reading →

By Julie Lasky WHAT A 1930s Tudor-style home with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms HOW MUCH $2.539 million SIZE 3,492 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT $727 SETTING The home is in a historic area once occupied by large estates and still known for its spacious, tree-filled properties. The Altadena Town and Country Club is across… Keep reading →

By Tim McKeough WHAT A 2010 house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms HOW MUCH $2.495 million SIZE 2,677 square feet PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT $932 SETTING This house is in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, which Forbes placed at the top of its ranking of “America’s Best Hipster Neighborhoods” in 2012, for its food… Keep reading →