On the Market: A Los Angeles Midcentury, a London Loft, and More Great Homes for Sale This Week

Each week we round up the latest must-see homes that have just gone up for sale. Stay on top of new listings by signing up for On the Market, Dwell’s weekly real estate newsletter.

Asking $1.4M, This Textbook Gregory Ain Midcentury Hits All the Right Notes

 "This exceptional residence is nestled on Highview Avenue, and it’s part of the coveted historic Park Planned Homes development of Altadena. Designed in 1947, these 28 homes reflect the pioneering spirit of Ain’s work featuring distinctive midcentury-modern design that harmonizes with the natural beauty of the San Gabriel Mountains. The unique layout includes interior courtyards, offering privacy within a vibrant community, while expansive glass walls frame private gardens and flood the interiors with natural light. This home exemplifies the indoor/outdoor California lifestyle with vaulted ceilings, clerestory windows, and an open layout perfect for entertaining."  

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The Past Meets the Present in This Revamped Rummer Home Listed for $990K

"A Rummer like no other—this beautifully designed space is the residence of a principal at the renowned local interior design firm Vida Design. It’s one of the rare courtyard models (OC-041), and a custom glass pivot door brings you into the open courtyard that provides a private outdoor living space. The interior living room, combined with a dining space, features vaulted tongue-and-groove natural wood ceilings with exposed beams, floor-to-ceiling windows, and clerestory windows that flood the interior with natural light. The property also comes with a detached studio/ADU, featuring white oak floors with radiant heat, custom built-ins, tongue-and-groove wood ceilings, and a skylight."

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In Central London, a Light-Filled Artist’s Loft Asks £1.5M

"Here’s a wonderful opportunity to develop a freehold coach house in Central London. Tucked away off Red Lion Street in Bloomsbury, this property is accessed via a shared passageway leading to a cobbled courtyard. Throughout the 20th century, the building was used as a studio for sculptor Esmond Burton, as well as a workshop for silversmith Jocelyn Burton. Planning permission is now granted for a three-bedroom residential dwelling, designed by David Kohn Architects. The existing building has plenty of natural light thanks to the vaulted ceilings and large roof windows on the upper floors. There are also various exposed beams and brickwork with coach doors giving access to a cobbled courtyard."

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John Fowler’s Award-Winning Wasserman House Just Hit the Market for the First Time

"John Fowler’s AIA award-winning Wasserman House comes to the open market for the first time. Designed by architect John Fowler, a Paul Rudolph protégé and later contemporary, the house’s striking massing and playful interior space distribution afford stunning points of view from within and without. Brutalist in form, yet warm and embracing in its use of materials, the Wasserman House was heavily published upon completion. Commissioned in 1964 and restored by the current owner in 2000, this breathtakingly original midcentury features a double living room divided by a sunken stone fireplace/conversation pit, a terraced primary bedroom, two restored period baths, a guest room with patio, office, a restored original kitchen with updated appliances, a dining area, an additional bedroom currently configured as a den, and stunning views of the forest and Saugatuck River beyond."

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Dave Brubeck’s Cantilevered Midcentury Home Lists to the Tune of $3M

"Cantilevering 16 feet in the air is a significant piece of midcentury-modern architectural history, built for jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his wife, Iola, by Case Study House architect Beverley D. Thorne. The bold design is noted for the architect’s innovative use of steel framing in residential construction. Five steel beams project in two directions, allowing the house to ‘float’ above the challenging hillside lot, while preserving the natural beauty of a site that commands a magnificent panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay. The home is constructed around the pinnacle of a rock outcrop that projects through the center of the house into the music room, where Dave Brubeck Quartet practiced, and where monumental hits like ‘Take Five’ were composed. Dave Brubeck and his ‘tree house’ were widely featured in publications of the day, and Thorne’s ambitious design captured the imagination of the post-war American public. The current owner purchased the home in 1974, and in the years since it has been out of the public eye, until now."

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