Esoteric Survey

This was my first visit to the Stahl House / Case Study House 22 by Pierre Koenig. As you most likely know, it's for sale. Unfortunately, I don't have a Rothko to sell, so I'm not a buyer. However, I thought it would be a good time to visit in case a new owner wouldn't be as generous with tours as the Stahl family has been. It was a beautiful day.  Buck and Carlotta Stahl did not set out to live in a modern architecture icon. As a young married couple, they were renting an apartment with a view of the Hollywood hills. In 1954, with the dream of building a home but not really having the money to do it, they ended up buying what many thought to be an unbuildable lot. The deal was made on a handshake from property owner George Beha, from La Jolla, who agreed to carry the $13,500 mortgage. During the four years it took them to pay off the mortgage, Buck collected discarded concrete material from construction sites around Los Angeles and built up a terrace around the edge of...

You know this famous Julius Shulman photo. It's Case Study House 21 by Pierre Koenig. Source: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles    Here is the room looking from the other direction. Source: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles    And here is the  Gerald McCabe sofa Pierre Koenig specified for the house. This is the one  Koenig had McCabe produce in 1998, when  Pierre  was restoring the house. The original was damaged at some point. It is now part of the massive inventory at Modernica Props . The 65,000 square ft. prop house is located in the former Dolly Madison Bakery in Silverlake. As you can see, it's stacked high. There are some gems. Lots of Tropi-Cal Wes Williams The BBQ selection is deep. The Cadillac of grills. Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno (1954) You know these (1956) ...