A Rudolph Schindler-designed home in Los Angeles that\u2019s only had four owners in its nearly 80 years is on the market for $2.8 million.<\/p>\n
Screenwriter and actor Roxy Roth commissioned Schindler to build the Studio City home in 1946, and each of the owners since then have been \u201cin the business,\u201d including journalist and \u201cThe Orchid Thief\u201d author Susan Orlean, said listing agent Ilana Gafni of Crosby Doe Associates. She listed the home last week with Mark Priceman of Compass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s now being sold by TV writer and producer Zahir McGhee\u2014best known for his work on \u201cScandal\u201d\u2014and his wife, Erica. They bought the home from Orlean and her husband, John Gillespie, in July 2018 for $2 million, records on PropertyShark show.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had no clue about Schindler,\u201d Zahir McGhee said, but once they walked in the home, \u201cit felt warm and like home, and it felt creative and inspiring.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Schindler, who began his career working for Frank Lloyd Wright, developed his own form of modernism that he called \u201cSpace Architecture,\u201d which prioritized a home\u2019s interior design over the exterior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t truly experience [his designs] until you go inside,\u201d Gafni said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like this interior space comes first and the exterior is just a byproduct of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schindler\u2019s original design has remained nearly entirely unchanged. The only notable changes have been a remodel of the kitchen\u2014which had become a \u201cwreck,\u201d Gafni said\u2014that re-created the original style, and the carport was converted into an office by architect Barbara Bestor. The rounded office space is about 400 square feet and lined with clerestory windows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat an incredibly inspiring place to write,\u201d McGhee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The highlight of the home\u2019s design, though, is the open-plan living and dining room\u2019s large picture window that looks out over the valley and mountains in the distance.\u00a0<\/p>\n