Tucked on a hillside in the Rustic Canyon neighborhood, the house<\/a> floats above a natural spring that flows through the property, resting on six concrete columns sunk 30 feet into the ground. The 4,157-square-foot floor plan is split across seven levels, featuring five bedrooms, five bathrooms and free-flowing living spaces wrapped in redwood and glass.<\/p>\n One critic called it \u201ca controlled explosion of space.\u201d An architect called it \u201cthe quintessential treehouse.\u201d In 2008, when the L.A. Times Home section created a list of the 10 best houses in L.A.<\/a>, which featured creations from Richard Neutra, Frank Lloyd Wright and Pierre Koenig, former American Institute of Architects\u2019 L.A. chapter president Stephen Kanner said Kappe\u2019s \u201cmay be the greatest house in Southern California.\u201d<\/p>\n The 1960s home floats on a hillside lot in Rustic Canyon.<\/p>\n (Cameron Carothers)<\/p>\n It\u2019s not a house that could be built today \u2014 for a handful of reasons. First, the hovering stairs and footbridges that navigate the property have no handrails, which are now required under current construction code.<\/p>\n Also, the house features a ton of glass. Too much glass, according to modern California building code. The home\u2019s skylights, clerestories and towering windows that take in the wooded scene surrounding it make up roughly 50% of the floor plan \u2014 much higher than modern limits allow.<\/p>\n Outside, cantilevered decks and platforms overlook a lap pool, spa, sauna and cabana shrouded in eucalyptus, sycamore, oak and bamboo.<\/p>\n The 4,157-square-foot house is wrapped in concrete, redwood and glass.<\/p>\n (Cameron Carothers)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769737934_332_.jpeg\")
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