There are a plethora of cool Richard Neutra-designed homes sprinkled around California: Adler House in Crestwood Hills, Marshall House in San Diego, Baldwin House in Woodland Hills, Loring House in Hollywood Hills—just to name a few. However, the Austrian-American architect only designed one Case Study Home, which was a the famed series of 36 prototype modern homes published by Arts & Architecture magazine during the 1940s through the 1960s. His contribution, Case Study Home #20, is known as the Bailey House and has come to the market for $10.5 million.
While the residence was originally designed in 1948 as an affordable and modest starter home, it has most recently been owned as a part of a larger estate. In fact, the rest of the property—an eco-friendly five-bedroom home built by Sam Simon, the late co-creator of “The Simpsons”—is on the market for $16.5 million. The seller, a former fintech CEO, is selling the two structures as separate listings. “They are two incredible houses with different sensibilities. They deserve to be marketed separately,” agent Frank Langen of Compass shares.
Neutra designed the home using his “Four-Courter House” concept, which consists of various wings pinwheeled around a courtyard to maximize indoor/outdoor living. The original architect oversaw two major additions in 1950 and 1958, while award-winning firm Marmol Radziner more recently oversaw a restoration while Simon owned it from 2004 through 2015.
Today, the 1,849-square-foot home totals three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with sliding glass doors opening to the gardens. The 0.6-acre lot sits close to the beach. For those interested in buying Bailey House, Frank Langen of Compass holds the listing.