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Nationwide Misc
A curated sampling of one-off residential designs that exemplify Modernist design or are otherwise unique.
1967 - The Walker and Carole McCune House, aka the McCune Mansion, aka Sugar Loaf, 6112 North Paradise View Drive, Paradise Valley AZ. 52,000 sq ft., originally 23,000 sq ft. Designed by San Francisco firm Stone, Marriccini, and Patterson. Built by Fred Musser Contracting Company. Exterior features native Arizona stonework. Several miles of copper tubing under the floors made up the radiant heating system. The guest cottage is the size of an average house and is where the Penzoil heir reportedly lived during his divorce with Carole. Pending sale in 2024.
A curated sampling of one-off residential designs that exemplify Modernist design or are otherwise unique.
1967 - The Walker and Carole McCune House, aka the McCune Mansion, aka Sugar Loaf, 6112 North Paradise View Drive, Paradise Valley AZ. 52,000 sq ft., originally 23,000 sq ft. Designed by San Francisco firm Stone, Marriccini, and Patterson. Built by Fred Musser Contracting Company. Exterior features native Arizona stonework. Several miles of copper tubing under the floors made up the radiant heating system. The guest cottage is the size of an average house and is where the Penzoil heir reportedly lived during his divorce with Carole. Pending sale in 2024.
2006 - The Rebecca Oppenheimer House, aka Merkaba,
7415 Nanitch Lane SE, Tenino WA. 6500 sf. Designed by Oppenheimer, who engaged South African architect Anthony Philbrick to remotely assist her. Olympia-based architects Ruben and Jessicarae Nunez of Boxhouse Design consulted on state building standards and oversaw construction. Sold in 2023.
2022 - The Nina and Andreas Grueter House, 6068 Mulholland Highway, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Yo-ichiro Hakomori and Kulapat Yantrasast of Studio Why. Hakomori left the firm during the decade it took for the house to be built but continued to work on it. StudioHau, the firm Hakomori founded, completed construction. The home is constructed from sustainable board-formed concrete, featuring three L-shaped frames that extend over the steep hillside. The living spaces are nestled between these frames. The 4,455-square-foot, four-story home includes a two-car elevator, a sauna, an office, a walk-in wine cellar, and a cantilevered wading pool with side windows that illuminate the kitchen with sunlight.
2023 - The Doug Cummings House, 312 Tobrurry Way, Folsom CA. Designed by Bruce Whitelam and built by the owner. For sale in 2023.
2022 - The Nina and Andreas Grueter House, 6068 Mulholland Highway, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Yo-ichiro Hakomori and Kulapat Yantrasast of Studio Why. Hakomori left the firm during the decade it took for the house to be built but continued to work on it. StudioHau, the firm Hakomori founded, completed construction. The home is constructed from sustainable board-formed concrete, featuring three L-shaped frames that extend over the steep hillside. The living spaces are nestled between these frames. The 4,455-square-foot, four-story home includes a two-car elevator, a sauna, an office, a walk-in wine cellar, and a cantilevered wading pool with side windows that illuminate the kitchen with sunlight.
2023 - The Doug Cummings House, 312 Tobrurry Way, Folsom CA. Designed by Bruce Whitelam and built by the owner. For sale in 2023.