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CONRAD BUFF III, FAIA (1926-1989)
Buff was born and raised in Eagle Rock CA. His parents were Mary and Conrad Buff II, creators of illustrated children's books. Family acquaintances included Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler. Redesigning the Buff garage was one of Neutra's early independent architectural commissions. Buff attended Eagle Rock High School. He served in the Navy in WWII and graduated from USC School of Architecture in 1952, where he befriended fellow architect Donald C. Hensman.
CALVIN C. STRAUB, FAIA (1920-1998)
Straub was born in Macon GA. He studied at Texas A&M University and Pasadena City College before receiving his degree in architecture at USC in 1945. After serving in the Navy, Straub lectured at USC from 1946 to 1961 and later at Arizona State University. He worked for A. B. Gallion before entering into a partnership with Buff & Hensman (1956-1961) and Schoneburger Strau Florence (1972-1975). He wrote Design Process and Communications (1978) and The Man-Made Environment: An Introduction to World Architecture and Design (1983). Until retirement in 1988 he taught at Arizona State University where his world architecture class attended by more than 15,000 students. Straub also ran his own private practice earning over 30 awards. His archives are at Arizona State University.
DONALD CHARLES HENSMAN, FAIA (1924-2002)
Hensman grew up in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles CA, graduated from Hollywood HS in 1941, and served in the Navy during WWII. He got an architecture degree from USC in 1952 where he later taught 1952 to 1963. Hensman retired in 1997. Just before he died in 2002, the Pasadena Heritage Oral History Project did a 10-part interview, led by Sarah Cooper. Parts: 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B, courtesy of Pasadena Heritage.
DENNIS SMITH, AIA
Smith graduated from USC School in Architecture in 1963, working for Buff and Hensman and other Southern California firms after graduation. He returned as an associate in 1973, became a partner in 1988, and became President upon Don Hensman's 1997 retirement. Among many other projects, he worked on on the McGill, Chun/Massar/Bickle, and Bea/Hillis residences. Research by Catherine Westegaard Cramer and Michael Locke.
Subdivisions: Bellehurst * Dow Knolls * Glendora * La Mirada 18723 * Lake Marie
Lakewood 13202 and 13205 * Lomita 16150 * Lomita 16610
1951 - The Willoughby and Helen Cady House, 3350 Calvert Road, Pasadena CA. Mrs. Cady served as Executive Secretary of the American Institute of Architects Pasadena Chapter. Sold to the Van Halen Brothers. Sold in 1988 to Nestor Cadavid. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1952 - The Dr. Fisher House, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Not to be confused with the 1953 Paul and Virginia Fischer house by Straub. Status unknown.
1953 - Robert W. Scheibel House, 3549 Laurelvale Drive, Studio City CA. Calvin Straub designed the house before joining the firm in 1956. Photo by Michael Locke.
1953 - 13553 Cheltenham Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Calvin Straub designed the house before joining the firm in 1956. Sold in 2016 to Roberta Gross.
1953 - The Paul H. and Virginia Fischer House, 2207 Mandeville Canyon Road, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Calvin Straub before he became a member of the firm. Sold in 2014 to Richard Shephard.
1954 - The Jack Norton House, 820 Burleigh Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2011 to Glenn Rothner.
1954 - Donald and Ellena Hovaguimian House, 2430 Bywood Drive, Glendale CA. The Hovaguiminans met Conrad Buff while living in the rental unit at the Conrad and Mary Buff House (located at 1223 Linda Rosa Avenue in Eagle Rock) and decided to engage Buff and Hensman on the design of their home in Glendale based upon their admiration for the architects. Photo by Michael Locke.
1955 - The Alvaro Bea House #1, 421 Mooresque Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold to the Essick family. Sold in 2011 to Ronald and Mary Bension.
1955 - The Conrad Buff II House, 414 Mooresque Street, Pasadena CA. Built for Conrad Buff III's father. Sold in 2018 to Carlos Mollura.
Around 1955 - 14612 Rosecrans Avenue, La Mirada CA. Part of the Mesa La Mirada Tract designed for Harry Brittain. Sold in 2016 to Anthony and Lisa Sprecht.
Around 1955 - 14618 Rosecrans Avenue, La Mirada CA. Part of the Mesa La Mirada Tract designed for Harry Brittain. Sold in 2012 to Walter Flores and Veronica Lozano.
Around 1955 - 14506 Rosecrans Avenue, La Mirada CA. Part of the Mesa La Mirada Tract designed for Harry Brittain. Sold in 2015 to Oliver and Rita Gonzalez.
1956 - The Alvaro Bea House #2, 145 Patrician Way, Pasadena CA. Sold in 1989 to David and Mary Redding. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Sheldon and Russa Graeme House, 13417 Inwood Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The George and Norma Smith Residence, 1175 La Loma Road, Pasadena CA. Designed by Dennis Smith for his parents while a student at USC School of Architecture and before he joined the firm. Sold in 2015. Photo by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Lowell Greenberg House, 2028 Vía Visalia, Palos Verdes Estates CA. Sold in 2020 to Peter Ryang. Top photo by Julius Shulman; last photo by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Ben and Regina Mirman House I and Pavilion, 100 West Orange Grove Avenue, Arcadia CA. Sold in 2001 to Kou Lin and M. Hui. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Farbstein House, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Cal Straub before he joined the firm. The Farbsteins' son became an architect. Sold in 2017 and destroyed. Plans at ASU.
1956 - The John Macau House, 1024 Glen Oaks Boulevard, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2005 to architect Douglas S. Ewing, who did a restoration. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Calvin Straub House, 725 Burleigh Drive, Pasadena CA. Designed by Cal Straub before he joined the firm. Sold to Hab House LLC, a home design and developer firm. Sold in 2019 to Judy Moe. Restoration by Andrea Larsson. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Wayne K. and Clymene Dikie Wilmarth House, 5335 Weatherford Drive, Los Angeles CA. Dr. Wayne Keith Widmarth was a professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California. Photos by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Porter W. and Janet Lewis Jared House, 2621 La Cuesta Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Porter Jared; landscape design, Emmet Wimple. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 1961. Sold to Lenore Wong. Sold in 1998 to Paul Buckmaster. Sold in 2018 to Property 88, LLC. Sold in 2021 to Zuta Rahav. Color photos by Michael Locke; black and white photos by Ernrest Braun.
1957 - The Richard and Mary Alice Frank House, 919 La Loma Road, Pasadena CA. Landscape design by Garrett Eckbo. Richard Frank was the President of Lawry Foods; the firm also designed the corporate headquarters for Lawry Foods. Sold in 2000 to Troy and Terri Miller. Listed on the National register of Historic Places. Sold in 2020 to Michael Oppenhuizen and Robia Rashid. Photos by Michael Locke.
1957 - The Joseph C. and Wanda T. Widmont House, 4138 Mantova Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Calvin Straub. Photos by Michael Locke.
1957 - The Jack and Betty Thomson House, 1695 Poppy Peak Drive, Pasadena CA. Originally addressed 1550 Poppy Peak Drive. Designed with Calvin Straub. One of 32 winners in the 1961-1962 Western Home Awards by the AIA and Sunset Magazine. Recipient of a City of Pasadena Preservation Award in 2012. Sold to Mad Men producer Scott Hornbacher. Sold in 2018 to Matthew and Vanessa Alexander. Sold in 2020 to Colby Black. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1957 - The Gordon L. and Thomasina Mix Gunn House, 5671 Spreading Oak Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1999 to Margery A. Gould. Sold in 2021 to Mark and Susan Lebovits. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1958 - The Steve McQueen and Neile Adams House, 2419 Solar Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Developed by John and Laura Waldman, likely as a spec house, as there is no evidence of their moving in. Sold in late 1959 to McQueen who hired the firm to do a remodel around 1960. Sold in 1992 to Wes Craven and Iya Labunka. Sold in 2016 to Mark and Yvonne Lewis. Sold in 2019 to Advance Trust and Premier Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1958 - The Sidney and Esther Fine House, Brentwood, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1957. Designed with Calvin Straub. Buff and Hensman added a pool equipment enclosure and dressing rooms in 1967. Architect Joyce Zaitlan added a second story in 1990. Featured in the Home Magazine section of the Los Angeles Times, 10/21/1962. Still owned by the Fine family as of 2019. B/W photos by Julius Shulman; color photos by Michael Locke.
1958 - The Holland-Goudzwaard Residence, 1694 Putney Road, Pasadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Sold in 2017 to Dosim Roh. Photos by Michael Locke.
1958 - The Thomas and Barbara Wirick House, 1617 Pleasant Way, Pasadena CA. Designed with Straub and Hensman. Sold in 2013 to Michael and Pui Leung. For lease in 2019. Photos by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Mitchell House, 2 Seahurst, Rollins Hills Estates CA. Designed by Calvin Straub. Sold in 2010.
1959 - The Ralph and Geraline Peterson House, 300 Anita Drive, Pasadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Local realtor once said "The original owner had preliminary plans drafted by Buff and Hensman but did not go through with them. We think that they took the original ideas from Buff and Hensman and had the contractor build it as such." Needs verification. Photos by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Walter and Virginia Van de Kamp House, 1002 Maybrook Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned 1958. 1966 deck addition also by B & H. Sold in 1987 to Robert Meidel who did alterations in 1988 and added a second story in 2010. Photo by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Walter Thompson House, aka Thompson Moseley House, 1030 Canon Drive, San Marino CA. Sold in 1985 to the Moseley family who worked with Buff and Hensman on an addition in 1989. Sold in 2006 to Karen and Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the tv series, SpongeBob SquarePants. Interior restored in 2009 by Space International. Sold in 2021 to Gerald Chan for his son, Ashley "Ash" Chan. Bottom photo by Edmund Barr Photography.
1959 - The James W. Halverson House I, 3584 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1961 to Leo Salkin. 1961 carport addition, study addition, and bedroom remodel. 2007 kitchen and bath remodel. 2008 deck addition. Sold to Naomi Pitcairn. Sold in 2015 to Ingrid Escajeda.
1959 - The Kenneth L. and Margaret Campion Schlimgen House, 7256 Sunnydip Trail, Los Angeles CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Kenneth L. Schlimgen was the builder. Sold to James Woods. Sold in 1971 to Steven D. Faber. Sold in 2000 to Ross Markowitz, who did a renovation in 2001 led by Dennis Smith, which included the addition of a bedroom, bath, deck, and laundry room. Sold in 2002 to Brent A. Zimmerman. Sold in 2014 to Simona Georescu. Sold in 2017 to the Craig Peralta Trust. Sold in 2018 to Lorraine Broussard Nicholson. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Robert N. and Grace Pike House, 512 Glen Court, Pasadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Study added in the 1980s and a free standing studio in 1989, both designed by Don Hensman. Pike owned the house until at least 2008. Sold to Mark Winkworth. Sold in 2017 to Gordon Headrick. Exterior photos by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Johnson-Neutzel House, 1599 Pleasant Way, Pasadena CA. Sold to architect Stephen Hans Nuetzel who created a design studio and reception area below the house. Photo by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Duffy Edwards House, 1274 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in 2012 to Ann Philbin and Cynthia Wornham.
1960 - The Jacob and Anna Dubnoff House, 1150 La Loma Road, Pasadena CA. Designed by their daughter Ena Dubnoff when she was a student of Buff and Hensman at USC. Buff and Hensman oversaw the project. Sold in 2016 to David and Holly Van Dyke. B/W photos by Julius Shulman.
1960 - The Saul and Ruth Bass House, aka Case Study House 20B, 2275 North Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. The house is unique in the Case Study Program in that it was based upon the experimental use of several prefabricated Douglas fir plywood products as part of the structural component. Plywood box beams, stress-skin plywood panels and hollow-core plywood vaults were fabricated off-site and handled by forklift hoist on the job making for rapid construction. Plywood walls were positioned and secured in less than two hours. Landscape architects Eckbo, Modine and Williams designed the complementary landscape around the existing trees and undergrowth with a uniquely-shaped swimming pool creating a central focal point in the rear garden. Text by Michael Locke. Photos by Julius Shulman, courtesy of Mark Traughber.
Sold in 2002 to Marcus Luk and Stephany Turner.
1960 - The Helen Rose House, 1320 Carla Lane, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to Carole J. Katelman. Marmol Radziner did a remodel in 1999. Photo by Michael Locke.
1960 - The Ugo Corda House, 425 Redwood Drive, Pasadena CA. 1992 remodel and addition by Buff and Hensman for the original owner. Photos by Michael Locke.
1960 - The Graff Apartments, multi-unit, Pasadena CA. Unbuilt.
1960 - The Dewey Daisaku Ajioka House, 2563 Nichols Canyon Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2008 to Derek Mattison. Interior remodeled in 2009. Sold in 2021 to Thomas Courtney Dubar. Photos by Michael Locke.
1960 - The Carrol T. and Aileen Jennings House, 2015 Escarpa Drive, Los Angeles CA. The couple met the architects after being displaced by the construction of the 134 freeway through eminent domain. Sold in 2015 to Jason A. and Laura Miller Smith. Photos by Michael Locke.
1961 - The Herb Rosenthal / Daniel Dworsky House, 9274 Swallow Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed by Daniel Dworsky, a well known Los Angeles architect, as his own home. Interiors by Arthur Elrod. Donald Hensman designed some of the improvements in the same year. Sold in 2014. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1961 - The Robert S. and Jan M. Minnick House, 12269 Sky Lane, Los Angeles CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. As of 2022 the house is still in the Minnick family. Photos by Michael Locke.
1961 - The Simon House, 9170 La Alba Drive, Whittier CA. Sold in 2008 to Iqbal Butt and Nahida Nazir. Designed by Calvin Straub. Plans are in the Straub collection at ASU. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1961 - The Sunset Magazine Research House, Sacramento CA. Likely unbuilt.
1961 - The James Whitaker Halverson House II, 3512 Multiview Drive, Los Angeles CA. The house was the second designed for Halverson by Buff & Hensman. Addition in 1970. Sold in 2014 to Shane Khoh and SXU Investment Holdings. On and off market 2017-2019. Photos by Michael Locke.
1961 - The Hugh Gates House, aka Gates-O'Brien, 1611 Pleasant Way, Pasadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Gates was a building contractor who worked on several BH houses and was also Calvin Straub's brother-in-law. Photo by Michael Locke.
1961 - 1335 Romulus Drive, Glendale CA. One of eight spec houses designed by Buff & Hensman associate Richard K. Fleming for developer Robert B. Prock in the Glendale and Pasadena areas. Thomas Gage was the contractor. Photos courtesy of Michael Locke.
1961 - 1339 Romulus Drive, Glendale CA. One of eight spec houses designed by Buff & Hensman associate Richard K. Fleming for developer Robert B. Prock in the Glendale and Pasadena areas. Thomas Gage was the contractor. Sold in 1991 to Anthony M. and Diane Azadian. Sold in 1995 to Colin Sarjean. Sold in 2001 to Shannon C. Barnes. Sold in 2004 to David C. Lamson. Sold in 2008 to Catherine Matthieu. Deeded in 2008 to Matthieu Chabelard and Adam Girardet. Listed in the Glendale Register of Historic Places (No. 83) in 2010. Photos by Michael Locke.
1962 - 1031 Oberlin Drive, Glendale CA. One of eight spec houses designed by Buff & Hensman associate Richard K. Fleming for developer Robert B. Prock in the Glendale and Pasadena areas. Sold in 2019 to Alexis Fleisig. Photos by Michael Locke.
1962 - The Laurence Harvey House I, 1196 Cabrillo Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Remodeled the same year by Buff & Hensman. Sold in the 1980s to actress Joan Collins. Sold to Max Mutchnick, co-creator of the Will and Grace TV show. Sold in 2009 to Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi who did alterations and additions then bought the houses on either side and destroyed them to add to the acreage. Sold in 2012 to Jeff and Marie Refold. Top photo courtesy of Mark Traughber.
Architects Conrad Buff III and Donald Hensman had a long and fruitful relationship with actor Laurence Harvey for whom they designed three residences and a showroom in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs. Hensman often told the story of their first contact with Harvey, how the phone in the office rang and Conrad answered. The well-trained voice on the other end said, with a heavy accent, "This is Laurence Harvey" to which Conrad responded, "And I'm Walt Disney" and hung up. Fortunately, Harvey persisted, and became a best friend and a most influential client. Over the years the traveled the world on various personal and professional adventures together. Harvey would make introductions to his famous friends, many of whom became clients, including Steve McQueen, Ann Baxter, Frank Sinatra, Adam West (Batman) and Secretary of State Warren Christopher among others. Above photo of Don Hensman and Laurence Harvey (November 1967), courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1962 - The Belding House, Laurel Canyon CA. Status unknown.
1962 - The William C. and Mary F. Taylor House, 2256 Villa Heights Road, Pasadena CA. William Taylor was a partner in the firm Taylor & Gaines Structural Engineers and a frequent collaborator on Buff and Hensman projects. Photos by Michael Locke.
1962 - The Harry and Patricia Roth House, 9892 Beverly Grove Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Expanded and restored in 2006. Sold in 2008 to Oliver Frankel. Sold in 2018 to Yom Investments.
1962 - The John R. Maynard House, 400 Anita Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold in 1996 to Alfred and Madli Nash. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1962 - The Paul Saltman House, 1161 Romney Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2011 to Willie and Eileen Ma.
1962 - The Franklin and Pearl Elias House, 728 Burleigh Drive, Pasadena CA. Designed with Calvin Straub. Sold in 1983 to Ranga and Alicia Bhaumik. Sold in 1987 to Michael J. and Nancy L. Jordan. Sold in 1989 to George E. and Greta E. Stephens. Sold in 1993 to Sydney J. Mead and Roger Servick. Deeded in 2020 to the Servick Separate Property Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
Sydney Mead was an industrial designer and neofuturist concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens, and Tron.
1963 - The Raymond E. and Mildred R. Johnson House, 2530 Astral Drive, Hollywood CA. Sold to Pieter Vermeer, who did a 2009 renovation and addition. Sold in 2018 to Mitchell and Ann Besser (aka Annie Lennox).
1963 - The Chun House, 2295 Verde Oak Drive, Hollywood CA. Sold to Lohrer and Deluca and remodeled by the firm in 1993. Sold to Massar/Bickle and remodeled in 2000. Sold in 2012 to Arthur Nelson.
1963 - The Mike Arcelus House, 25236 West Tranquility Avenue, aka West Morton Avenue, Tranquility CA. Sold to Nick Winters and Tracy Raven. Sold in 2011 to Cristal Solorio.
1963 - The Minnick House, Palos Verdes CA. Status unknown.
1963 - The Robert Nicolait House, Palos Verdes CA. Status unknown.
1963 - The Steinberg House, Palos Verdes CA. Status unknown.
1963 - The Thomas H. and Geraldine S. Dutton House, 2990 Edgewick Road, Glendale CA. Designed by Buff & Hensman associate Richard Fleming. The house was listed in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources in 2011 (No. 88). Sold to Barbara and Alexander Forbes. Sold in 2009 to Mitch Watson. Sold in 2018 to Shannon Harvey and Adam Michaels. Photos by Michael Locke.
1964 - The William and Norma McGrath House, 4005 Lorraine Road, Rancho Palos Verdes CA. Building codes require roofs "compatible with materials found in the neighborhood" necessitating Spanish tiles, uncharacteristic of Modernist Buff & Hensman houses. Sold in 1990 to the Peter Van Vliet Living Trust. Sold to the Ursuch Family Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1964 - The John Andrews House, 1400 Vía del Rey, South Pasadena CA. Located in the Alto de Monterey Subdivision, South Pasadena's only large-scale residential development from the post- World War II period with a significant number of Modernist style homes designed by prominent architects. Black and white photos by Julius Shulman; color photo by Michael Locke.
1964 - The Merwyn C. Gill House, 1385 El Mirador Drive, Pasadena CA. Still owned by Hester Gill, Menoyn's second wife, as of 2013.
1964 - The James Halverson House III, Studio City CA. Status unknown.
1964 - The Martin Apartments, partial address 11031, West Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1965 - The Anne Baxter Remodel, Brentwood CA. Possibly could be Baxter's Lautner-designed house, needs verification.
1965 - The Daniel and Alice Vandermuelen House, 696 West 10th Street, Claremont CA. Sold to Harvey and Harriet Botwin. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1965 - The Gunn House II, Laguna Beach CA. Status unknown.
1965 - The Rivo House, Palos Verdes CA. Status unknown.
1965 - The Jay Ward House, Redondo Beach CA. Ward was the creator of Bullwinkle. Lot on a cliff that overlooks Redondo Beach. Status unknown.
1965 - The D. Wheeler House, 395 North San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena CA. Sold in 1996 to the California Institute of Technology and Alan H. Burr. Photos by Michael Locke.
1965 - The James Moore House, 6140 Temple Hill Drive, Los Angeles CA. Originally designed in 1963, the first building permit expired and was reissued 1964. Built as a potential Case Study House. Sold in 2012 to Christopher Rice. In 2013, a remodel turned the open deck into a new kitchen.
1965 - The Philip and Rosa Eckman House, 5521 Alta Canyada Road, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to the Norman Abbey Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1966 - The Dennis and Lynne Smith House, 304 Sycamore Place, Sierra Madre CA. Dennis Smith designed the house for his family during the brief interlude when he left the Buff & Hensman to seek independent work. Smith was the last person to become a partner in the firm, which he joined in 1963 after graduating from USC. He became a partner in 1988 and its president in 1997 the year Donald Hensman retired. The Smiths sold the house and moved to Arcadia during their daughters’ high school years. After becoming empty nesters, they were looking to downsize. As fate would have it, the house which Smith originally built in 1966 came on the market again in 2012 and the Smiths repurchased it. The house had been compromised with unwise alterations; the wide decks that had previously wrapped around the avocado grove had been seriously diminished in size. Smith brought his uncompromising craftsmanship to the restoration project; the house stands today pretty much as it did when it was first built, with the exception of the kitchen, which has been sensitively modernized with up-to-date appliances; the Formica counter tops have been replaced with a more enduring stone. Photos by Michael Locke.
1966 - The James Garner House, 33 Oakmont Drive, Brentwood CA. Still in the Garner family as of 2017.
1966 - The Janss Development Corporation, aka Case Study House #28, 91 Inverness Road, Thousand Oaks CA. Buff & Hensman associate Richard Fleming was the principal architect. This was the last house built for the Case Study program and the only one built in Ventura County. Sold in 1987 to John and Carol Bowden.
1966 - The Arias Addition, Mount Washington CA. Status unknown.
1966 - The Laurence Harvey House III, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1967 - The Durst House, Grass Valley CA. Status unknown.
1967 - The Ireland House, Montecito CA. Unbuilt.
1968 - The Omar Paxon House, 1911 Campus Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2018 to Lauren Elachi. Photos by Michael Locke.
1968 - The You Chung Hong House, 5146 West Los Franciscos Way, Los Angeles CA. Although Conrad Buff III is listed on the building permit, Buff & Hensman associate Roger Hong is credited with the design of the house for his mother, You Chung Hong. Sold in 2013 to Aziz Ansari. First five photos by Julius Shulman, courtesy of Mark Traughber. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1968 - The Barney and Harriet Hayden House, 70-927 Fairway Drive, Rancho Mirage CA. Landscape design by John Krabbe. Featured in Architectural Digest, November-December 1970. Sold to Bruce H. and Susan Konheim. Photos by Leland Y. Lee, courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1969 - The Wong House, 2651 Nottingham Place, Los Angeles CA. Kitchen was renovated. Sold to Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds, who sold the house in 2012. Sold in 2017 to Michele Jubelirer.
1969 - The Sidney and Yvonne (Bonnie) Binstock House, 12251 Richwood Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2006 to Richard Eid and Natalie Fritz. Last photo by Michael Locke.
1969 - The Ned Brown House, 21520 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu CA. Sold in 2009 to Eric Gold. Sold in 2022 to 21520 PCH LLC, agent Prem Akkaraju.
1969 - The Laurence Harvey House II, aka Villa Serena Tennis Estate, 300 West Merito Place, Palm Springs CA. Harvey never lived there. Commissioned 1964. Sold around 1972 to Louise and Lionel Steinberg who did a renovation, interior design by Arthur Elrod. Featured in Interior Design, June 1976. Sold in 1988 to Joe and Pamela Bonino. Sold in 1998 to Leonard and Henrietta Axelrod. Sold in 2013 to Lea Laccone. Marmol Radzinor did a remodel in 2017, bottom three photos. Top photo by Michael Locke.
There was a Laurence Harvey House III, commissioned in 1966. Likely unbuilt.
1969 - The Hensman House, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1969 - The Magla House Remodel #2, Malibu CA. Found no Magla House #1 or previous remodel by B & H. Status unknown.
1969 - The Sprinz House, Thousand Oaks CA. Unbuilt.
1969 - The West House, Malibu CA. Unbuilt.
1969 - The Wong House II, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1970 - The Norman L. Allen House, 2127 Seville Avenue, Newport Beach CA. Designed for Don Hensman's brother-in-law. Photo by Michael Locke.
1970 - The Crowley House Remodel, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1970 - The Wally and Judith Esacove House, 1360 Laurel Way, Beverly Hills CA. Still owned by Judith as of 2019. For sale in 2022. Photos by Michael Locke.
1970 - The Helfrich House, Pasadena CA. Status unknown.
1970 - The Ketterman House, 1320 Carla Lane, Beverly Hills CA. Remodel and addition to the 1960 Rose House.
1970 - The Kitay House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1970 - The Stanley and Wendy Marsh House, 800 North Western Street, Amarillo TX. Destroyed for a housing development called "the Trails at Tascosa Golf Club." Stanley Marsh was the developer and financier of many quirky art installations around Amarillo, including the 1974 Cadillac Ranch, bottom photo.
1970 - The Martin House, Malibu CA. Unbuilt.
1970 - The McCracken House, Thousand Oaks CA. Built.
1970 - The Pine Tree Point Model Home, aka the Justin and Jane Dart House, 27301 Oakflat Drive, Tehachapi CA. Built as the model home for Pine Tree Point, a development planned by Lakeworld, a division of Dart Industries, Inc., to include 4,500 homesites. The masterplan and engineering for the development was designed by McIntire and Quiros, Los Angeles. Sold in the late 1970s to Bud and Marge Lindsey. Donated to Teen Challenge. Sold in 1992 to Bumpy Worthington, who added on to the house in 1995. Photos by Douglas Simmonds (courtesy of Mark Troughber).
1971 - The Bolton House, 961 Linda Flora Drive, Los Angeles CA. Deeded to the Bolton Trust. Sold in 2019 to Hero Bean Stevenson. Photos by Michael Locke.
1971 - The Robert Brown House, 2477 Southridge Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold to actor William Holden. Sold in 2017 to Karena Sahaidachny and Robert Goldstein.
1971 - The Tahoe Donner Cabin Model Home, 11281 Zermatt Drive, Truckee CA. Masterplanned by Raymond Murphy and Associates.
1971 - The Ben and Regina Mirman House II, 480 Columbia Circle, Pasadena CA. Commissioned 1970. Sold in 2008 to Leslie Hansen. Photos by Julius Shulman (courtesy of Mark Traughber).
1971 - The Morton H. and Reva Beckerman House, 1350 Laurel Way, Beverly Hills CA. Photos by Michael Locke.
1971 - The Chusid House Remodel, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1971 - The Kirby House Remodel, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1971 - The Tilton Town Houses, Santa Paula CA. Status unknown.
1971 - The Webb House, 1494 Bluebird Canyon Drive, Laguna Beach CA. Sold in 2003. Was a rental in 2018.
1972 - The Curry House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1972 - The Friedman House, Laguna Beach CA. Status unknown.
1972 - The Guyer House, Laguna Beach CA. Status unknown.
1972 - The Hunter-Russell House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1972 - The Johnston House, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1972 - The Bernie Kornfield Projects, Geneva NY. Unbuilt.
1972 - The James and Ruth Meade House, 71136 La Paz Road, Rancho Mirage CA. Interior design by Arthur Elrod. Sold around 1984 to Louis Degen. Last photo by Michael Locke.
1972 - The Jerome Zarowitz House, 911 Juarez Avenue, Palm Springs CA. Sold in 2016 to Gordon and Donna Jiroux.
1973 - The Bear Valley Complex Model Resort, Bear Valley CA. This may pertain to more development at Pine Tree Point begun in 1970. Needs verification.
1973 - The Conrad Buff II Kitchen Remodel, 1225 Linda Rosa Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Photo by Michael Locke.
1973 - The Elimelech E. and Myrna Stark Sandler House, 3012 Roscomare Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by Elimelech Sandler. Sold in 2007 to Michael and Jillion Weisberg. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1973 - The Bernard B. Arias House, 936 Mount Washington Drive, Los Angeles CA. As of 2021 the house is still owned by the Arias family. Photo by Michael Locke.
1973 - The HDR Homes Douglas Park Apartments, Santa Monica CA. Status unknown.
1973 - The HDR Lake Forest Town Houses, aka Lakeshore Village, Lake Forest CA. Ninety-three were built. Example is 21849 Michigan Lane.
1973 - The HDR Westwind Apartments, Santa Monica CA. Status unknown.
1973 - The Keith House, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1973 - The McIntyre and Bacon House, Bear Valley CA. Status unknown.
1973 - The Ross House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1973 - The Willets House, Brentwood CA. Status unknown.
1974 - The Geary House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1974 - The Stuart House, Lebanon OR. Likely unbuilt.
1974 - The Webster House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1974 - The Paul Anka House I, Las Vegas NV. Unbuilt.
Matt Franich and Donald Hensman
Conrad Buff III and Donald Hensman
1974 - The California Governor's Mansion, aka Taj Mahal, 2300 California Avenue, Carmichael CA. Architects Donald C. Hensman and Conrad Buff III attend a reception at the house in 1974, as depicted in the above photos courtesy of Mark Traughber. Commissioned for the Reagans. Nancy Reagan didn't think the house was safe and they did not move in. Governor Jerry Brown, in a display of personal and political asceticism, refused to occupy it and moved to an apartment in Sacramento. It was later agreed that the residence was too far from the political center of Sacramento and so it sold to Matt Franich. Sold in 1982 to Janak and Nahni Mehtani. Renderings courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1974 - The Paul Saltman House, La Jolla CA. Unbuilt.
1975 - The Conrad Buff House, Laguna Beach CA. Unbuilt.
1975 - The Leong House, Palos Verdes CA. Unbuilt.
1975 - The Donald Hensman House, aka Domus Solaris, aka Home of the Sun, 7529 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2014 to Ping Fu.
1975 - The Richard Narver House, 345 Markham Place, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2016 to Brian Aamoth. Photo by Michael Locke.
1975 - The Lew and Jo Anne Coppersmith House, 1665 Euston Road, San Marino CA. 2001 update by Donald Hensman. Sold in 2015 to 1665 Euston Road LLC/Qiuan Li who did a major remodel. Sold in 2022. Photos by Michael Locke; rendering courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1975 - The Chun II House, 22446 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu CA. Sold in 1985 to Lee Samson Trust, owners as of 2017.
1975 - The Chusid House, Malibu CA. Possibly Martin Chusid. Status unknown.
1975 - The Shapiro House Addition, Beverly Hills CA. Another remodel by Buff and Hensman in 1978. Status unknown.
1975 - The Smith House Addition, Pasadena CA. Status unknown.
1976 - The Black House, Pasadena CA. Status unknown.
1976 - The Coppersmith Condominiums, Pasadena CA. This was probably a project for Lew Coppersmith who Buff and Hensman designed a home for in 1975.
1976 - The Sloan House, Malibu CA. Status unknown.
1976 - The Everts House, 13547 Contour Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Completed in 1979. Sold in 2013 to David and Melissa Wiener. First photo by Michael Locke.
1976 - The Gradison House, Montecito CA. Unbuilt.
1976 - The Randy Nauert House, Malibu CA. Sold in 1985 to Gareth Davies. Photos from www.nauert.com. Nauert built most of the house himself. Then a fire burned the house down on October 22, 1978. Nauert rebuilt with several alterations and the cladding was changed from redwood to stucco, a less-flammable material. Last photo is the rebuilt house, aka the Phoenix.
1977 - The Conrad Buff House, aka Buff/Rapor/Zendal/Hansen House, 1430 Wicks Road, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2017 to Robert and Sandra Grossi. Photos by Michael Locke.
1977 - The Paul and Anne Anka House, Jack's Peak, Monterey CA. Has a great recording studio. Featured in House and Garden, September 1984. Status unknown.
1977 - The Palmer House, Studio City CA. Unbuilt.
1977 - The Harvey House Addition, Montecito CA. Unsure if this was the same Harvey family that Buff and Hensman built other houses for.
1977 - The Warren Lieberfarb House, Beverly Hills CA. Won a 1977 Triennial Design Award from the Pasadena AIA Chapter. Status unknown.
1977 - The Simon House, Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1977 - The Marmack, Inc. Speculative House, 519 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Marmack, Inc. was the builder. Sold to Kirk Kerkorian. Sold in 1988 to Chao P. Lin and Hsia Hsieh. Sold in 2021 to Skate Investments, LLC/Tyler Neman. Photos by Michael Locke.
Philanthropist and investor Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian was one of the important figures in the shaping of Las Vegas and, with architect Martin Stern Jr., is described as the "father of the resort." He built the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas three times: the International Hotel (opened in 1969), the MGM Grand Hotel (1973) and the MGM Grand (1993).
1978 - The Jacobs House Remodel and Addition, Arcadia CA. Status unknown.
1978 - The Lappen House Remodel, possible address 1550 San Remo, Los Angeles CA. May be the original Thomas Mann house designed by J. R. Davidson in 1941, sold in 1953 to Chet Lappen. The house was sold to the Government of Germany in 2016 and was opened to Thomas Mann Fellows in the summer of 2018. Needs verification.
1978 - The Arthur Lisbin House, Pasadena CA. Status unknown.
1978 - The Zeiler House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1978 - The Broderick House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1978 - The Yuen Remodel and Addition, La Canada Flintridge CA. No 1978 remodel found, only 1982 new house. Needs verification.
1978 - The George Truett Hollis House, 130 Kenworthy Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2017 to Barrie and Hannah Godwin. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1979 - The Broderick House, Montecito CA. Unbuilt.
1979 - The Richard and Carol Soucek King House, aka Arroyo del Rey, 60 El Circulo Drive, Pasadena CA. Pavilion added in 1984. Designated a Pasadena Historic Monument in 2009. The Kings have pledged to give the house to the USC School of Architecture. Photo by Michael Locke.
1979 - The Arroyo Terrace Condominiums, 200-236 Arroyo Terrace and 201-215 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Photos by Michael Locke.
1980 - The Donald Hensman House, aka Domus Dos, aka Home Two, Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Maurice Schmir House, 496 Prospect Terrace, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2006 to Jack and Paulette Lantz. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1980 - The Vista Grande Condominiums, 94-108 Grand Avenue, Pasadena CA. Example: 108 Grande Avenue. 72-88 Grand Avenue is also part of the Vista Grande Condominiums but was built in 1936 by another architect.
1980 - The William Birnkrant House, aka the Grini-Birnkrant House, 604 North Alpine Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in 1995 to Elie and Sharon Grindi. Nominated for Historic Landmark status in July 2018. First photo by Michael Locke.
1980 - The Jerrold and Sandra Canter House I, West Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Seamen House, Maui HI. Status unknown.
1980 - The Shapiro Addition, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Storm House Remodel, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Weiss Multi Unit Project, Hollywood, Los Angeles CA.
1980 - The Frank and Luanne Wells Remodel, 712 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Original house built 1926. Remodel built by Lautenschlager. Deeded to Luanne Wells. Extensively remodeled by architects Maxwell Starkman (1967), Buff and Hensman (1980), and Rick Turner (1988, 1991). Photos by Michael Locke.
1980 - The Chan Condominiums, Carlsbad CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Chan House, Carlsbad CA. Unbuilt.
1980 - The Chan/Lee Condominiums, Pasadena CA. Status unknown.
1980 - The Milton Daily House, 774 Calle del Norte, Camarillo CA. Sold in 2018 to Grateful Lane Enterprises, LLC.
1980 - The Edward and Dorothy Stotsenberg House, 33525 Mulholland Highway, Malibu CA. Sold in 2014 to Martin Rubin and Summertime Ranch Trust. Destroyed by wildfire in 2018.
1981 - The Reed Bingham House, 1455 Claridge Drive, Beverly Hills CA. For sale in 1985. Sold in 2010 to Benjamin Javaheri. Renovated in 2019, bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1981 - The Shiell-Shallack House, 1405 Afton Street, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2017 to the Ruth Peck Family Trust. Sold in 2019. Photos by Michael Locke.
1981 - The Harry C. Dorsey House, 6333 Esplanade Street, Playa del Rey CA. Weston Construction was the builder. Sold in 2000 to John and Beth Kudlicki Crosse. Crosse has compiled an extensive bibliography of Buff and Hensman's houses - as well as other architects. Sold in 20010 to Kathryn L. Maute. Photos by Michael Locke.
1981 - The Gribin House, Palm Springs CA. Unbuilt. Probably Ira Gribin who was a well-known realtor in Palm Springs.
1981 - The Los Gringos House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1982 - The Hart House, Paso Robles CA. Unbuilt.
1982 - The Wenz House, Montecito CA. Proposed, unbuilt.
1982 - The McGinness House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1982 - The Donald McIntyre House, 504 Lockehaven Street, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2004 to John Kitson. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1982 - The Kate Yuen House, 800 Inverness Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold for the first time in 2018 to David Altman/Las Flores Trust.
1982 - The Terry Schultz Remodel, 330 South Arroyo Boulevard, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2015 to David Minning and the Minberg Trust.
1983 - The Malcolm and Madeline Glover House, aka Villa Alba, 1520 East California Boulevard, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2010 to the Lipman- Blumen Trust. Color photos by Michael Locke.
1983 - 1538 East California Boulevard, Pasadena CA. Original street number 1540.
1983 - The Richard Dunn House, 999 Buckingham Place, Pasadena CA. Sold for the first time in 2014 to the Marilyn Drown Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1983 - The Thornton Hamlin House, 1055 Sherwood Road, San Marino CA. Sold in 2012 to Eduardo Repetto. Second photo by Michael Locke.
1983 - The Kornblum Addition, Beverly Hills CA. Possibly Dr. Sanford Kornblum; needs verification.
1983 - The Milligan House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1984 - The Landel House, Santa Cruz CA. Unbuilt.
1985 - The Franich Multi-Unit Project, Sacramento CA. Unbuilt.
1985 - The Dan Murphy House, 1944 Kinneloa Canyon Road, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2005 to L. N. Wong. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1985 - The Dayle McMillan House, 1130 Linda Vista Avenue, Pasadena CA. Still owned by the McMillan family as of 2017. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1986 - The Robert Clemens House, 1255 Rancheros Road, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2018 to the Koplin Family Trust.
1986 - The O'Hagen house, Montecito CA. Unbuilt.
1986 - The Rothman House, Montecito CA. Unbuilt.
1987 - The Feinstein House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1987 - The Penny and Stanley Haptor House, 3721 Alomar Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Sold in 2020. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1988 - The Conrad Buff III House, 480 Glen Holly Drive, Pasadena CA. Commissioned 1985. Sold in 2012 to Stephen Chen.
1988 - The Randall Markinson Condominiums, 231-233 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. 231 sold in 2011 to Scott and Leslie Gaudineer. 233 sold in 2013 to Jeffrey and Kim Erickson. Photo by Michael Locke.
1988 - The California Institute of Technology President's House Remodel, 415 South Hill Avenue, Pasadena CA.
1988 - The Allen and Sarah D. Barder House, 613 Lido Drive, Boulder City NV. Allen Barder died prior to the home's completion. An avid supporter of education, Sarah Barder donated the home to the Meadows School, an independent non-profit college preparatory day school. Sold to Scott Baranoff. Bottom three photos courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1988 - The Schulman House, 150 South Cliffwood Avenue, Brentwood CA. Sold in 2014 to Shadi Askari. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1989 - The Norman Greenwood House, 3835 Alomar Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Sold in 2011 to Harley Williams. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1990 - The Eric and Vanessa Hansen House, 7435 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Los Angeles CA. Artist rendering courtesy of Mark Traughber.
1990 - The Lee Layman House Remodel, 445 Madeline Drive, Pasadena CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Photo by Michael Locke.
1990 - The Jewsbury Remodel and Addition, Pasadena CA. Unbuilt.
1990 - The Reid House, Altadena CA. Unbuilt.
1990 - The Jones House, 484 Cedar Ridge Drive, Lake Arrowhead CA. Sold to the Braun Family Trust.
1990 - The Roland Hernandez Addition, 1380 El Mirador Drive, Pasadena CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Original house built in 1952. Sold in 1993 to K. Scott and Josephine Westervelt. Sold in 2018 to Scott D. Ray and Ping Xu. Deeded in 2019 to Scott D. and Paige Ray. Photos by Michael Locke.
1991 - The Hamilton-Rabinovitz Residence, 1010 Kewen Drive, San Marino CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Photo by Michael Locke.
1991 - The Robert B. Thompson House, 1249 Los Robles Place, Pomona CA. Commissioned 1990. Sold in 2017 to Lori G. Szorenyi. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1992 - The Stan Yang House, 188 Normandy Lane, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Photos by Michael Locke.
1995 - The Lou Brown and Edmund Digiulio House, 21900 Briarbluff Street, Malibu CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Bottom photo (courtesy of Mark Traughber) features Don Hensman's nephew, Mark Traughber and his wife Marta. Traughber was chief cabinetmaker for the firm during its heyday. Sold in 2014 to Richard and Gina Mull.
1995 - The Dale and Temetra Gronemier House, 1938 Glen Allen Lane, Altadena CA. Sold in 2013 to Mark and Elizabeth Mertens. Photo by Michael Locke.
1996 - The Call House, 496 Prospect Terrace, Pasadena CA. Proposed remodel of the 1980 Schmir house. Unbuilt.
1996 - The Richard E. and Catherine Cosgrove Unander House, 15417 Brownwood Place, Bel Air CA. Designed with Dennis Smith. Built by Richard Unander. Still owned by Catherine Unander as of 2017. Photo by Michael Locke.
1997 - The Roland Hernandez House II, 300 North San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena CA. Still owned by Hernandez as of 2017.
1997 - The Enrique Hernandez Remodel, 910 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena CA. Original house built 1913. Remodeled again in 2007.
1997 - The Essick House, 421 Mooresque Drive, Pasadena CA. Remodel of the 1955 Alvaro Bea House. Sold in 2011 to Ronald Be.
1999 - The Alexander Moseley House, 1125 Linda Glen Drive, Pasadena CA.
2004 - The Graham Bothwell Addition, 1710 Knollwood Drive, Pasadena CA. Original house 1955. Photo by Michael Locke.
Sources include: Dennis Smith; bios adapted from Wikipedia; John Crosse's BSH Bibliography.