Crosby Doe Associates, Inc. DRE# 01844144
8645 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open-plan living and dining areas, service room, attached garage, art studio
Crosby Doe 310.428.6755 Price Update: $ 4,395,000
First offering since 1950: Richard Neutra's Plywood Demonstration/Brice Residence, 1936-1950 comes with a rich history. Predecessor to John Entenza's
Case Study House Program, Neutra's Douglas Fir Plywood Demonstration House was originally built for a House & Garden exhibition to showcase a modern
living lifestyle. After a successful run, and much publicity, the residence was acquired by Stella Gramer, the law partner of John Entenza's father. Stella
hired architect Harwell Hamilton Harris to help move the house, and site it within its present double-lot garden in Brentwood Glen. 1943 saw the sale of
the property to architect Maynard Lyndon. After completing his new family residence in Malibu, Lyndon sold the property in 1950 to artist William Brice
and his wife Shirley Bardeen with good blessings and funds provided by his mother Fannie Brice. William promptly hired Richard Neutra to design an
art studio in the garden. The compound has served the family well through today. Although written by Maynard Lyndons son, architect Donlyn Lyndon,
describing the family's Malibu House, his thoughts seem to apply equally to the Plywood Demonstration/Brice Residence as well: "Every decision about
the house was intended to emphasize the interdependence of inside and outside: to speak at once of the pleasures of the place and of the importance of
giving disciplined thought to its nurture. Nature, tempered, is given precedence. Architecture, tempered, speaks softly and eloquently of human presence."
Richard Neutra, Architect — The Brice Residence, 1936-1950
427 Beloit Avenue, Brentwood Glen, CA 90049
310.275.2222
