• Living The Shipshape Life In Santa Barbara, $4M,Philip Ferrato

    Living The Shipshape Life In Santa Barbara, $4M

    Rebuilt over the course of four years by a father (engineer) and son (carpenter) team, this floating Modernist gem—dubbed the Thomas Jefferson—berthed in Santa Barbara Harbor Marina is one of just four houseboats permitted to remain in the marina after municipal codes were changed. While the marina

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  • Classic 1969 Tract Housing Done Right, $2M,Philip Ferrato

    Classic 1969 Tract Housing Done Right, $2M

    Set in a 6.5-acre gated community overlooking the Virginia Country Club golf course, this c.1969 Modernist ranch exemplifies the booming economy and optimistic suburban style of mid-century Long Beach, where, adjacent to Los Angeles, the intertwined defense and aerospace industries, along with oil a

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  • A Remarkable Survivor: Pasadena’s 1947 Plywood House, $1.64M,Philip Ferrato

    A Remarkable Survivor: Pasadena’s 1947 Plywood House, $1.64M

    The year was 1949—the U.S. was well on its way to economic recovery after WWII, but there was still a chronic housing shortage. The now-famous Case Study House program began in response to the need for economical and efficient building solutions in the LA area, but there were other innovative effort

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