Los Angeles Real Estate for the Design Conscious

SPELLING MEGA-MANSION SOLD . . . to 22 year old Formula 1 Heiress !

 

This is the most absurd, obnoxious thing I've heard!  VIA

The 57,000-square foot Los Angeles mansion built by the late TV producer Aaron Spelling is slated for sale to a 22-year-old heiress to a Formula One racing fortune. The home on five acres of property in Holmby Hills has a bowling alley, beauty salon, several gift-wrapping rooms and parking for 100 cars.

"The Manor," as the property is known, had a list price of $150 million that didn't budge during the real-estate downturn that sent prices in Los Angeles down by more than a third. The sales price was not disclosed.

The buyer, Petra Ecclestone, will be splitting her time between London and Los Angeles after her planned August wedding to entrepreneur James Stunt, according to a spokeswoman. Ms. Ecclestone's father is the British billionaire and Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone.

 

TIM BURTON EXHIBIT: LACMA 5/29 - 10/31

Tim Burton
Resnick Pavilion
May 29, 2011–October 31, 2011

 

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a major retrospective exploring the full range of Tim Burton's creative work, both as a film director and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer.

Tim Burton was born in Burbank in 1958. After studying at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), he worked as an animator at the Walt Disney Studios before breaking out on his own. Taking inspiration from popular culture, fairy tales and traditions of the gothic, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of a personal vision.

The exhibition brings together over 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, moving-image works, storyboards, puppets, concept artworks, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera, including art from a number of unrealized and little-known personal projects. Many of these objects come from the artist's own archive, as well as from studio archives and private collections of Burton's collaborators. Hundreds of never-before-exhibited artworks and sketches will be joined by a selection of film posters accompanied by music composed for the exhibition by Burton's longtime collaborator Danny Elfman.

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LA STREET ART: SATURDAY 5/28

 

Maximillian Gallery  
Presents  
"What Graffiti is to New York - Street Art is to Los Angeles 
Featuring 15 Top LA Street Artists 
Curated by MELROSE+FAIRFAX 
Opening Reception:  
Saturday May 28, 2011 • 6PM - 9PM  
Exhibition: May 28 – June 30, 2011

LA NIGHT

LA Night Compilation with Music from Tom Hawkins on Vimeo.

 

TPA ARCHITECTURE PROJECT ON VENICE GARDEN & HOME TOUR

TPA Architecture (Tim Petersen Associates, Inc.) is  pleased to announce that one of their projects has been selected to be part of the 2011 Venice Garden and Home Tour taking place this Saturday May 7th from 10:00 am  - 5:00 pm.

 

The Venice Garden and Home Tour is an annual fundraising event in Venice, California showcasing some of the delightful homes and gardens that exemplify the creative and original style of their owners, as well as the talents of local designers. The 2011 tour will feature 30 gardens and homes in the charming, secluded Walk Streets neighborhood and streets south of Venice Boulevard.

MORE INFO HERE

 

PASADENA SHOWCASE HOUSE OF DESIGN

2011 SHOWCASE:  APRIL 17 - MAY 15

An all-volunteer organization, Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) is a non-profit California Corporation whose members donate their time and talents to produce the annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design.  Founded in 1948, and formerly known as The Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee, they adopted the Pasadena Showcase House of Design as their annual benefit in 1965. It is one of the oldest, largest and most successful house and garden tours in the nation.

But corporate facts don’t begin to give one a clear picture.  About seventy women with a myriad of backgrounds accomplish the Herculean feat of producing the Showcase House.  Many work fulltime at this “job” and they set the gold standard for volunteerism.  Their commitment is legendary in the community.  The organization is also strongly supported by about 200 Intermediate and Associate members who provide financial support and volunteer their time at the Showcase House.

The women of PSHA are united by their belief in the power and beauty of music.  Their collective goal is to provide funding to programs that nurture the study and appreciation of music, to programs that provide music as a vehicle towards health and healing, to programs that offer music education knowing that the study of music enhances other academic subjects as well as cultural enrichment and to programs that ensure that music is available to a broad range of audiences.

MORE INFO HERE

LAPD HEADQUARTERS

LA's police force is trying to improve its image by creating friendlier buildings, including a glistening new HQ.

Designed to fit within the urban context of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the new 491,000-square foot Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Headquarters features areas dedicated to police administration and operations. The design is modern with both physical and metaphorical connections to the surrounding community. Setbacks, necessary for security reasons, are captured as opportunities for integrating the site at the human scale: a one-acre park; public art program, and plaza relate to passers-by and engage them with the headquarters.

The LAPD Headquarters project was recognized in 2009 with the American Institute of Architects' presidential honor award for "Building Team of the Year." The award acknowledges an important aspect of the project - the successful collaboration between AECOM's design team, the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, the police department, the community, consultants and contractor. The process included the Department of Public Works, City Council members, Office of the Mayor, Chief Administrative Office, Chief Legislative Analyst, Cultural Affairs Commission, and the Project Restore First Street Design Team. More than 30 public workshops were held with community members.

Responding to the city’s goal of sustainable building practices, this project has achieved a LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. Numerous sustainable strategies were incorporated into its design, including recycled content building materials; energy-saving daylighting design and lighting controls; a high-efficiency HVAC system; large amounts of locally produced materials; and water-efficient plumbing fixtures, irrigation systems and landscape materials.

 

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BOOK RELEASE: CLASSIC HOMES OF LOS ANGELES

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With asking prices running to the tens of millions on the rare occasions when such treasures hit the market, owning one of the classic estates of Los Angeles remains but a dream for many. Meanwhile Douglas Woods offers the next best thing in his new stunning new book Classic Homes of Los Angeles from Rizzoli, an exclusive look into some of the finest period revival residences and gardens to be found in and around the area's legendary neighborhoods. The volume's 240 full-color photographs by Melba Levick depict a panorama of richly detailed architectural styles popular in Southern California during its "Golden Age of Expansion" from 1899 to 1938, from Craftsman, Tudor, Georgian and Victorian to Spanish Colonial and Tuscan Revival. Famous landmarks are included as well as many never-before-seen gems. 

 

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FUNNY SHIT!

This video pretty much sums up how it feels to be a Realtor.

 

 

RAIN TODAY / 92* SUNDAY . . . WTF !?!?

THIS IS BULLSHIT !