Hot Property: Gesner’s expanded design asks for $ 5.4 million at Brentwood

Tucked into the hills in Brentwood is the Crestwood Hills neighborhood, a leafy enclave known for its postwar architecture collections.

Modernist heavyweight works carried out the whole in that environment, which began in the late 1940s as a Utopian experiment. The original community home was designed by architects A. Quincy Jones, Whitney R. Smith and Edgardo Contini. In the following years, more properties were designed by Craig Ellwood, Ray Kappe and Richard Neutra.

Architect Harry Gesner, who is known for his works The “boat house” on the Cahuenga Pass, designing this Crestwood Hills home now for $ 5.395 million. Built in 1958, this red-clad wooden residence was renovated and expanded in recent years by Los Angeles-based company Griffin Enright.

Blocked ceilings and red oak floors remain a fixture in the living room of a house that is around 4,800 square feet. Modern updates include a polished chef’s kitchen that opens into a sunken living room with a fireplace. A home theater is equipped with tiered chairs. In the office / storage room, there is a built-in wine storage.

Two-level deck-wrap makes additional space outdoors. A swimming pool with spa, fire pit and fresh gardens fills the land.

The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house last changed hands four years ago for $ 4.675 million, records show.

Matthew Schwartz and Bjorn Farrugia from Hilton & Hyland hold the listing.

Two levels of decking take views of the city to the sea.

(Hilton & Hyland)