Greta Grossman Residence In Beverly Hills Hits Market $3.475 Million

Via Curbed LA:

Greta Grossman, well-known for her work in industrial design, architecture, and interior design throughout the 1940s, designed this home in 1948. After garnering attention from the Hollywood elite with her modern furniture designs, Grossman went on to design this and 13 other modern homes around Los Angeles. This three bedroom, three bathroom house has since been remodeled and expanded by designer Darryl Wilson architect Tony Unruh to give Grossman's original design an updated, contemporary feel. The roughly 3,000 square foot home mixes indoor/outdoor living space and features walls of glass that allow visitors to enjoy both city and ocean views. Outside, the property boasts a pool, spa, and outdoor kitchen. The designers embellished the sleek design of the house itself by using finishes like African mahogany, stone, and bronze throughout. To see this architectural Beverly Hills home, check out the slideshow below.

Photos by Nick Springett, courtesy of Linday May, Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills

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[Kim Carrion]

06:52 AM on 02/25/2011

what a wonderful house! this house costs a fortune! only rich people can afford it! I would like to live there! My sister also sold her house from Beverly Hills with the help of a professional real estate agent, Michael Libow. Good luck with the sale!

[Bongcuzzi]

08:18 PM on 02/17/2011

RIP Medusa

[Flat Harrold]

06:17 PM on 02/15/2011

Love!

[Widespread Panic]

11:03 AM on 02/14/2011

Love almost everything about it except the kitchen and the spiral staircase. Kitchen seems to be a bit tight and spiral staircases can be treacherous.

[Hardyman1966]

10:43 AM on 02/14/2011

Sweet!

[ghost geezer]

01:25 AM on 02/14/2011

It's pounce on the palace time again, and this time I am leaving the house itself alone,
because it is a dead center reasonable example of its genre.

What I want to pounce upon tonight is the perspective of picture one compared to that
of picture two. Whatever lens raised the roof in the first or brought it down in the second
must have been a doozie. Honest photography counts when playing Pounce the Palace.

That's all that gets pounced upon from this old grump, but after having seen the insides and
outsides of dozens of these in LA, one impression persists, and that is LA. This kind of
residence is a view machine. And so many of them sit up on hills in gated communities where
they get to watch, well what? LA, that's what. Mama mia. If I built a home in LA, it would
have no windows.

[PhilipB]

10:16 PM on 02/13/2011

I loved learning about Greta Grossman. There were not many women architects in this period, and so this was something wonderful to discover. She was very forward in her design. The kitchen at the time would have been small as that was the fashion: to have an efficiency kitchen. Kitchens have become enormous these days, but this would work today as well.
I think for the buyer looking for a good mid century house this would be a real find.
It is not exactly for me, but I can appreciate it.

[TricksR4Kids]

07:55 PM on 02/13/2011

Aww to be rich and get an Obama tax cut.

[b5b4]

11:11 PM on 02/13/2011

Better to be rich with a tax cut than to be poor paying no taxes or receiving earned income tax credit paid for by the 53% of us that pay taxes.

[Welshbear61]

11:14 AM on 02/14/2011

Be a nice tro11 and crawl back to your cave.

[keemia]

06:39 PM on 02/13/2011

What a gorgeous indoor outdoor space. Love that pool.

[andthatsnotall]

04:55 PM on 02/13/2011

That kitchen is nasty. 3 1/2 million? hahaha good joke!

[IsabelRingin]

09:14 AM on 02/14/2011

Terrible kitchen.

[andthatsnotall]

09:52 AM on 02/14/2011

I would hope that the 'wood' cabinets would be made of safe harvested teak or some other good hard wood but it looks like a cheap veneer, to me. Not a good impression, IMO. The sink faucet looks Home Depot-ish. Where is the quality? Even the diningroom cupboard look cheap. (I'm doing my best to ignore the dining table since it's not part of the real estate, but...uck!)
For 3 1/2 million dollars I wouldn't buy a home that had a kitchen like that. I don't care how 'retro' it might be. Quality speaks loud and clear. So does veneer.

[Widespread Panic]

11:04 AM on 02/14/2011

I agree, for all that money the kitchen should look better than that!

[ARMANDO DE LA ROSA]

02:34 AM on 02/20/2011

The house was built in 1948 and the cabinets are original. By the standards of the day this was both modern and lavish, double ovens etc. Unlike today, people did not entertain in the kitchen and the folks who buy this place will dine out, pick up to go, and cater events so the point is largely moot.

[drmdj]

04:11 PM on 02/13/2011

Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy! Get your stuff or you're going to be late for the bus!

[plazma]

04:29 PM on 02/13/2011

Looks nothing like the Brady Bunch house... this one is way better decorated

[drmdj]

04:31 PM on 02/13/2011

I was talking about the architecture not the decor.

[ddemos]

04:05 PM on 02/13/2011

Wow...small kitchen...I'd like to know what this really sells for...

[SnapShots]

03:16 PM on 02/13/2011

I'll never understand why someone trying to sell a house does not provide pictures of the entire house.

[thehuff]

04:50 PM on 02/13/2011

Exactly. No bathrooms?

[TaurusRose]

07:54 PM on 02/13/2011

You've seen enough! Now BUY!

[signgrrl]

10:15 AM on 02/14/2011

NO YOU CAN"T MAKE ME