SOLD: 1920 Garden Street
$2,250,000
In the spirit of Mies Van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and Philip Johnson's Glass House, this awe-inspiring glass pavilion stands as a highly significant statement in international architecture. Little known and discretely owned since its inception, this property represents a unique opportunity to purchase a serene private getaway just over an hour from Los Angeles, or a trophy purchase for a local connoisseur.
Sotheby’s International Realty® is proud to offer this exceptional property to a few select brokers and clients for a limited window of opportunity. In a few weeks, if the property has not been purchased, it will be placed on the open market. For buyers with privacy and confidentiality concerns, this represents a remarkable opportunity for a private sale.
Set well back from the street on over a half acre of largely flat pad, the property itself is a park of rolling lawns, 100 year old oak trees, tropical ferns and carefully planned landscape including gravel motorcourt, and large gracious outdoor entertainment and sitting areas including a firepit, Ottoman inspired tile spa niche and swimming pool.
The house itself is a large classic pavilion on 2 levels with stunning use of glass and steel, terrazzo flooring and dark wood finishes. The large ground floor entry has views to the gardens beyond and access to a bedroom suite with full bath and a generous family room which could be an additional bedroom. The upstairs glass-walled public rooms are bright, spacious and serene, and open directly to the large private gardens at this upper level. There is a gracious dining room adjacent to the period all-electric kitchen with classic cork floors. The oversized master bedroom suite has a fireplace and generous his and her period bathrooms with all the correct wall finishes, tile, formica and fixtures. Both have elegant large dressing rooms. Outside by the pool and entertaining areas there is a sauna with bath in glass and wood finishes that the owners liken to a Donald Judd sculpture...
The present owners are renowned collectors of museum quality modernist furniture and modern and contemporary art, and whose discernment in ownership of major architecture is highly acclaimed. They have, with a connoisseur's knowledge and passion, restored the property to its glistening form, ready for the next collector of fine architecture to enjoy.
