3580 Multiview Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068

One of R.M. Schindler's most celebrated and widely studied residential works, The Kallis House (1946) represents a rare opportunity to acquire a totally restored and turn-key piece of Los Angeles architectural history. Designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #860, the landmark residence has been documented by the Los Angeles Conservancy, Los Angeles Times and leading architecture and design publications, and was famously studied by a young Frank Gehry while attending USC's School of Architecture. Architectural historian Nicholas Olsberg has described the Kallis House as perhaps among the most strikingly original of Schindler's houses and a work that embodies the architect's optimistic vision of architecture as a catalyst for creative life. Designed in 1946 for artist and film art director Mischa Kallis, the residence responds ingeniously to its steep hillside site. Rather than imposing a conventional structure upon the land, Schindler broke the house into interconnected volumes that descend with the slope, using shifting rooflines, angled walls, terraces and expanses of glass to create a continuous dialogue between interior space and landscape. From its private hillside setting, the house captures commanding views across the San Fernando Valley and toward the mountains beyond. Inside, Schindler's radical geometry is softened by richly tactile materials. Mahogany, Douglas fir and plywood walls, ceilings and original built-in furnishings contrast with walls of glass a