Los Angeles-based studio Johnston Marklee & Associates has designed the Hill House project.

Completed in 2004, the 3,600 square foot single family residence sits on an irregular hillside lot in Pacific Palisades, an affluent neighborhood and district within Los Angeles, California.

The building results of from two economically driven demands: to maximize the allowable volume permitted by the zoning code, and to minimize the amount of foundations and subsequent footprint of the house.

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This custom architectural 6,152 square foot home is located on Pacific Coast Highway, The “Main Street” of Malibu, California.

Completed in 2010, the house sits just above the water on Encinal Buffs only steps to one of Malibu’s premier beaches.

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San Francisco-based studio Edmonds + Lee Architects has completed the Summerhill Residence project in 2008.

This 4,095 square foot contemporary house is located in Kenwood, an unincorporated town in Sonoma County, and sits high in the hills of California wine country.

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Over a year after his death, legendary actor and artist Dennis Hopper’s compound is still for sale, offered at $6 million.

Located on Indiana Avenue in Venice, California, the five separate parcels totaling approximately 15,500 square feet of land feature a 4,800 square foot main house designed by Brian Murphy, and three two-story condominiums designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry.

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San Francisco-based studio Butler Armsden Architects has designed the St Helena Retreat, a contemporary  two-story home located in in St. Helena, in the Napa Valley of California.

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The Tiburon Bay House, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, was conceived as a contemporary, innovative approach to sustainable living and was designed by San Francisco-based studio Butler Armsden Architects.

The house is slated to be one of the first LEED-H Platinum certified custom homes in Northern California.

It is located on a previously developed site where the existing 1,500 square foot residence was deconstructed by hand and 95% was resused or recycled, including 10 tons of lumbers.

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Lewis Butler, principal of San Francisco-based studio Butler Armsden Architects, designed the Yolo Cabin for his parents.

Located in Winters, a lush farming town nestled in the Sacramento Valley, California, this modern farmhouse is composed of two sections, a tall water tower, and a lower lean to area.

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New-York-based Cooper Joseph Studio has designed this tiny guest house on an impressive site overlooking the Dry Creek Valley near Sonoma, California.

The 850 square foot one bedroom one bathroom house, marked by a concrete wall running the length of the plan, won the 2011 “Custom Home of the Year” award from Custom Home magazine.

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Designed by Andy Rodgers Design Studio, this three story contemporary residence is located in San Francisco, California.

Built in 1960, The original 2,266 square foot two-story residence offered three bedroom, and two and a half bathroom.

Almost fifty years later, the house was transformed into a 5,701 square foot three-story home, offering now five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and unobstructed panoramic views from all three levels.

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Santa Monica-based studio Daly Genik has completed the Palms House project.

This two-story two bedroom residence plus guest house is located in Venice, California.

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