More than a thousand square meters, ten bedrooms, eleven bathrooms, all of course already furnished. We are talking about David Lynch’s famous mansion located on Senalda Road in Los Angeles, which has just been put up for sale. The price of going to live in the home of the director of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks? Not exactly affordable: we’re talking about $15 million. It’s not just a house, though: it’s a monument of sorts.
We’re talking about a one-acre plot in the heart of the Hollywood Hills: this is where the mansion, known as the Beverly Johnson House, designed in 1963 by Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, stands. Recognized by the Historic Places LA website, which maps Los Angeles’ historic heritage, as an “excellent example of mid-century organic/modern residential architecture,” Lynch’s house is also an interesting example of modernism because of its bold geometries and innovative solutions for the time (the glass walls, for example, and the fluid flow between interior and exterior). Lynch purchased the Beverly John House in 1987 for the sum of $560,000 (today it would be $1.5 million taking inflation into account), then, over the years, the filmmaker expanded the property into a large residential complex by acquiring the two adjacent residences on Senalda Road. Thus at 7017 Senalda Road is the main residence, while 7029 is the headquarters building of his production company, Asymmetrical Productions, and at 7035 is yet another house, which also ended up in the 1987 filmLost Highways, with the... role as the home of the main characters. Inside, there is Lynch’s private editing room and screening room.
Then, in 1991, Lynch commissioned Eric Lloyd Wright, Frank’s grandson, to design a swimming pool and pool house, extending the Wrights’ rare multigenerational lineage and thus creating even rarer architecture. The director also collaborated on the creation of additional structures on the property, including a two-story annex and another exclusive one-bedroom living room, finished in his favorite smooth gray plaster. Together, the three residences and accessory structures form a cohesive and secluded complex of five contiguous lots. “A creative sanctuary and architectural landmark offered with a provenance unlike any other in Los Angeles,” calls it The Agency, the agency that put it up for sale. Who will be able to snap it up?
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