4 Beds
4 Baths
2,741 SqFt
4 Beds
4 Baths
2,741 SqFt
Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,741 sqft
Price per Sqft $6,858
Subdivision Balboa Peninsula (Residential) (Balp)
MLS Listing ID NP26242697
Bedrooms 4
Full Baths 4
HOA Y/N No
Year Built 1926
Lot Size 3,733 Sqft
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Property Description
R.M. Schindler (1926).
One of the defining masterpieces of early California modernism, offered for the first time on the centenary of its completion. Widely recognized as “Schindler's second most important work” (Steele, 2005), the Lovell Beach House has served for the last 100 years as the Lovell family's personal oceanfront retreat. Now it seeks a steward who can enjoy and enrich the “playful mood of beach life” that Schindler sought to conjure up. When client and architect met in the early 1920s, Dr. Philip Lovell was a prominent naturopath; Schindler, born in Vienna, had come to Southern California to supervise Frank Lloyd Wright's projects in the region. For the young architect, Lovell's corner lot on Balboa Peninsula would become a laboratory of radical innovation. Inspired by the “pile structure indigenous to all beaches,” Schindler lifted the house above the shore on five reinforced-concrete frames, each cast in the shape of a squared figure eight. The idea was “to assure an unobstructed outlook to the ocean,” he wrote, with enough privacy for “an informal life behind open windows.” Both windows and walls hang on steel rods from Schindler's concrete skeleton. From street level — with its garage, its enclosed studio and its garden facing the surf — two stairways rise toward the heart of the house: a double-height living and dining room fronted by floor-to-ceiling glass, its volume bisected by a cantilevered balcony running the length of the space. Four bedrooms open off the suspended balcony, boasting views of sea and sand. Throughout, expansive window bays echo the stepped rhythm of the concrete frames — larger panes bordered by smaller ones — so that structure and glazing read as a single composition. Schindler's intricate built-in furniture has been preserved; one central form blends sofa and storage to divide the living and dining spaces. Published in Popular Mechanics (1927) and Architectural Record (1929) — and listed since 1974 on the National Register of Historic Places — the Lovell Beach House is a spatial and structural achievement that “deserves a place,” according to architectural historian David Gebhard, with Walter “Gropius's Bauhaus at Dessau (1929-30), Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1929-30) and Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion at Barcelona (1929) as a key work of twentieth-century architecture.” Today, the Lovell Beach House remains as inviting as it is impressive — a landmark and a home.
Location
State CA
County Orange
Area Np - Balboa Peninsula
Interior
Interior Features Beamed Ceilings, Balcony, Breakfast Area, Dry Bar, Separate/Formal Dining Room, Eat-in Kitchen, High Ceilings, Living Room Deck Attached, Open Floorplan, Storage, Trash Chute, Tile Counters, All Bedrooms Up
Heating Central, Natural Gas
Cooling None
Flooring Carpet, Concrete, Laminate, Wood
Fireplaces Type Bonus Room, Gas, Great Room, Living Room, Wood Burning
Fireplace Yes
Appliance Built-In Range, Electric Oven, Disposal
Laundry Electric Dryer Hookup, Gas Dryer Hookup, Inside
Exterior
Exterior Feature Rain Gutters
Parking Features Direct Access, Door-Single, Garage, Garage Faces Rear
Garage Spaces 2.0
Garage Description 2.0
Fence Block, Stucco Wall, Wood
Pool None
Community Features Biking, Curbs, Gutter(s), Storm Drain(s), Street Lights, Sidewalks, Water Sports
Utilities Available Electricity Available, Natural Gas Connected, Phone Available, Sewer Connected, Water Connected
Waterfront Description Beach Front,Ocean Front
View Y/N Yes
View Bay, Catalina, City Lights, Coastline, Harbor, Hills, Mountain(s), Neighborhood, Ocean, Water
Roof Type Membrane,Rolled/Hot Mop
Accessibility See Remarks
Porch Concrete, Deck, Enclosed, Rooftop
Total Parking Spaces 2
Private Pool No
Building
Lot Description 0-1 Unit/Acre, Corner Lot, Drip Irrigation/Bubblers, Landscaped, Rectangular Lot, Street Level, Yard
Dwelling Type House
Faces South
Story 3
Entry Level Three Or More
Foundation Combination, Pillar/Post/Pier, Slab
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Architectural Style Modern
Level or Stories Three Or More
New Construction No
Schools
Elementary Schools Newport
Middle Schools Ensign
High Schools Harbor
School District Newport Mesa Unified
Others
Senior Community No
Tax ID 04724124
Security Features Smoke Detector(s)
Acceptable Financing Cash, Cash to New Loan, Conventional
Listing Terms Cash, Cash to New Loan, Conventional
Special Listing Condition Standard
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