West Coast Modern has announced the listing of Starlet House, a rare Richard Neutra-inspired California modern home, for sale in North Vancouver. Heavily influenced by Neutra’s Case Study House #6, the home features simple post-and-beam construction, a sloping flat roof and large window walls that open up to a forested backyard.
“Absent from the heritage register and most lists of modernist homes, the Starlet House is like a Hollywood actress who has fled north to escape the paparazzi,” says Trent Rodney, Co-Founder at West Coast Modern. “A true Californian architectural gem hidden away in the North Vancouver hills.”
Located at 661 East Windsor Road in North Vancouver’s Princess Park neighborhood, the 2,213-square-foot Starlet House boasts an efficient floor plan with three bedrooms and three bathrooms on an 8,712-square-foot lot. The entrance features an extra-large skylight opening and sunken planter creating an impressive approach for guests while the open-concept design and large windows make the living spaces feel intertwined and connected with nature.
The home was designed by Gordon Hartley who modeled it after Richard Neutra’s never-built Case Study House #6, which features a sloping flat roof, an impressive entrance court and expansive wall windows. The Starlet House maintains these features and adapts them to a North Vancouver context, notably through the use of local cedar and granite.
Credited with bringing Bauhaus principles to the U.S. and combining them with Southern California building practices, Richard Neutra is widely recognized as the father of desert modern architecture. He is known for his simple post-and-beam residences that have come to epitomize mid-century architecture in Los Angeles and his use of steel framing to create large window walls that blur the lines between outside and in.
A leading figure in his adoptive state, Neutra’s influence extends northward as well. Between 1946 and 1953, he gave a series of lectures at UBC that left an enduring impact on an entire generation of young architects like Arthur Erickson and Ron Thom who later took his design philosophies and adapted them to B.C.’s climate and landscape to create what would come to be known as west coast style.
“A true representation of midcentury California modern, the Starlet House was recently chosen to be recreated on the set of a popular U.S. TV show as the home of the main character,” continues Rodney. “Sixty-two years after she first appeared in North Vancouver, this Californian beauty is stepping back into the spotlight.”
The Starlet House is being listed for $2,495,0000. Prospective buyers are invited to contact West Coast Modern to arrange a viewing.
Editorial Photos by Yan Timo.
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