A Marvelous Steel-and-Glass Midcentury Asks $5 Million in Los Angeles

From its unique canyon-straddling site on the edge of a wilderness park in Los Angeles to its Case Study–influenced midcentury design, the 4,400-square-foot home at 3465 Mandeville Canyon Road was waiting to be rediscovered.

That’s not to say the window-lined home went completely unnoticed: It was featured in the 2018 Phaidon book California Captured, which celebrates the renowned architectural photographer Marvin Rand. But because its architect, Bernard Zimmerman, was ultimately lesser-known than other L.A. modernists like A. Quincy Jones, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra—the latter of whom Zimmerman worked under for more than a decade—the 1960s residence has kept a lower profile than comparable gems in the area.

Located in Mandeville Canyon, just north of Brentwood on L.A.’s Westside, the home is built on a 3.4-acre flag lot full of mature sycamore and eucalyptus trees. A long, curving driveway leads to the isolated residence perched into the hillside. Because it borders the Westbridge-Canyonback Wilderness Park—which is part of the Santa Monica Mountains—the steel-and-glass residence feels secluded even though it’s centrally located.

"What a special piece of terrain it is," says listing agent Simon Beardmore of Sotheby’s International Realty - Brentwood Brokerage. "As you pull into the driveway you cross this little creek and the house is tucked into this little valley—its own little ravine."