Open to an easy flow
The noted design firm used sliding walls of glass to marry the free-flowing floor plan with grounds containing a built-in barbecue and a swimming pool. An upstairs family room flows onto a cantilevered deck, which extends outward to create a covered patio below.

To singer, $8 million sounds right
First shopped off-market, the towering gated and walled house features a two-story entry with a skylight and curving staircase. French doors open to a loggia for alfresco dining. The media room has a drop-down screen. There are also five bedrooms, a wood-paneled library and five bathrooms in the 8,146 square feet of living space.

Backdrop endures amid change
Most of them are unaware that just a few steps from Hoover’s junction with traffic-clogged Alvarado Street is a stunning time capsule of early Los Angeles, a neighborhood of grand homes and houses of worship offering a glimpse into a bygone era.

They go big and go home
On Beverly Park Terrace, among the most affluent streets in Los Angeles County, a 20,612- square-foot mansion sold to a Delaware-based limited liability company for $8.275 million less than the original asking price of $35 million. The seller was a shell corporation tied to Bambang Trihatmodjo,.

Don’t let history blindside you
Historic inventories of homes and other parcels are fairly common in preservation-oriented Los Angeles, which has the secondlargest historical-designation program in the country. But homeowners can be unaware that their homes are on such lists, which seek to preserve architecture, social records and other historic layers.

Music from warm to hot
As an artist, I have to feel inspired. So that really is important to me. I have a studio in the house, but I make music in the living room. I also enjoy the functional aspect of the room.