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Tour: The Goldstein Estate | Sheats-Goldstein Residence & Club James

As one of Los Angeles’s most famous mid-century homes, the Sheats-Goldstein Residence is nearly as iconic as the Hollywood sign itself, having been featured countless times in film, TV, fashion, and music videos, and revered in architecture and design circles.

With a long and complex construction history that began, first between John Lautner and the Sheats family in 1962, and later with Lautner and current owner James Goldstein, the famed Beverly Hills enclave has been expanded upon and enhanced numerous times throughout the last seven decades by three different architectural teams. The current architects of record for the property, Kristopher Conner and James Perry of Conner + Perry Architects, who have overseen and designed subsequent additions since 2015, previously worked as Project Architects with Duncan Nicholson, Lautner’s apprentice and associate who continued work at the property following Lautner’s death.

The newest work on the property—the Goldstein Entertainment Complex—is an accessory entertainment facility located adjacent to the original residence and below the infinity tennis court. Lautner’s original design for the space was envisioned to be tucked underneath the main house. However, it was later determined, due to the intensive nature of construction required for the hillside tennis court, that the entertainment space should be located beneath the tennis court. While the original design can still be seen in the wood and cardboard model hanging in the house today, the current design for the Goldstein Entertainment Complex was led by Nicholson and Conner + Perry Architects. The program for the Complex includes a nightclub, VIP room/library, offices for Goldstein and his assistants, an outdoor terrace with dining, kitchen and restroom facilities, as well as a pool and spa. Future designs will include a movie screening room and reception area, as well as a guest house to be located downhill near the James Turrell Skyspace installation “Above Horizon.”

Given the property’s role as a cultural mainstay of Los Angeles, one that has been bequeathed to LACMA by Jim Goldstein so that it may remain accessible to the public to inspire future generations of designers and enthusiasts, Conner & Perry Architects continue to oversee restoration and maintenance efforts on the original residence.

TOUR LEADERS: Kristopher Conner and James Perry of Conner & Perry Architects, Inc

BUILDING CREDITS: CURRENT: Conner + Perry Architects PAST: Nicholson Architects ORIGINAL: John Lautner Associates STRUCTURAL: Andrew Nasser, Omnispan Corp. LANDSCAPE: Eric Nagelmann CLIENT/HOMEOWNER James F. Goldstein

PARKING INFORMATION: Park on the street along Angelo View Dr. or Davies. Parking in the neighborhood is limited due to ongoing construction. Please consolidate into as few vehicles as possible or use a ride-share service and plan accordingly. Tour groups should convene in the cul-de-sac at the top of the driveway and the tour will proceed once everyone has arrived.

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We have two tours scheduled for February 10, 2024. Each will last for approximately 90 minutes.

Start times: 11:00am and 1:00pm

Location: 10104 Angelo View Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (Rideshare strongly recommended)

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A man walks down a floating stair case at a glass-and-concrete house, with tropical landscaping above and a pool below.

You Know Him From N.B.A. Games. You Know His House From ‘Selling Sunset.’

For half a century, James Goldstein has been renovating a house by John Lautner. It’s a spectacular legacy. But like everything about Goldstein, it’s complicated.

James Goldstein at the new addition to the Sheats-Goldstein House in Benedict Canyon. The staircase connects the terrace with a nightclub. A tennis court forms the roof. The property, a combination of sharp edges and fluidity, has been bequeathed to LACMA. Credit... Jake Michaels for The New York Times

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By Sam Lubell

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  • March 27, 2024

Our homes are reflections of ourselves, right? So it makes sense that James Goldstein’s house , hovering over a canyon atop Beverly Hills, Calif., is one of the most strange, fascinating and perplexing architectural projects in the world.

Goldstein, 84, a controversial figure who made his fortune investing in mobile-home parks in California, may be familiar to you. He’s that leathery-skinned, frizzy-haired guy always sitting courtside at N.B.A. games — he attends more than 100 a year. He’s that guy who shows up at all the fashion shows in Paris and Milan, with a couture-meets-cowboy look, often punctuated with snakeskin hats, colorful leather jackets and a woman more than half a century younger than he is. And he’s that guy who owns the Sheats-Goldstein house — a stunning landmark by the architect John Lautner , fusing prehistory and futurism, solidity and weightlessness, inside and outside, that has been a set piece for films (“The Big Lebowski,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”); for the real estate reality show “Selling Sunset” ; for countless music videos; and for parties thrown by the likes of Rihanna and the Kardashians.

“The word subtle doesn’t exist for me,” Goldstein said, dressed in all-black tennis gear and a palm tree-emblazoned black jacket. He’s sitting on the sprawling lower terrace of his home’s recently-completed (for now), three-level addition, which is a separate compound overlooking the towers of Century City and, beyond that, the glinting bend of the Pacific Coast.

A frizzy-haired man in a western hat and a red jacket and black pants walks by an infinity pool.

He calls this undertaking the Goldstein Entertainment Complex, and it also includes Goldstein’s office and a nightclub (yes, you read that right) called Club James, with an infinity-edged tennis court as the roof, made of post-tensioned concrete. Goldstein and his team of architects, builders, engineers and landscape designers have been working on the Lautner house addition since 2003, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Goldstein’s property, which he has been tinkering with for more than 50 years.

Goldstein bought the Sheats-Goldstein house (built in 1963 for Helen and Paul Sheats, an artist and a doctor, and their children) for $182,000 in 1972. Aghast at its cramped feel and banal plaster, stucco and Formica surfaces, he enlisted Lautner himself to help make improvements. Over about 20 years, they removed cluttered divisions and installed frameless glass windows, concrete and wood ceilings, built-in leather-covered furniture and automated skylights.

“The purpose of all of this was to make the inside feel like it was outside,” said Goldstein, who describes a very collaborative working relationship with Lautner until the architect’s death, at 83, in 1994. Goldstein would come up with crazy ideas, and Lautner would come up with beautiful, brave ways to pull them off. Why not build a clear glass sink for the master bathroom or a dry-cleaner-style conveyor belt for the closet? Why not install moving glass walls and make the pool deck feel like the edge of the world?

“What we had in common, besides our love of architecture, was our rebellious nature,” said Goldstein, who moved to Los Angeles in 1958 to attend graduate school in business and has embraced the city’s rebel vibe ever since. “Both of us had a problem with rules, with conforming. I think like that all the time. I’m not gonna do that if I think it doesn’t make sense.”

After visits to places like Hawaii and Thailand, Goldstein installed, with the help Eric Nagelmann, a landscape architect, tropical foliage, enveloping the site in thick palms, bamboo, winding paths and blade-like stairs. “It’s a wild, mad, tropical jungle,” said Nagelmann, 67. Goldstein didn’t break step after Lautner’s death, creating, with a team led by Lautner’s associate Duncan Nicholson, a mesmerizing James Turrell Skyspace just down the hill in 2004.

“As the project progressed I realized I loved the process,” Goldstein said. “I could already see the impact of what was happening, and before it was even finished, I started thinking about other things to do.”

A Grand Vision, Just Beginning

These images of the Sheats-Goldstein house were shot by the photographer Julius Shulman in 1980, just eight years after James Goldstein bought the John Lautner-designed residence. Few of Goldstein’s and Lautner’s major changes had been realized at this point, but there are some signs of an evolution.

Looking at the folded concrete roof of the living room, which sweeps over the balcony and pool. Lautner himself can be seen sitting on the couch, with two unidentified companions. 

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The architect John Lautner, in a photo from 1970 .

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Shag carpet and framed windows have yet to be replaced, but tropical foliage has started to creep into and around the house. 

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The dining room is edged with Formica counters and a plaster ceiling. A few tropical plants have been installed, but overall the landscape both inside and out is far from jungle-like. 

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Behind the classic roofline, the home lacks the cement heft and dense foliage that is now its trademark. 

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To create the feel of the night sky inside the living room, Lautner embedded drinking glasses into the house’s concrete ceiling.

His entertainment complex, like much of the work here, morphed from what he first envisioned. It started in the early ’90s when Goldstein bought Lautner’s 1960 Concannon House, just west of the Sheats-Goldstein house, with plans to build a tennis court and guesthouse on its lot. He paid $800,000 — and proceeded to demolish it.

Years of challenging design, iteration, permits and construction later, Goldstein and Nicholson realized that under the court there would be space for more — hence the office and club, completed in 2016 (clubbing is another passion of Goldstein’s, even now). While walking on the steep, brush-filled slope below the construction site, Goldstein decided he needed more: “I just sat on the hillside and looked up and said, ‘This could be a great terrace.’” That area now includes a 90-foot infinity pool, spa, firepit, barbecue, kitchen, bar, lounge and formal dining area. The final pieces of the puzzle will be the guesthouse and a theater that cascades down the hillside.

It’s a pharaonic effort, and Goldstein’s vision and attention to detail are unwavering. He pushes for things nobody in his right mind would, and has the patience, and money, to carry them through. “I would buy whatever I wanted, and he would never ask for a receipt,” Nagelmann said. “No obstacle will stop him. It’s all about passion.”

Goldstein has, by most accounts, solid design instincts, honed in part by an early love of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture in his hometown, Milwaukee. His father’s company was based in Racine, Wis., not far from Wright’s famed Johnson Wax Headquarters. Goldstein credits exposure to his family’s clothing business, Zahn’s Department Store, for his sense of style.

He has stuck almost exclusively with the team that created the original house, or with those who trained under them, remaining intimately involved with every aspect. Nagelmann and the home’s builder, Harry Ernst, have been working with Goldstein for more than 30 years.

And while the new complex is flashier and slightly less artful than the original masterpiece, Lautner’s soaring design spirit — his sharp angles, textured concrete, meticulous detailing and intimate connection to the lush outdoors — has carried over.

“It’s about freedom,” said the architect Kristopher Conner. He and his partner James Perry have been leading the design of the entertainment complex since Nicholson suddenly died of cancer in 2015 (Conner and Perry had both been associates in Nicholson’s firm). Goldstein, Conner said, “is not afraid at all.”

That fearlessness is evident in the tennis court jutting off the side of a cliff, in the cantilevered balconies, eaves and furniture — and in the huge, angled frameless glass windows that seem to pull you into the Los Angeles basin below. Glass balconies tilt away at angles that dare you to lean over them. The final step of the floating staircase that ascends to the club has an extra-large gap at its apex, making it feel thrillingly dangerous.

“There’s this amazing juxtaposition of complexity and minimalism, sharp edges and fluidity,” Delaram Pourabdi, the creative director for the concert promotion company Goldenvoice, told me during a throbbing Grammy party that Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records recently threw at the complex. “It creates an unbelievable energy, like you’re on the edge.”

Perhaps more than an obsession, Goldstein’s ever-evolving home is his legacy. In 2016 he agreed to bequeath it to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art after his death, along with a sizable fund for maintenance, hoping to inspire a future generation of architects.

“I want it to be open to the public as much as possible so they can learn,” Goldstein said. “Whether it’s architectural students or people who know nothing about architecture.” He opens the home for tours and events regularly, a stark contrast to the proprietors of many of the city’s finest residences.

“We’re still curious to see how the transition will be implemented, but knowing it will be protected and knowing there is an endowment for its upkeep, those are critical questions for any historic residence,” said Adrian Scott Fine, the president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the city’s architectural and cultural resources.

But, as with every aspect of Goldstein, it’s complicated. For every remarkable trait, it seems, there is a remarkably challenging one. He has no dimmer switch.

He can be impulsive and harsh, according to some who have worked for him.

“Jim has not been an easy client,” Conner admitted. He admires Goldstein’s vision, but chafes when he sometimes takes credit for what Conner says are his firm’s designs — or when he changes course deep into projects.

For example, after Conner and Perry had finalized their construction documents for the floating staircase, Goldstein noticed it would block his view to the city. He ordered the architects to trash their plans and start over. “I know what I want, but I don’t think I’m over demanding,” Goldstein said.

Nagelmann noted that the same fearlessness that served Goldstein in some of his daring projects cut the other way. “He was a dream client, really other than the fact that he’s not a nice person.” He added, “He doesn’t care. He does what he wants to do.”

Nagelmann continued, referring to yelling matches he viewed while working on projects, “The poor architects and assistants.” The decades of construction, not to mention aggressive battles over views and noise — and the parties — have not made Goldstein popular with neighbors, he also noted.

Then there’s the way he’s paid for it all: Goldstein’s is a well-documented path of buying rent-controlled mobile (also known as manufactured) housing parks throughout Southern California. He then either tries to raise rents beyond proscribed amounts or tries to convert them to market-rate or other more profitable development models. Goldstein sues cities that have tried to stop him, said Sunny Soltani, a partner at the California law firm Aleshire & Wynder and the city attorney for the City of Carson. Soltani has battled Goldstein in court for more than a decade, both in Carson and in Palm Springs and Palm Desert.

“Once he files a lawsuit, he makes it so expensive that local agencies just settle with him,” Soltani said.

Lula Davis-Holmes, the mayor of Carson, called Goldstein “a terrorizer of a landlord,” referring to legal disputes with him over Goldstein’s Colony Cove Mobile Estates and Carson Harbor Village.

“I own luxurious properties that are under the constraint of rent control, with rents going at probably 50 percent of rent levels,” Goldstein countered, “and I have many residents who can afford to pay market level that are riding the crest of rent control.”

Soltani said most residents in these developments were fixed-income older adults or low- to- middle-income families. “To say that these people are too well-off to qualify for rent control is such garbage,” she added. “This is closing down one of the last resources of affordable housing in California.”

Tom King, the chair of the South Bay Mobilehome Resident’s Alliance, acknowledges that Goldstein takes good care of his properties, but stresses that rent control ordinances in these cities are not based on tenants’ incomes.

Goldstein is aware of his detractors. But he’s much more concerned with building his house, and with his mystique.

He said he has spent tens of millions of dollars on his compound during 50 years of continual construction, and claimed that real estate experts have told him it would be worth more than $100 million. (Brian Linder, a real estate broker at Compass, estimated the value of the complex at around $30 million, while James A. Ebert, of Ebert Appraisal Services, said it could be worth “in the 40s.”)

Goldstein’s business card sums up what he considers his legacy: “Fashion. Architecture. Basketball.”

The site of sultry model shoots and regular pool parties, the house has become a sort of concrete wingman, with Goldstein in a Speedo. “I like tall, slender girls who typically are models or look like models and are much younger than me,” said Goldstein, who has never been married. “I’m different from what they usually encounter. I think that they sense a sort of aura that I give off as being in control and having some power.”

Goldstein said he did hear comments reproaching his partying, particularly on Instagram, where he likes to show off with young women. David Spencer, a local sports and entertainment marketer and longtime friend of Goldstein’s, said, “He is like that bachelor that people move to L.A. to become.” But he added: “He certainly marches to his own beat. In this day when there are so many conformists, the real influencer is the one who is going out and creating culture.”

While Goldstein is still in relatively good shape, playing tennis almost daily and driving his 1961 Rolls-Royce convertible to every home game, his resonant, radio announcer voice has become a bit shaky with age.

Which leads back to the question of legacy. Poster-sized, framed pictures of Goldstein adorn many of his home’s rooms, along with smaller images of him with the N.B.A. stars Dennis Rodman and Paul George, celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio , Jay-Z and Mick Jagger, and the models Cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson.

In his bedroom, hats, clothes and memories are laid out like artifacts in a museum. “Homes are inextricably linked to personalities,” said Fine of the Los Angeles Conservancy. “He is a larger-than-life individual, and his presence is very much felt when you experience the house.”

But what if preserving a house for posterity means glorifying a legacy that might be … complicated. Michael Govan, the director of LACMA, which will inherit the house, said he “didn’t know much about James’s business,” adding, “We’re all navigating history, of all kinds, including those of patrons.” But Goldstein, he said, has “done a great service to culture and history, not only by restoring the house but by taking Lautner where he wanted to go and pointing toward the future.”

Govan pointed out that Goldstein, looking ahead, didn’t want the house to be static. “In our agreement I’m supposed to keep having parties and fashion shoots,” to keep it alive for future generations. He wants tennis pros to be on the court.

“We always have to do this delicate dance,” Fine said. “We’re advocates for the built environment. You may not always like the people associated with it.”

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Iconic Perspectives: John Lautner’s Sheats-Goldstein Residence

Iconic Perspectives: John Lautner’s Sheats-Goldstein Residence

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Originally designed by the influential architect in 1961, it surely isn’t the same as it once was in the ‘60s. However, a unique collaborative relationship between the architect and the current homeowner has turned it into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that recalls many of Lautner’s original intentions. 

Watch this video to take a personal tour with James Goldstein—who has lived there for more than 40 years—and continue reading to hear more about how the collaboration took place. 

After Lautner’s house had made its way through the ‘60s and ‘70s, the house had gone through multiple changes by the initial homeowners. In the meantime, as an architecture enthusiast himself, James Goldstein had been looking for the perfect contemporary house in L.A. for two years. When he walked into the house in 1975, he immediately saw the potential and knew he had to have it. Regardless of a number of possible drawbacks—including some outdated changes involving green shag and a bright turquoise bathroom—he lived in the house for a few years before embarking on a journey to bring the house to its fullest potential.

One of the first projects Goldstein and Lautner did together to renovate the house was implement seamless glass throughout the residence, which created a connection to the outdoors that remains consistent throughout the entire property. Many of the windows were updated to open automatically.

One of the first projects Goldstein and Lautner did together to renovate the house was implement seamless glass throughout the residence, which created a connection to the outdoors that remains consistent throughout the entire property. Many of the windows were updated to open automatically.

In 1979, Goldstein got in touch with Lautner and approached him with the fearless idea of perfecting every inch of the house that had been neglected or changed. The two of them embarked on a collaborative, ever-evolving process that would last for 15 years—until Lautner passed away in 1994.

When Goldstein bought the house, the property only held one tree—which is still there to this day. He made a goal to create his own tropical jungle, which now extends over four acres of the property. 

When Goldstein bought the house, the property only held one tree—which is still there to this day. He made a goal to create his own tropical jungle, which now extends over four acres of the property. 

When we sat down with Goldstein, he explained that Lautner never outwardly offered his vision of the house. "He wanted to know my vision and never suggested any specific improvements. He would wait for me to say what I wanted to improve on, and then would suggest ways of implementing those ideas," he explains. They went from project to project while Goldstein was living there full-time.

In the living room—which has become known as the "Big Lebowski Room"—boasts a curvy concrete-and-leather sofa that resulted from a collaboration between Goldstein and Lautner. The ceiling is covered with sandblasted concrete that still has the original miniature circular skylights.

In the living room—which has become known as the "Big Lebowski Room"—boasts a curvy concrete-and-leather sofa that resulted from a collaboration between Goldstein and Lautner. The ceiling is covered with sandblasted concrete that still has the original miniature circular skylights.

"Good design is based on careful research of what’s been done before and where design is going in the future. It should be something that has never been done before—and should have no limitations." - James Goldstein

Lautner and Goldstein installed concrete throughout the house, as well as wood on the ceilings—which is what Lautner had originally preferred to do. The glass table in the dining room was a Lautner-designed piece that he created for Goldstein. They installed a skylight above the table that opens up automatically. 

Lautner and Goldstein installed concrete throughout the house, as well as wood on the ceilings—which is what Lautner had originally preferred to do. The glass table in the dining room was a Lautner-designed piece that he created for Goldstein. They installed a skylight above the table that opens up automatically. 

The colossal yard includes L.A.’s only infinity tennis court and looks out to astonishing views. Goldstein mentioned that you can see all the way out to Catalina Island on a clear day.

The colossal yard includes L.A.’s only infinity tennis court and looks out to astonishing views. Goldstein mentioned that you can see all the way out to Catalina Island on a clear day.

As we wandered around the house, we were shown a number of elements that have become known as "Lautner signatures" and that represent Southern California architecture. Along with a strong connection to the outdoors, the house consists of a substantial amount of seamless glass, triangles everywhere (with very few right angles to be found), an element of surprise and danger at every corner, tons of concrete, and no division between the interior and exterior.

Throughout the house, we were shown a number of Lautner-designed details. Working with Goldstein, the architect was given the opportunity to design custom furniture pieces, which is something he didn’t normally get the chance to do. His angular, minimalist style was carried throughout—as shown here on a custom swivel desk chair that rotates directly from the floor of the bedroom.

Throughout the house, we were shown a number of Lautner-designed details. Working with Goldstein, the architect was given the opportunity to design custom furniture pieces, which is something he didn’t normally get the chance to do. His angular, minimalist style was carried throughout—as shown here on a custom swivel desk chair that rotates directly from the floor of the bedroom.

Goldstein reminisced that when Lautner first saw the state of the house in the late ‘70s, he was shocked—and was excited work on reviving the house together. He told us, "The first official project I wanted to do was to replace the glass in the living room. I was inspired by another frameless glass house that Lautner was designing, and knew I had to do it here."

As an aficionado of fashion—along with architecture and basketball—Goldstein visits all of the biggest fashion shows and design houses around the world. He installed an automatic rotating closet that houses his illustrious men's fashion collection. He also proudly showcases his favorite pieces along the concrete shelving in the bedroom.

As an aficionado of fashion—along with architecture and basketball—Goldstein visits all of the biggest fashion shows and design houses around the world. He installed an automatic rotating closet that houses his illustrious men's fashion collection. He also proudly showcases his favorite pieces along the concrete shelving in the bedroom.

Goldstein recently announced that he’s donating the house, its contents, and the means to take care of it to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He decided a while ago to leave it in the hands of an institution that will keep it in the same condition and that will share it with the public—especially with up-and-coming architecture and design students.

To learn more about Goldstein's reasoning behind the decision to donate his beloved residence to LACMA, make sure to watch the video at the top of this story.

To learn more about Goldstein's reasoning behind the decision to donate his beloved residence to LACMA, make sure to watch the video at the top of this story.

Learn more about the 2016 International Iconic Houses Conference here —where we were given the chance to tour this incredible home.

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Photos: Touring James Goldstein’s Famous Sheats-Goldstein Home

The ‘NBA Superfan,’ as he’s known, is donating his John Lautner-designed home to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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James Goldstein at his home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Kim Gordon, Barbara Bestor, Allison King, and Kimberli Meyer at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Reid Scott at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Kimberli Meyer, Sharon Johnston, and Valeria Barzan at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Anastassija Makarenko, Julia Lescova, Natalia Malova, and Jacqueline Oloniceva at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Ayako Comte and Michel Comte at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Ben Cope, Masha Rudenko, and James Goldstein at Goldstein’s home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Cameron Silver and Jeff Snyder at the Goldstein Home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Don Casey and Jeff Hamilton at the Goldstein Home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Douglas Chrismas, Jennifer Kellen, Soo Yeon Lee, and Peter Nelson at the Goldstein Home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Director Ivan Olita at the Goldstein Home. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Kim Gordon at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Lilliana Nova at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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LACMA Director Michael Govan and LACMA Trustee Elaine Wynn at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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LACMA Director Michael Govan and James Goldstein at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Katherine Ross, Tacita Dean, Matthew Hale, and Michael Govan at the Goldstein House. Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA.

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Local fashion aficionado and basketball superfan James Goldstein has promised LACMA his landmark 1963 home perched above Beverly Glen, designed by city-shaping architect John Lautner. It’s not open for regular visits quite yet, but you can step inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence  on this pair of tours by the A+D Museum. Scope out the house as well as more contemporary additions like a James Turrell Skyspace installation and the Club James nightclub. Tickets cost a steep $110, though students can see it for only $25.

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Tour John Lautner’s Historic Sheats-Goldstein House

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Within Los Angeles’s constellation of modernist homes, few shine as brilliantly as architect John Lautner’s 1963 Sheats-Goldstein house. Perched in the hills of Beverly Crest, the concrete-and-glass pleasure dome has played starring roles in a slate of movies (most notably The Big Lebowski and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle ), music videos, and at least one, um, adult film. Now the iconic—and iconoclastic—marvel bears the distinction of being the first piece of architecture bestowed on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) . The bequest comes from James Goldstein, who has not only owned the landmark property since 1972 but also nurtured it, maintaining its sublime gardens and installing a James Turrell Skyspace and artworks by Ed Ruscha and DeWain Valentine. LACMA’s plan to preserve the home for public visits guarantees that Goldstein’s gift will keep on giving for generations to come.

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The living room.

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A fishpond with a concrete and glass stepping bridge, in the home's entrance court. A DeWain Valentine glass sculpture can be seen through the glass walls of the living room.

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The angular theme of the house is echoed in the concrete, leather cushioned furniture designed by Lautner and the waffle gridded ceiling which is punctuated with glass emits that dapple the room with light.

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The home's dining area and open kitchen. The space features motorized skylights and a "floating plane" dining table of glass and concrete designed by Lautner.

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The angular theme of the house is echoed in the furniture, designed by Lautner, and the waffle gridded ceiling.

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An exterior shot of the home's angular main roof, in which 750 upturned water glasses that act as miniature skylights are encased.

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This house is a work of art, so the owner is donating it to a museum.

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James Goldstein has just announced that he will donate his landmark Los Angeles residence — designed by architect John Lautner --€” to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Minimal is the word ... " he says. "Everything is simple and at the same time beautiful." Jeff Green/LACMA hide caption

James Goldstein has just announced that he will donate his landmark Los Angeles residence — designed by architect John Lautner --€” to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Minimal is the word ... " he says. "Everything is simple and at the same time beautiful."

One of the most dramatic homes in Los Angeles has just been donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Designed in 1961 by John Lautner — an influential Southern California architect — the glass and concrete house clings to the side of a canyon. Its present owner, James Goldstein, has been revising and perfecting it for 35 years.

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Goldstein — who has his own fashion line — poses in front of his home. Danny Hajek/NPR hide caption

Goldstein — who has his own fashion line — poses in front of his home.

Goldstein — a property investor and basketball superfan — is as striking as his home. On the day of my visit he meets me in a leather cowboy hat, tight black leather pants with rows of horizontal zippers up each leg, high black boots, a blue leather jacket and a jaunty scarf around his neck. ("I'm very involved in fashion," he tells me.)

To arrive at his house, I've driven up a steep hill, and down a very steep driveway. Los Angeles has its share of stunning modernist homes, but even picky architects salute this one. (Movie-makers, too — you might recognize it from The Big Lebowski or Charlie's Angels. )

High up in a house that's mostly made of glass, you get a bird's-eye, panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, Fox studios and downtown Los Angeles. The view is so bird's-eye, in fact, that actual birds sometimes fly inside.

"Most birds find their way out quite easily without my help," Goldstein says. "But the exception is the hummingbird — I have to assist the hummingbirds."

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Nestled into the side of a canyon, Goldstein's house looks out over downtown Los Angeles and beyond. Jeff Green/LACMA hide caption

Nestled into the side of a canyon, Goldstein's house looks out over downtown Los Angeles and beyond.

Goldstein's glass walls have almost invisible seams that open and shut at the push of a button. This was not part of architect Lautner's original plan.

"Actually, when the house was first built, there was no glass at all," Goldstein says. There were no walls of any kind in the living room — a device blew warm air into the room when it was chilly, but it didn't work all that well.

After Goldstein bought the house in 1972, he covered its four acres with a tropical jungle. His staff includes four gardeners, two assistants, a pool technician and a housekeeper. No chef, though.

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Goldstein's master bathroom features a glass sink with no faucets. A hidden spout offers water with the wave of a hand and drains outside the window. Courtesy of Barry Milofsky hide caption

Goldstein's master bathroom features a glass sink with no faucets. A hidden spout offers water with the wave of a hand and drains outside the window.

"My specialty is cooking turkeys," he says. "I also do a lot of take-out."

The kitchen, like most of the rooms, has a retractable skylight. Meshing outside and inside was a Lautner signature. Before the architect died in 1994, he and Goldstein worked together to fill the house with surprises: The wooden ceiling opens to let down a huge TV. There's a glass sink with no faucets — a hidden spout offers water with the wave of a hand.

Goldstein says he loves living in this spare, uncluttered, elegant home. "Minimal is the word," he says. "I've kept that word in my mind on everything I've done. That's one of the Lautner concepts which is very important. ... Everything is concealed. Everything is simple and at the same time beautiful."

Lautner was an avant garde innovator who had studied and worked with an American master.

"Lautner learned a lot from [Frank] Lloyd Wright — not the least of which was his love of experimentation," explains Trudi Sandmeier of the USC School of Architecture. "But Lautner took it to the next level. He pushed it further."

And, teaming up with Goldstein, he pushed it some more. Goldstein remembers sending Lautner ideas — "and within two days he would be giving me maybe four sketches of alternate ways that he would like to implement my idea," Goldstein says.

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Integrating indoor and outdoor space was one of John Lautner's signatures. Tom Ferguson Photography/LACMA hide caption

Integrating indoor and outdoor space was one of John Lautner's signatures.

Over the years, Goldstein has put in a tennis court and a nightclub (Club James, of course), and he has plans for a theater on the property. He entertains a lot; Rihanna's 27th birthday party — Jay Z, Mick Jagger and Leonardo DiCaprio were all in attendance — was held here.

Hosting parties like that, you have to have the right outfit. Not a problem for Mr. Goldstein.

"I have a very important men's fashion collection," he says. (In fact, he even has his own fashion line.) His closet is full of fabulous spangled and studded jackets. With the push of a button, the clothes rack will revolve — just like at the dry cleaner.

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At 70-something, with shoulder-length white hair, Goldstein — who made his fortune in California real estate — leads a playboy life. He attends more than 100 NBA games every year. "I'm known as the No. 1 NBA fan, he says."

Standing by the pool where clothing-challenged Pamela Anderson once posed for a shoot, he's living out a childhood dream.

"I remember building projects in the sand in Miami Beach and everyone coming by and saying, 'You're going to be an architect someday,' " he says.

And he's come close. Design is important in all of his involvements, and he says he doesn't plan to stop working on his masterpiece of a home.

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The furniture is custom-designed to fit the angles and design of the home. "Every detail has been worked on," Goldstein says, "including where the stitching of the leather is." Tom Ferguson Photography/LACMA hide caption

"Every day, I think about little details of what's going on now, what I'm going to do," he says.

In a city with stellar modern residential architecture, and people monied enough to afford it, James Goldstein and architect John Lautner have created a house of wonders.

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ARCH TOUR FEST: THE GOLDSTEIN ESTATE (aka THE SHEATS-GOLDSTEIN RESIDENCE and CLUB JAMES) – 10:30

May 19, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am pdt.

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Arch tour fest: the goldstein estate (aka the sheats-goldstein residence and club james), friday, may 19, 2023, morning tour : 10:30 – 11:30am.

Additional information regarding the tour and check-in process will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event.

Tour Organizer: Conner & Perry Architects, Inc., Nicholson Architects, Lautner Associates (John Lautner, FAIA)

The Goldstein Estate is home to the iconic Sheats-Goldstein Residence (1963) by John Lautner. Originally constructed for the Sheats family in the early 1960’s, the house was purchased by James Goldstein in 1972 and he enlisted Lautner to embark on a series of renovations and improvements to “perfect” the home, until the architect’s passing in 1994. At that time there were schematic designs in place for adjacent entertainment facilities including a tennis court, guest house, and garage/maid’s quarters. Lautner protege, Duncan Nicholson, took over the renovations to the home and continued to develop the designs for the entertainment facilities as well as the construction of a James Turrell Skyspace, “Above Horizon”. During this time the program for the new facilities grew to include a home theater , private nightclub, library, offices, dining terrace, and lap pool. Nicholson’s untimely death in 2015 led project architects Kristopher Conner and James Perry to form Conner & Perry Architects, which is now the architect of record for the property. They are continuing to oversee construction and develop designs with the owner for the lower terrace, home theater, and guest house portions of project, as well as overseeing maintenance and restoration efforts for the original residence. This property is a cultural mainstay of Los Angeles, featured in many motion pictures, fashion, and editorial photography, and has been bequeathed to LACMA by Jim Goldstein so that it may remain accessible to the public to inspire future generations of designers and enthusiasts.

Building Credits:

Original Architect: John Lautner

General Contractor: Ostermann Construction/Empire Group Construction

Structural Engineer: Andrew Nasser

Landscape Designer: Eric Nagelmann

Glazing Contractor: Giroux Glass, Inc.

Metal Fabricators: Breakform Design

Tour Led by:

Kristopher Conner, AIA – President & Co-Founder, Conner & Perry Architects, Inc.

Learning Objectives:

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Goldstein Estate Tour Learning Objectives 1) An understanding of the history of this architecturally and culturally significant work 2) A basic understanding of the tenants of American Organic Architecture and how they have been implemented by Lautner, Nicholson, and Conner & Perry 3) An overview of poured-in-place concrete and its structural, formal, and aesthetic qualities 4) A case study of the integration of sports and hospitality facilities in contemporary, high-end residential projects

Parking Information:

Park on the street along Angelo View Dr. or Davies. Parking in the neighborhood is extremely limited due to ongoing construction. Please consolidate into as few vehicles as possible or use a ride-share service and plan accordingly. Tour groups should convene in the cul-de-sac at the top of the driveway and the tour will proceed once everyone has arrived.

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Tour John Lautner’s iconic Sheats-Goldstein Residence

The Sheats-Goldstein Residence is considered of Los Angeles’s most iconic homes. Designed by architect—and apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright—John Lautner in 1961, the cave-like concrete-and-glass residence perches above Beverly Hills and incorporates a soaring roof with coffered triangles, frameless walls of glass, built-in furniture, and, of course, spectacular views of the Los Angeles skyline.

Appearing as an indelible presence in movies like The Big Lebowski and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle , the 4,500-square-foot pleasure pad was purchased in 1972 by investor and NBA “superfan” James Goldstein and has been lovingly restored and transformed since then—with the participation of Lautner himself.

Now, even more folks will get the chance to experience the striking house. Last February, Goldstein agreed to donate the home to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The bequest—valued at approximately $40 million—includes a $17 million endowment fund for maintenance, a James Turrell installation, and a new addition to the building that contains an office and a nightclub. The museum will offer limited tours while Goldstein is still living there and hopes to open up the house for fundraisers and conferences in the future.

"I want the house to be an educational tool for young architects, and I want to inspire good architecture for Los Angeles," Goldstein told the Los Angeles Times .

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Historic Augusta home opens up to the public on James Brown tour

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A new stop has been added to the James Brown tour in Augusta.

It’s the first house his family lived in that James Brown bought for his father when they came back to Augusta. This, before moving to Walton Way and then over to Beech Island.

But this is a piece of history you can go inside; the family wanting to share a piece of their history with the world.

Walking inside is like you’re taking a step back in time.

“You’re not just standing in a home. This is history that happened in this home, and then a lot of the homes around here,” said Dr. Yamma Brown, James Brown’s daughter.

But the memories still feel fresh, almost everyone in James Brown’s family has memories here on Parkway Drive.

“From the late 60s all the way up until the 2000s at some point in time, somebody in our family was living in this home, and we were coming in and out of this home. So there are a ton of memories. Some we will say, some we will not,” said Dr. Deanna Brown Thomas, James Brown’s daughter.

And the history goes beyond the doors of the home.

“This is a home from the 60s, in an area that was not black, it was predominantly Caucasian. And so you have African American family that’s living here. And then not only my dad, but my grandfather, this being my grandfather’s home, coming from, you know, being like having nothing,” said Dr. Yamma Brown.

Some fans have been on the tour before and came back to be a part of the first tour allowed inside the space.

“I used to write letters to the editor for James Brown Boulevard being to be changed James Brown Boulevard. I used to send him birthday announcements in the newspaper. I used to send him Father’s Day gifts. All kinds of stuff. I was really into James brown, ”said Patrick Brissey, a James Brown fan.

Now it will hold even more memories outside of James Brown’s family.

“He would call me school boy...when he would see me. Now I listened to all the things that he did about education and so I got a PhD later on. I told him when I first met him, I was going to keep soul alive and he just busted out laughing. And so now I argue for the existence of a soul. And so it’s kind of cool to see keep the soul alive and that sort of thing,” he said.

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  10. Iconic Perspectives: John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein Residence

    Watch this video to take a personal tour with James Goldstein—who has lived there for more than 40 years—and continue reading to hear more about how the collaboration took place. After Lautner's house had made its way through the '60s and '70s, the house had gone through multiple changes by the initial homeowners. ...

  11. Touring James Goldstein's Famous Sheats-Goldstein Home

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  12. Sheats-Goldstein Residence tour

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  13. Tour John Lautner's Historic Sheats-Goldstein House

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  14. This House Is A Work Of Art, So The Owner Is Donating It To A Museum

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  15. James Goldstein Interview and House Tour

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  17. ARCH TOUR FEST: THE GOLDSTEIN ESTATE (aka THE SHEATS-GOLDSTEIN

    The Goldstein Estate is home to the iconic Sheats-Goldstein Residence (1963) by John Lautner. Originally constructed for the Sheats family in the early 1960's, the house was purchased by James Goldstein in 1972 and he enlisted Lautner to embark on a series of renovations and improvements to "perfect" the home, until the architect's ...

  18. Tour John Lautner's iconic Sheats-Goldstein Residence

    The Sheats-Goldstein Residence is considered of Los Angeles's most iconic homes. Designed by architect—and apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright—John Lautner in 1961, the cave-like concrete-and-glass residence perches above Beverly Hills and incorporates a soaring roof with coffered triangles, frameless walls of glass, built-in furniture, and, of course, spectacular views of the Los Angeles ...

  19. JAMES F. GOLDSTEIN › The Goldstein Residence

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  20. Mytishchi Travel 2024: Best Places to Visit & Restaurants

    Mytishchi is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow-Yaroslavl railway.

  21. Visit Mytishchi: 2024 Travel Guide for Mytishchi, Moscow

    Armoury Chamber. 4.5 /5 (146 reviews) Visit one of Moscow's oldest and most revered museums and discover more about Russian royal life and military history.

  22. Historic Augusta home opens up to the public on James Brown tour

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  23. Top 14 things to do and attractions in Mytishchi

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  24. Alexander Yuryevich PICHUSHKIN

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