Oct

A Second Act for L.A.’s Trousdale Estates

As if Southern California didn’t already have an unfair monopoly on Mid Century Modern architecture, enter Trousdale Estates, the Beverly Hills enclave that’s home to a slew of famous names, and we’re not talking actors. Designed in the 1950s as a gated community for the rich and famous, Trousdale Estates has seen its share of marquee names come and go, but the houses in the tony development—the “forgotten gems” by Mid-Century architects A. Quincy Jones, Harold W. Levitt and Wallace Neff, among others—are finally being recognized as the neighborhood’s true stars. Here, snapshots of the sun-drenched patios, flat roofs, glass walls and, yes, swimming pools, that keep slavish admirers of Mid Century architecture California dreaming.