Rowan Residence For Sale, Californian Luxury Home, Robert Skinner, CA Real Estate, US House Photos
Rowan Residence near Franklin Canyon Park, California
August 19, 2021
Robert Skinner?s 1961 ?Rowan Residence? Restored, Updated and on the Market for $10M!
Location: California, USA
Design: Robert Skinner Architect

Rowan Residence, Franklin Canyon Park
Source: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Robert Skinner was one of Los Angeles? most renowned mid-century modern architects. A 1954 graduate of USC?s prestigious School of Architecture, Skinner?s homes made significant contributions to the style of L.A.?s Trousdale Estates, Coldwater Canyon and Beverly Hills. His most famous design, Rowan Residence, was built for the Rowan family in 1961 and appeared in the Taschen book Julius Schulman: Modernism Rediscovered, considered one of the foremost visual resources on the California Modern Movement. Mr. Skinner died in 2008.
Current owner Greg Cavic, a talent agent at United Talent Artists whose clients include Ed Helms, H. Jon Benjamin and Zach Galifinakis, purchased the Hidden Valley Estates home in 2012 and hired architect John Bertram to undertake a meticulous restoration that honors the original design, maintaining the spirit of the 1960s while updating the mansion for the current century with all new fixtures and state-of-the-art appliances. He has now listed it for sale at $10 million with agent Tori Barnao of Compass.

The single-story, split-level, 4,600-square-foot home sits on n...