2024-11-23T16:10:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150423009/ray-kappe-s-keeler-house-lists-for-12-million-in-los-angeles Josh Niland 2024-04-05T18:23:00-04:00 >2024-04-08T23:28:05-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f08acb1d78c359a7744b4d7131a60cff.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Late <a href="https://archinect.com/sciarc" target="_blank">SCI-Arc</a> founder <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2118/ray-kappe" target="_blank">Ray Kappe</a>&rsquo;s Keeler House design has&nbsp;<a href="https://crosbydoe.com/address/16525-akron-street-pacific-palisades-ca/" target="_blank">hit the market</a> in Pacific Palisades, California, for $12 million.</p> <p>The split-level, 4,142-square-foot Post and Beam design was built over four and a half years using Kappe&rsquo;s nearby personal residence as its model. A rich palette of redwood, teak, Douglas fir, concrete, and glass feature carefully throughout the home, which sits on a 7-acre hillside lot and is replete with a two-car garage, four bedrooms, three baths, a storeroom, and separate guest quarters.</p> <p>Kappe designed the home in 1991 for a local jazz musician. Its interior layout is centered around its open-plan living/entertainment area that is cantilevered to extend over the hillside. A pleasing layered effect composes the interior, with glass inlay floor and ceiling blocks included to further incorporate the presence of natural light deeper into the structure via a vaulted skylight. Six concrete towers work to elevate the home above the tree line, allowing for a floati...</p>