Late SCI-Arc founder Ray Kappe’s Keeler House design has hit the market in Pacific Palisades, California, for $12 million.

The split-level, 4,142-square-foot Post and Beam design was built over four and a half years using Kappe’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.

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 floating effect in the living spaces in between.

You will see the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's Organic Architecture principles weighed heavily on Kappe's design, which comes with the restored original built-ins and is beset by private balconies and outdoor terraces. Kappe and his son Finn were active in overseeing its later remodeling directly. 

Crosby Doe Associates' LA office is managing the listing. 

Its listing follows the sale of Kappe's final home in Venice Beach last year. An earlier design in Glendale, California (Kappe's first in Los Angeles) was sold for around $2.2 million in late 2022.

Watch Finn Kappe and the original Keeler House owner discuss the history of the design in the video below, courtesy of The Association for Women in Architecture + Design.