Mystery Apartment Complex

This small apartment complex is very complicated and reeks of several modernist styles.  How it got to the end of a cul-de-sac in Glassell Park is an interesting question.  I would have never found it if I hadn't made a wrong turn (in my own neighborhood no less!).

It contains these units in the rear

 and these two in the front . . . 

Dwell Magazine Home

This home appeared both in Dwell magazine and the LA Times.  It was remodeled a few years ago and incorporates a miniature farm.

Two Mystery Houses of the Same Period?

These two houses do not reveal much of themselves from the street but from what I could see they are of a similar style and material (concrete blocks and flat roofs) making them appear to have been constructed in the same time period.

Over the wall one can see the flat roof and in front a similar style concrete block.

Anybody have any further information?

5.1.13  I have been informed by a neighbor of this house that it was designed by Allyn Morris and featured in the book "Forgotten Modern."  It was named the Bubeck house, after the owners who had it built.  As I find out more I will add commentary.

Casa de la Montana Alegre

This house was given a name -- "Montana Alegre" -- which translates to "happy mountain."  The name has a triple meaning;  it sits on on top of a mountain ridge, is the feminine version of my last name, and I want everyone in it to be happy.
  I designed and built it in 2009.

All the photographs, except the sunset view, were taken by professional photographer Tatsu B-Ikeda.

2012 New House

This home was the cover feature of an LA Times February 16, 2013 story.  The text accompanying these pictures in the story refers to the home as located in the adjacent community, not in  Glassell Park.

Incredible Home of Early Modern Design

Serendipity led to this house while driving around looking for another house.  People I've shown this to  compare it to a small version of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water.  In complexity of interior and exterior design, and full of built-in features all recalling modernist architecture, this house of unknown pedigree is a showcase of design.

Hopefully in the near future I can find out something about this place or someone recognizes it and fills me in.