{"id":300365,"date":"2025-11-19T03:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/300365\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:11:15","slug":"a-harry-gesner-designed-socal-beach-house-lists-for-10-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/300365\/","title":{"rendered":"A Harry Gesner-Designed SoCal Beach House Lists for $10.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLast year, a couple of neighboring oceanfront properties designed by the wildly imaginative architect\u00a0Harry Gesner<\/a>\u00a0made news<\/a> in his beloved and adopted hometown of Malibu<\/a>\u2014the iconic\u00a0Wave House<\/a>, which sold to Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss for nearly $30 million, and his personal home,\u00a0Sandcastle House<\/a>, which went to tech entrepreneur Jason Fried for $13 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow another equally striking and original home crafted by the self-taught midcentury mandarin has hit the market in the guard-gated Malibu Cove Colony<\/a> enclave for the first time in more than five decades. The asking price is a dash under $10.5 million, with\u00a0the listing<\/a>\u00a0shared by Zen Gesner, the late architect\u2019s son, and Chris Cortazzo, both of Compass.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tA sunken living room is anchored by a floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: Hockey Legend Chris Chelios Lists His Seaside Malibu Home for $60 Million<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tCompleted in 1975 and owned by the same family since, the dark wood-sided and slanted-roof structure offers a total of four bedrooms and five baths across two levels. Spanning just over 2,600 square feet, the sky-lit living space is a nod to Gesner\u2019s commitment to sustainable building practices, replete with stained-glass windows sourced from a historic church and tall and slender bronze front doors culled from the old\u00a0San Francisco Mint<\/a>\u00a0building.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond a street-side gated entry, a wood footbridge lined with nautical rope empties at the house. Inside, a dining area sits between a fireside family room and a kitchen outfitted with hand-tiled countertops, a butcher block island, a pair of breakfast peninsulas, and double Thermador ovens. Steps lead down to the heart of the house, a sunken living room featuring wide-plank floors, a wood-beam ceiling, a vast brick fireplace, a sitting nook beneath a round stained-glass window, and sliding glass doors opening to an expansive oceanfront deck.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe primary bedroom has a fireplace and sliding glass doors spilling out to an ocean-view balcony.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRELATED: Inside a $10 Million Malibu Beach House That Feels Like You\u2019re Floating on the Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tUpstairs, the primary suite flaunts an arched fireplace finished in cobalt blue tile, a curving balcony, and a ladder ascending to a loft retreat overlooking the coastline all the way to Point Dume. The vintage primary bath comes with dual vanities, a built-in soaking tub, and a separate shower, while the guest bedrooms each have their own balconies. In addition to direct beach access, the 0.17-acre parcel also has a two-car garage, plus a monthly $802 HOA fee.<\/p>\n

\n\tGesner, who\u00a0died<\/a>\u00a0in 2022 at age 97, was a California native who led an epic life. Born to an engineer father and an artist mother, he learned to fly a plane when he was only 14 years old; stormed the beach at Normandy at age 19; rebuked an invite from Frank Lloyd Wright to study at Taliesin in lieu of becoming a tomb raider in Ecuador; dated models and actresses; fraternized with actors Errol Flynn and Marlon Brando; collected fancy sports cars; and surfed every day into his late 80s. Along the way, he built one-of-a-kind houses still coveted today.<\/p>\n

\n\tClick here<\/a> for more photos of the Malibu residence.<\/p>\n

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\tAuthors<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tWendy Bowman\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for\u2026<\/p>\n

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