The sculpted, stainless steel door, a work of art on its own, pivots on its axis, inviting guests into this 5200-square-foot, concrete, steel and glass Ray Kappe designed house on Manhattan Beach's world-famous Strand, inches from the sand and sea.

First offering in 50 years: Lubken Ranch is a 759 acre paradise at the foot of Mount Whitney with priceless water rights the L.A. Department of Water and Power never managed to acquire (remember the movie Chinatown?).

Thom Mayne & Michael Rotondi, Architects Harris Revisions: Daly, Genik, Architects The Lawrence/Harris Residence 1983-2004

The Millard House (La Miniatura), 1923 Millard House is internationally recognized as one of the world's most important works of architecture.

Closely held for nearly 40 years by one family, three separate parcels comprise nearly 20 acres. The close-in pastoral setting affords panoramic ocean and Topanga State Park vistas.