James Goldstein's Mansion in Selling Sunset

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• Lautner installed 750 drinking glasses in the roof, which send little rays of light into the living room.
• Rebecca Lynn Howard's "Forgive" Music Video
• Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams's "Let's Get Blown" Music Video
• The Sheats Goldstein residence: John Lautner’s organic architecture dream
• More about the Sheats-Goldstein Residence
• Tour John Lautner’s Historic Sheats-Goldstein House
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He watches basketball games every night from his Lautner-designed den on a 135-inch screen TV. Working around the existing architecture was often more difficult than building something from scratch, Goldstein adds — renovations for the master bedroom alone took four years to complete. “From that project on, I never stopped,” Goldstein says of working on the house with Lautner. The duo continued to collaborate until the architect’s death 22 years later.

Lautner installed 750 drinking glasses in the roof, which send little rays of light into the living room.

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After Lautner’s death in 1994, Goldstein worked with a Lautner protégé to construct a three-story “entertainment complex” next door; the building includes Club James, which recently hosted a combined Valentine’s-Grammy nomination party for producer Mark Ronson and Jamie xx. Originally built for Helen and Paul Sheats and their three children the construction of the house began in 1961 and was completed in 1963. Built from poured-in-place concrete, steel, and wood the most striking feature of the five bedroom 4,5000 square home has to be the living room. Rapper G-Eazy is yet another artist who's laid claim to the renowned Goldstein mansion with a mesmerizing music video. The "No Limit" rapper filmed his 2016 "Order More" visual, featuring Starrah, all over the home's living room, close to its heavily vegetated outdoor area.

Rebecca Lynn Howard's "Forgive" Music Video

It's then when we meet Carter Hudson's Reed Thompson, aka Teddy McDonald — the CIA officer who discovers the famous hillside property to be a stash house amid the crime drama's crack-cocaine epidemic. If you check the photo above, you'll see parts of the Goldstein house's signature glass walls. With so many requests to use the house, Goldstein had an alternative party space, Club James, built across the driveway. Designed by Lautner protégé Duncan Nicholson, it includes offices, meeting rooms, and a private nightclub. Dressing rooms for film and photo shoots were added to the entranceway of the house, and Goldstein had an infinity tennis court built atop the roof, which he uses regularly.

Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams's "Let's Get Blown" Music Video

Miniature skylights, made from 750 drinking glasses, puncture the coffered concrete ceiling, creating the illusion of a light-dappled lagoon. Sliding glass walls open the master bedroom to the outdoors and paths connect bedrooms to the house. Lautner designed the interiors, the lighting, and the concrete furniture (including those orange leather sofas).

Tours of the house will be available by appointment on a limited basis for as long as Goldstein lives there. "I remember building projects in the sand in Miami Beach and everyone coming by and saying, 'You're going to be an architect someday,' " he says. Standing by the pool where clothing-challenged Pamela Anderson once posed for a shoot, he's living out a childhood dream.

However, Goldstein never stopped tweaking and upgrading his Beverly Crest dwelling, even adding a nightclub to the list of amenities. “Our team is very selective about what events we bring to life at the house. Every event Talent Resources Sports is responsible for is curated and specific to the DNA of the brand partner and their marketing and hospitality objectives.

Tour John Lautner’s Historic Sheats-Goldstein House

It was originally built between 1961 and 1963 by famed architect John Lautner, who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s protegees. Made from poured-in-place concrete, steel, and wood, the 4500 square foot house has five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. "Selling Sunset" always delivers on drama and high-end properties, and season seven is no different. By now, viewers are used to seeing the cast of Oppenheim Group realtors show off lush California homes to their roster of rich clients, but this time, they got the unique opportunity to host a work event at an iconic Hollywood landmark — which you may recognize. According to the LA Times, Goldstein will live there for the rest of his lifetime but is already allowing the museum to hold limited, ticketed tours. He said he hopes the house will serve as an educational tool for young architects in the future.

Years in the making, it features an 85 foot infinity-edged cantilevered concrete foot lap pool. This is in addition to an original pool in the main house which was completed in 1959. Another one-of-a-kind feature of the bedroom is the closet which features a turnstile to allow Goldstein to easily view his wardrobe. “There's no mistake where we're highlighting the city of Los Angeles in the background, and people are coming for this immersive experience where they can come and feel what it's like to be part of this Hollywood lifestyle for a minute.

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(In fact, he even has his own fashion line.) His closet is full of fabulous spangled and studded jackets. With the push of a button, the clothes rack will revolve — just like at the dry cleaner. Integrating indoor and outdoor space was one of John Lautner's signatures. Goldstein says he loves living in this spare, uncluttered, elegant home. "I've kept that word in my mind on everything I've done. That's one of the Lautner concepts which is very important. ... Everything is concealed. Everything is simple and at the same time beautiful." Beginning today, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will consider it an impending part of its collection.

Retractable skylights in the kitchen, an open dining area for meals under the stars, and a glass terrace were all unusual features for the time and helped reinforce the house’s indoor-outdoor feel. Local fashion aficionado and basketball superfan James Goldstein has promised LACMA his landmark 1963 home perched above Beverly Glen, designed by city-shaping architect John Lautner. It’s not open for regular visits quite yet, but you can step inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence on this pair of tours by the A+D Museum.

The home features one-of-a-kind outdoor hallways, decorated by the sky and a myriad of vegetation. Scott, a real estate investor and renovator, and designer Debra Salmoni are once again joining forces to help homeowners update their vacation properties. The cottage-themed fifth season promises to be "the most action-packed, rip-roaring, and hilarious season so far." In the HGTV promo, Scott promises the "most dramatic transformations yet." According to the outlet, the hillside home has been known to open its doors up to cosplayers during Lebowski Fest who hope to re-create Bridges's scenes.

With the house having this incredible pedigree, all of the incredible shots that have happened here, the events that have happened here” says Spencer. Every room in the home, particularly the living room feels as if it belongs in a different era. Yet the windowed walls, extreme opulence of the views along with the minimalist vibes and custom furniture pieces feel surprisingly of the present moment. The home was originally built for Helen and Paul Sheats and their three children. Helen, an artist, and Paul, a university professor, had previously commissioned Lautner for the 1948–1949 Sheats Apartments project located in Westwood adjacent to the University of California, Los Angeles.

An apprentice of Lautner, architect Duncan Nicholon took over the Architects role in collaboration with the James Turrell to complete the project in 2004. So it makes sense that James Goldstein’s house, hovering over a canyon atop Beverly Hills, Calif., is one of the most strange, fascinating and perplexing architectural projects in the world. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. The Jackie Treehorn house from The Big Lebowski is, in fact, the Sheats-Goldstein residence, owned by elusive businessman James Goldstein. It’s located in L.A.’s Beverly Crest neighborhood and it’s a private property. We know he grew up in Milwaukee and then moved to California to attend Stanford University, after which he got into real estate and started investing heavily in developing Century City in L.A.

The Goldstein House's location in the heart of Beverly Hills is also a significant advantage for filmmakers, photographers, and event planners. The property is conveniently located near major studios and production companies, making it easily accessible for cast and crew. During the mid-20th century, Lautner built almost 200 houses and commercial buildings throughout Southern California. He was a major contributor to the commercial architecture genre known as Googie, the ultramodern roadside buildings of the ’50s and ’60s named for Lautner’s design for the Googie coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard. Hollywood has always embraced Lautner’s striking, futuristic creations. The 1971 James Bond spy film, Diamonds Are Forever, was filmed inside the Lautner–designed Elrod Residence, a conical, concrete wonder invisibly tucked into the rocky hillside above Palm Springs.

He calls this undertaking the Goldstein Entertainment Complex, and it also includes Goldstein’s office and a nightclub (yes, you read that right) called Club James, with an infinity-edged tennis court as the roof, made of post-tensioned concrete. Babyface's 2015 "We've Got Love" video is also a pretty solid tour of the Goldstein residence. The music legend sets up shop in the house's living room, where he hosts a small party and performs his track, while shots of the bedroom are sprinkled throughout.