Stahl House
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Case Study House #22, aka Stahl House, is a modernist styled house in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California that was designed by Pierre Koenig and client, Buck Stahl. Built in 1959 and part of the Case Study Houses program, the house is considered an iconic representation of modern architecture in Los Angeles during the 20th century. It was made famous by a photograph by Julius Shulman showing two women leisurely sitting at a corner of the house with a panoramic view of the city through the floor to ceiling glass walls at night. The house was used in numerous fashion shoots, ad campaigns and at least five films.
In 2007, the American Institute of Architects listed the Stahl House as one of the top 150 structures on their "American's Favorite Architecture" list, one of only 11 in Southern California.
The house was included in a list of all time top 10 houses in Los Angeles in a Los Angeles Times survey of experts in December 2008.
The house is privately owned.
In 2009, the house is 50 years old.
Stahl House in Popular Culture
The house is shown in the following films (incomplete):
- Columbo: "Prescription: Murder" (1968; home of Joan Hudson, played by Katherine Justice)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
- Playing by Heart (1998; home of Trent, an architect played by Jon Stewart)
- Galaxy Quest (1999; home of Jason Nesmith, an actor played by Tim Allen)
- Where the Truth Lies (2005; home of Vince Collins, played by Colin Firth)
- Night Stalker (2005, television; home of reporter Carl Kolchak, played by Stuart Townsend)
The house appears in the following video games:
- This house can be bought in GTA: San Andreas as a Safehouse.
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