Boxcar design survives the ride

This modernist residence in Hollywood Hills West is a pristine example of boxcar design, a style developed by the home’s architect, Richard Neutra, in the late 1950s and ’60s.

Named the Loring House for its onetime owner, choreographer Eugene Loring, the 1958-built home was later expanded by Escher Gune-Wardena, which added a master suite and bathroom. A complementary guesthouse/art studio was designed by Steven Ehrlich and completed in 1981.

The details

Location: 2456 Astral Drive, Los Angeles, 90046

Asking price: $5.625 million Year built: 1958 House size: Five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms Lot size: 0.65 acres

Features: Retractable glass doors; steel columns and sculptural beams; built-in shelves and desks; open floor plan; living room with corner fireplace; period galley-style kitchen; breakfast room; formal landscaping; bamboo garden; pool; gated driveway

About the area: In the 90046 ZIP Code, based on 34 sales, the median sales price for single-family homes in November was $1.575 million, according to Core-Logic, down 21.4% year over year.

Agents: Steve Frankel, (310) 5085008, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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Photographs by Jeffrey Ong PostRAIN Productions RICHARD NEUTRA was the architect of this 1958 clean-lined, boxcar-style house; the aesthetic remains despite additions.

THE LORING HOUSE, which is in Hollywood Hills West, was expanded. It now has five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.

A COMPLEMENTARY guesthouse/art studio designed by Steven Ehrlich was added to the property in the early ’80s.