OSKLO breathes new life to the Hollywood Regency style home that once belonged to actor Michael York
Following American architect John Elgin Woolf’s success for his majestic builds for the wealthy and famous in the 1950s, many Hollywood builders of the same era imitated his style that is known today as Hollywood Regency.
Featuring the typical design notes of “Pullman doors” for the front entry, leaded oval glass windows, mansard roof lines and Doric columns, Woolf has designed homes for Hollywood celebrities of yesteryear, such as Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
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Woolf’s portfolio also included this property located on a promontory above the Sunset Strip that once belonged to actor Michael York, and his wife Pat York, a former Vogue photographer and Glamour photographer and travel editor.
After living there for almost five decades, it was sold to Joe and Davana Fryzer, a father-and-daughter duo familiar with the Studio OSKLO aesthetic, and engaged with them to carry out a glamorous remodel to this architecturally significant home.
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