Harry Gesner Beach House, Malibu Cove Colony

Malibu, California, United States

An oceanfront house by the organic modernist Harry Gesner, built in 1975 on the sand in the gated Malibu Cove Colony. It has 4 bedrooms, 5 baths and about 2,644 sq ft on a 0.17 acre lot, with soaring angled wood forms, expressive woodwork and walls of glass facing the Pacific. Details include stained-glass windows salvaged from a historic church, double doors from the old San Francisco Mint, five fireplaces, wood-beam ceilings and a ladder-reached loft. Three of the four bedrooms have ocean views and decks, and the house has direct access to the beach from the colony's private road.