Architectural Digest: February 2020

 

A Wallace Neff Mansion in Hancock Park Gets a New Life

Written by Catherine Hong | Photography by Sam Frost

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TV executive Patrick Moran and his partner called on designer Christos Prevezanos of Studio Preveza to assist with modernizing their French neoclassical-style house

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Back in Hollywood’s golden age, Wallace Neff was the man who shaped the idea of what movie-star life looked like. He’s the architect who built mansions for Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Charlie Chaplin, and Darryl Zanuck. Although Neff is now best remembered for his Spanish Colonial–inspired homes, he was nondenominational when it came to architectural forms and eras. Tudor, Regency, Norman, Greek Revival—he eventually embraced them all. Read the article.

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