News about Zen Gesner

The iconic house was built by late architect Harry Gesner, who died in 2022 after he and original homeowner Gerry Cooper discovered a secluded cove with high waves for surfing several miles up the coast away from the Malibu Colony.' Gesner will take his balsa board out into the sea, but only with a grease pencil and sketched the Wave House on the front of his board in the 1950s. Gesner was put on the map and is said to have inspired the Sydney Opera House. The Midcentury Modern home is 6,200 square feet and sits on an acre of land with six bedrooms. The house is largely unchanged in its original condition, with some minor updates inside and the exterior wood coated with white finishes to blend in the environment surrounding it.