Yeah it’ll still stand, but there will be lots of huge cracks and be a very expensive repair. This is why there are very few brick, stone, and concrete houses in CA. There are façades of these materials but they usually aren’t structural. Wood is actually the best material in an earthquake, but worst in terms of fire obviously. Can’t win against the environment there
Also, while I do like this, I actually think it's a relatively boring brutalist piece. If I had 67 million, I would build a brutalist house in the style of some the better brutalist libraries.
Although, looking through images of those now... most of those make the place more inviting with liberal use of greenery... so we are probably just saying the same thing.
Greenery would help, but seriously, no amount of decorating could save that place. Bring in all the plants and art and paneling on Earth, and it'd still feel like a luxury prison for posh criminals.
should see the main hall at the oakley main office. it's like the characters from the matrix and a bunch of vikings started sketching and then built it. personally i love going there and the staff have always been awesome.
there's also an oakley museum in the back; they left it open one day and a few friends and i went through. was awesome to see it all.
and to think it all started by a guy making motocross handlebar grips out of his van.... and named the company for his dog.
that's cool! when i go back to san diego my friends and i often make the pilgrimage to oakley. the one time we saw all the displays (i think of it like a museum due to the history) the staff were cool about it - was obvious we were just taking it in and going from one end of it all to the other, we didn't mess with anything - they just let us be and closed the doors after us. such a great experience, and the staff were awesome about it.
i don't know what it's like since Lux bought the company; but back when i went it was an awesome customer experience. i've been a dedicated oakley customer for almost 40 years now. kind of strange to think of it in those terms.
So my husband owns a custom stainless commercial kitchen fab shop and has said he can redo our home kitchen like this. Granted, our kitchen is way smaller so it would be way toned down compared to this. But I have turned that down bc I’ve worked in enough restaurants and don’t want a restaurant kitchen in my home lol I’ll keep my old laminate countertops and wooden cabinets! Stainless appliances are ok but that’s enough in a home setting
I'm reminded of House Atreides in Dune for some reason.
I'm trying to picture what would happen with this house if there were wildfires. Could you just ride it out inside? Would the smoke eventually become overwhelming? Could you get a couple oxygen containers to ride that out?
An all stainless kitchen (?) even the cabinets, every man’s dream! No tedious cleaning with multiple sprays and sponges or rags. Just fire up the pressure washer and hose everything down and let drip dry.
I feel like this is Keanu’s place if only cuz of the bike right in the front door, the killer kitchen, and the futuristic/dystopian style of the entire place. As expensive and ridiculous it is… I’d probs kick a few hundred infants for it. Maybe even toddlers. In their shins. While wearing steal toed boots. And I’m not talking about light tap, I mean really winding up and going for it. Like I’m trying to hit a 60 yd field goal type of kicks.
Wow this is like really brutal it's, feels more like a fancy restaurant\club Vibe. There's zero warmth in how it's staged. Very masculine the only buyer is a rich young playboy type.
That’s a fortress. Betcha giant spikes can pop up from inside those ramparts and curtain walls.
In the event of an emergency, that platform in the pool will sink down, huge steel walls will slam shut across all of the openings and all occupants will retreat to the survival bunker in the basement.
I've always liked this. If I had the means (as I'm sure Jannard does) I'd be happy to have this as one of my homes, maybe even my primary home. But I imagine most of us don't live that way. As a single primary home I can envision getting tired of it. But if I only spend a fraction of time here, and have a fleet of staff to maintain it, sure, I'll live there.
overall i really like this home, but the kitchen is rough. area lighting with minimal task lighting (yes some on counters to right). and having so much metal, while not tough to clean, makes for a very reflective noisy environment. makes me think the owners don't cook, and want staff that do their cooking out of the way.
giant wolf double range, a bargain microwave and a keurig. i can think of several ways i'd do this differently.
For this price you can get a commercial office building and carve out the penthouse for your residence. Why anyone would spend 67mil on a concrete warehouse is nuts. Maybe location?
On the plus side, at least it’s flame resistant.
But less earthquakes resistant
That’s why it’s so expensive. All the rebar needed to make that concrete work in an earthquake! 🤣
Yeah it’ll still stand, but there will be lots of huge cracks and be a very expensive repair. This is why there are very few brick, stone, and concrete houses in CA. There are façades of these materials but they usually aren’t structural. Wood is actually the best material in an earthquake, but worst in terms of fire obviously. Can’t win against the environment there
STEEL ! Baby ... STEEL !
No. This statement is very inaccurate. Wood is not the best material for an earthquake.
What is? Maybe something more modern, but at least growing up in the area that was my understanding
i really fw brutalist architecture, but some greenery pushing it to eco brutalist would be a cherry on top
100%.
Also, while I do like this, I actually think it's a relatively boring brutalist piece. If I had 67 million, I would build a brutalist house in the style of some the better brutalist libraries.
Although, looking through images of those now... most of those make the place more inviting with liberal use of greenery... so we are probably just saying the same thing.
And lots of it would help[ a lot.
All those horrible fluorescent tube lights make it even worse. It's lit like an office.
like a giant safe room
its called brutalist but it seems like industrialist is a more fitting name
I'm getting "Hunger Games with a kitchen." Is that an architectural term?
Greenery would help, but seriously, no amount of decorating could save that place. Bring in all the plants and art and paneling on Earth, and it'd still feel like a luxury prison for posh criminals.
If a man brought me to this place, I would assume I'm going to be murdered.
Possibly sacrificed.
I dont know, I like it to a point but I think some more plants would actually make it better, not worse.
I enjoy brutalism, but I don't want to live in a brutalist piece. It's the opposite of cozy.
Fr. I love concrete, stainless, and gravel. Some green would send this place big time.
This. 100%
Jim Jannard’s house. The founder of Oakley. https://hypebeast.com/2025/3/james-jannard-brutalist-home-beverly-hills-for-sale
Man, guy really eats, sleeps and breathes that early-2000s Oakley aesthetic.
This one was “normal.” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/oakley-founder-james-jannard-sells-malibu-mansion-for-210-million-a-california-record
And the Malibu house was where he lived. The thread is about a property that was mostly used for parties / various functions.
should see the main hall at the oakley main office. it's like the characters from the matrix and a bunch of vikings started sketching and then built it. personally i love going there and the staff have always been awesome.
there's also an oakley museum in the back; they left it open one day and a few friends and i went through. was awesome to see it all.
and to think it all started by a guy making motocross handlebar grips out of his van.... and named the company for his dog.
I worked at the main HQ in FHR for several years post LUX buying the company. Only met Jim a few times.
that's cool! when i go back to san diego my friends and i often make the pilgrimage to oakley. the one time we saw all the displays (i think of it like a museum due to the history) the staff were cool about it - was obvious we were just taking it in and going from one end of it all to the other, we didn't mess with anything - they just let us be and closed the doors after us. such a great experience, and the staff were awesome about it.
i don't know what it's like since Lux bought the company; but back when i went it was an awesome customer experience. i've been a dedicated oakley customer for almost 40 years now. kind of strange to think of it in those terms.
Oh look, this house again
yup
It's back for its annual monthly repost
Can we ban posts about this house?! I’m so tired of seeing it posted at least once a month.
I actually like this.
They are certainly ready for the Zombie Apocalypse
I'd move right in myself. Love the ambience and rawness of the place.
Kanye??
Looks like Batman mansion
Aeon Flux vibes.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/410-Trousdale-Pl-Beverly-Hills-CA-90210/20534468_zpid/
I’m suspicious of only 15 pictures.
I believe this is Oakley CEO’s old house
Founder of Oakley and Red Cameras.
Oh that checks out
This looks like the house from Beef
Looks like a Doom level.
No link provided
Not even a city and state. So many people just choose to ignore RULE 2
I reported it, but it's still here
It’s somewhere near Los Angeles but that’s the best I can do
I kept looking too and nothing I found still had any photos up. Shouldn't have been posted in the community imo.
Post-apocalyptic community college, as imagined in the 1990s
Is it nice and quality? No doubt but not close to my taste.
Not a fan of that much concrete and way too much stainless steel in the kitchen.
I'm down with the more rustic look, big wooden beams, beiges, tans, greens, natural colors, like a tree.
Stones and slate are great, big fireplaces, lots of trees, water, mountains etc.
The kitchen looks like that because as the owner, you'll never be in it.
So my husband owns a custom stainless commercial kitchen fab shop and has said he can redo our home kitchen like this. Granted, our kitchen is way smaller so it would be way toned down compared to this. But I have turned that down bc I’ve worked in enough restaurants and don’t want a restaurant kitchen in my home lol I’ll keep my old laminate countertops and wooden cabinets! Stainless appliances are ok but that’s enough in a home setting
I loved this kitchen, but yeah, it looks 110% industrial or institutional — at home in a prison.
I picture Russ Hanneman living here.
There are ways to make bomb shelters attractive; I've seen it.
This is just horrid.
Apocalypse bunker style but bougie 🤑
For $67 million, you can live like a James Bond villain.
I don’t hate it. I think it has a vibe to it and a potential
Brutalist fever dream
Thats the founder of Oakley appeal and sunglasses house!
Brutilist Maximus
I love brutalism, but this ain’t it. It’s the offensive lighting. Nothing says ‘home’ like the same fluorescent tubes Walmart uses.
Another vampire estate. Mfers HATE natural light
I genuinely hate it. What a silly way to show off your wealth by living in a fluorescent lit bunker.
Wasn’t this property built and owned by Oakley’s founder?
I always wanted to live in a Soviet bunker.
This is what I fear Altadena will look like after the rebuild.
This is final boss evil lair. And I love every inch it.
Brutal
I'm reminded of House Atreides in Dune for some reason.
I'm trying to picture what would happen with this house if there were wildfires. Could you just ride it out inside? Would the smoke eventually become overwhelming? Could you get a couple oxygen containers to ride that out?
This place veers into House Harkonnen territory in my mind. Very little in the way of creature comforts, cold, utilitarian.
Well, the Harkonnens DID burn down the sacred palm trees... which hasn't happened here (yet)...
This is certainly all about riding out whatever comes. Arsenal Room omitted for obvious reasons.
It's a fortress. Perfect for when the French Revolution comes Stateside.
More of a habitat facility than a home, isn't it
An all stainless kitchen (?) even the cabinets, every man’s dream! No tedious cleaning with multiple sprays and sponges or rags. Just fire up the pressure washer and hose everything down and let drip dry.
The kitchen is kind of cool. The rest looks like a repurposed sewer system
Not sure if I would want to live in a makeshift cave
It probably has that parking garage bunker smell. Oh goody.
That looks depressing and gloomy af
So cold too. Nothing soft or cozy to be found.
This house looks like the Mars base in the first installment of “Doom”, and I guess subsequent installments as well.
6th photo reminds me of the original Power Rangers Command Center for some reason.
That was my first thought!
This has been posted here many times. I still think it looks like a Supervillain lair.
I imagine it’s wasted on Peter Thiel being his 10th house.
It’s looks like a kings palace in a dystopian society
I feel like this is Keanu’s place if only cuz of the bike right in the front door, the killer kitchen, and the futuristic/dystopian style of the entire place. As expensive and ridiculous it is… I’d probs kick a few hundred infants for it. Maybe even toddlers. In their shins. While wearing steal toed boots. And I’m not talking about light tap, I mean really winding up and going for it. Like I’m trying to hit a 60 yd field goal type of kicks.
This is one of the most depressing wastes of money I've ever seen.
Is this where they shot Him? I'm not even joking, this looks like half of the sets from the movie
personally I love this aesthetic
Not this house,AGAIN!! 🙄
"the property embraces a cold, retro-futuristic aesthetic that befits the opulent lifestyle of a supervillain" from Hypebeast.
LOL. True. I still kind of like it (the lighting is the worst though).
I absolutely love the kitchen! I was a sous chef for 20 years; this is my dream kitchen!
It's a mausoleum and nuclear bunker, too.
If the cold concrete depresses you, warm up next to the cold kitchen steel.
Hey can anyone tell me where the link is? I can't find it.
This makes me want to kill myself.
Is there a way to ban this house? Its on here every week.
Perfection.
Haters get bent.
Raid
if you ever want to start a cult here is your hq.
A parking garage with a couch AND a view! Hell of a view.
Looks like the set for Aeon Flux.
Wow this is like really brutal it's, feels more like a fancy restaurant\club Vibe. There's zero warmth in how it's staged. Very masculine the only buyer is a rich young playboy type.
I like it. I wouldn't make it my home, but I do like it.
Paint it white and grey and slap some laminate down. It will sell..
I feel confident I've seen this place in a James Bond 007 movie ...
I remember memorializing a tortoise there in Cyberpunk 2077
Really, dont even patch the tie holes? Shame!
If the power rangers headquarters was in Russia….
What city is this in
Some flowers, a few area rugs, and the place will be cozy in no time.
That’s a fortress. Betcha giant spikes can pop up from inside those ramparts and curtain walls.
In the event of an emergency, that platform in the pool will sink down, huge steel walls will slam shut across all of the openings and all occupants will retreat to the survival bunker in the basement.
Mausoleum??
Imagine having the flu in a place like this. Idk I want to be cozy at home this looks like it should be inhabited by robots
at least the kitchen seems well done
I've always liked this. If I had the means (as I'm sure Jannard does) I'd be happy to have this as one of my homes, maybe even my primary home. But I imagine most of us don't live that way. As a single primary home I can envision getting tired of it. But if I only spend a fraction of time here, and have a fleet of staff to maintain it, sure, I'll live there.
I love it.
overall i really like this home, but the kitchen is rough. area lighting with minimal task lighting (yes some on counters to right). and having so much metal, while not tough to clean, makes for a very reflective noisy environment. makes me think the owners don't cook, and want staff that do their cooking out of the way.
giant wolf double range, a bargain microwave and a keurig. i can think of several ways i'd do this differently.
I dig this, kinda reminds me of some Hitman levels
We’ve seen this one before, my inner nihilist likes it except for that stupid motorcycle in the middle.
Cozy! /s
Do you get a “yard” with a basketball court and some weights?
For this price you can get a commercial office building and carve out the penthouse for your residence. Why anyone would spend 67mil on a concrete warehouse is nuts. Maybe location?
That concrete contractor had his work cut out for him!
stunning place, stunning views.... yea, $67 million. sure...
Perhaps the ugliest house I've ever seen. Not even "so bad it's good"
I'm surprised no one has made a 67 joke yet
It’s so… brutal
It has a nice kitchen too
Who builds this garbage?