The Man Who Built Mansions for Groucho Marx and Judy Garland Also Built This Bubble Home Now Selling for $1.95M
The man who designed mansions for Groucho Marx, Judy Garland, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. chose to spend his final years in a 1,000 sq ft concrete dome.
That choice was not irony. It was a statement.
Wallace Neff believed this house was his most important work. Now it is the only one left in America, and it just hit the market for $1.95 million.
The House He Built for His Brother
Neff designed the Airform house in 1946 at 1097 S. Los Robles Ave. in Pasadena, originally for his brother Andrew. The idea had come to him years earlier while shaving, when he watched a soap bubble hold against his finger. “Build with air,” he thought…