Inside the Skog House, a Brutalist Santa Barbara Manse With 1970s Swagger

Santa Barbara is brimming with Spanish Colonial Revival-style homes and Mediterranean-inspired architecture, making one newly listed Brutalist abode a true standout.

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Named after the doctor who originally owned the home, Skog House has a dark, angular, and somewhat monolithic exterior, making it quite unlike the bevy of laid-back villas in the coastal city. Designed by architect J.F. Strickland and built in 1973, the property originally comprised a one-bedroom main house and a two-bedroom guest house. The current seller, who purchased the digs from Dr. Skog in 1995, enlisted local architectural firm Ferguson-Ettinger to combine the two structures in 2007. The resulting hillside pad, which is listed for $4.4 million with David Kim of Village Properties, features three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and a detached garage and office…

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