The Koenig Beach House at 6525 Point Lechuza Drive, Malibu, CA 90265, is the last house Pierre Koenig designed. Michael LaFetra commissioned it, Koenig worked on it until his death in 2004, and architect James Tyler completed it to his plans in 2012: a three-level steel, concrete and glass house on Lechuza Point.
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The architect of the Stahl House drew one last steel-and-glass house, for a beach at the western end of Malibu, and did not live to see it built.
What is the Koenig Beach House?
Pierre Koenig spent his career proving that a house could be built from a steel frame and a wall of glass. The last one he designed sits on the sand at Lechuza Point, at the western end of Malibu, and it took nearly a decade and a second architect to finish it.
For anyone looking for a Pierre Koenig house for sale, this is the rarest kind: a design from the end of his life, built after it. Koenig completed a limited number of houses in his lifetime, so each one that comes to market is an event. Debbie Pisaro, an architectural real estate agent who works across Los Angeles and the rest of California, follows his houses one by one, because each one that changes hands sets the record for the next.
The house goes by more than one name. The listings that have followed it call it the Koenig Beach House, and some of the press has used its location, Point Lechuza. Both mean the same address, 6525 Point Lechuza Drive.
Who was Pierre Koenig?
Pierre Koenig, 1925 to 2004, studied architecture at the University of Southern California and taught there for about forty years. He is best known for two houses in the Case Study House program run by Arts and Architecture magazine: Case Study House 21, the Bailey House, and Case Study House 22, the Stahl House, a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument made famous by Julius Shulman's 1960 photograph.
His method barely changed in fifty years. A steel frame carries the roof, glass fills the walls, and the house opens to whatever is outside it, whether that is the city at night or the ocean. You can see it in his Scott House in Tujunga and the Veneklasen House in Mandeville Canyon, and the full record is on Debbie Pisaro's Pierre Koenig profile.
How was Koenig's last house finished after his death?
Michael LaFetra commissioned the house on Lechuza Point. Koenig worked on it right up until he died in 2004, with the design drawn but the house not yet built. Architect James Tyler then carried it through to completion in 2012, built to Koenig's specifications and final blueprints, according to the Los Angeles Times as cited by Cottages and Gardens, and to The Spaces.
That makes the house a particular kind of object. It is a Koenig design, not a Koenig building he supervised, and the press has been careful about the difference: some outlets call it his final project, others one of his very last designs. Cottages and Gardens noted that everything is in Koenig's style except the concrete and oak floors, which read as more current than midcentury.
What is the Koenig Beach House like?
The house is a steel-and-glass grid across three levels, with the wall facing the ocean made entirely of glass. Every room looks out along the coast from Broad Beach to Zuma Beach and Point Dume. Inside, the palette is Koenig's: polished concrete floors, exposed beams, corrugated steel and a steel central stair, with walls kept neutral so nothing competes with the water.
The architecture simply disappears.
That is how Michael LaFetra, who commissioned the house, described it to Cottages and Gardens, and it is the line Koenig spent his life chasing. The house has four bedrooms and four baths, a fireplace in the living room, a home theater and a gym. Steel-and-glass decks step down toward the beach, one with an oversized spa, and a retractable stair lowers to the sand.
The systems are newer than the language. The house runs on solar power with radiant heating, has a smart-home control system, and parks two cars in a subterranean garage reached by a car lift. Cypress and palm trees screen it from its neighbors.
Square footage for this house has been published as 3,463, about 3,600 and about 4,000, depending on the source. On a posthumous build, ask for James Tyler's construction drawings and the permit record, which together settle the size and show how closely the built house follows Koenig's plans.
Where is Lechuza Point?
Lechuza Point is at the western end of Malibu, reached from Pacific Coast Highway by Broad Beach Road and Sea Level Drive. The house sits inside a gated community with stairs to a secluded beach, and the point puts it at the hinge of the coast, looking east down Broad Beach toward Zuma and Point Dume.
It has architectural neighbors. Frank Gehry's Borman House is on Broad Beach Road, and Edward Niles's Infinity House is on the sand farther west, toward the county line. Together they make this stretch one of the best places in California to see what steel and glass can do on a beach.
Is the Koenig Beach House for sale?
As of November 2, 2026, the Koenig Beach House was listed at $12,950,000, MLS# 26873451. It has come to market several times since it was finished: at $20,000,000 in 2021, at $17,850,000 after that, and at $14,900,000 in March 2026. For every architect-designed house listed in Malibu, with prices and status, see Malibu architectural homes for sale.
Pricing a house like this is not a comparable-sales exercise, because there is nothing comparable. Coastline 840 explains how pricing a one-of-a-kind architectural home actually works, and the same logic runs up the coast to the architectural homes of Ojai.
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What I'd tell a buyer about the Koenig Beach House
What struck me most is the corrugated steel. Koenig used it in the 1950s because it was cheap, strong and honest, and here it is again on some of the priciest sand in California, doing exactly the same job. That tells you the house was built to his drawings, not to someone's idea of them.
The house gets the hard thing right. A glass wall on the ocean only works if the frame stays out of the way, and from everything published, this one does. The retractable stair to the beach is my favorite detail. It's a small piece of engineering that Koenig would have loved.
I picture a collector. Someone who already knows the Stahl House from the photograph and has wanted to live inside that idea, with the Pacific where the city lights would be. Probably a second home, and probably someone who will leave the architecture alone.
Here's what would give me pause, and it's homework, not a deal-breaker. Steel on the beach needs constant care, so I'd want the maintenance history and a close look at the coatings. I'd also want James Tyler's drawings next to Koenig's, because on a house finished after the architect died, the differences are part of what you're buying. And with three published square footages, I'd measure it myself.
Bottom line: this is the last word from one of the architects who defined Los Angeles, on a beach. There will not be another one, and that is what the price is really about.
Questions about the Koenig Beach House
Where is the Koenig Beach House?
The Koenig Beach House is at 6525 Point Lechuza Drive, Malibu, CA 90265, on Lechuza Point at the western end of Malibu, off Broad Beach Road. It sits inside a gated community with stairs to a secluded beach, and its glass faces east along the coast toward Zuma Beach and Point Dume. It is a private home.
Who designed the Koenig Beach House at 6525 Point Lechuza Drive?
Pierre Koenig, the architect of Case Study Houses 21 and 22, designed it for Michael LaFetra and worked on it until his death in 2004. Architect James Tyler completed the house in 2012, built to Koenig's specifications and final blueprints. It is considered the last house Koenig designed, though he did not see it built.
Who finished it after Koenig died?
Architect James Tyler completed the Koenig Beach House after Pierre Koenig's death in 2004, matching Koenig's original plans, according to the Los Angeles Times as cited by Cottages and Gardens. The house was finished in 2012, nearly a decade after it was commissioned. The concrete and oak floors are the main departure from Koenig's own palette.
Is the Koenig Beach House a Case Study House?
No. The Case Study House program ran from 1945 to 1966, and Koenig's two contributions were Case Study House 21, the Bailey House, and Case Study House 22, the Stahl House. The Koenig Beach House was designed decades later and completed in 2012, but it uses the same steel frame and glass walls.
Is the house for sale?
As of November 2, 2026, the Koenig Beach House at 6525 Point Lechuza Drive was listed at $12,950,000, MLS# 26873451. It has been offered several times since 2021, at asking prices from $20,000,000 down to $14,900,000 in March 2026. Debbie Pisaro can confirm current status and represent buyers on it.
How big is the house?
The MLS lists the Koenig Beach House at about 3,463 square feet, with four bedrooms and four baths on three levels, on a lot of about 7,219 square feet. Press accounts have put it at about 3,600 and about 4,000 square feet, so a buyer should confirm the size against the drawings and permit record.
What other Pierre Koenig houses are in Los Angeles?
Koenig's best-known Los Angeles houses are Case Study House 21, the Bailey House, and Case Study House 22, the Stahl House, in the Hollywood Hills. Others include the Scott House in Tujunga and the Veneklasen House in Mandeville Canyon. Debbie Pisaro's Pierre Koenig profile covers the full record of his built work.
Who is a good real estate agent for a Pierre Koenig house?
Debbie Pisaro, DRE #01369110, founder of Coastline 840 and an Inman Luxury Leader, represents buyers and sellers of architect-designed homes in Malibu, Los Angeles and across California, including steel-and-glass modernist houses. Many of the homes she sells never reach the open market. Her architectural homes specialist page explains how she works.
Debbie Pisaro is not the listing agent for 6525 Point Lechuza Drive. Debbie represents buyers on architectural homes across Los Angeles and the rest of California, regardless of who holds a given listing, the same standing practice whether a home is on or off market. For how she works with owners of houses like this one, see her page as an architectural homes specialist, or start at debbiepisaro.com. If you are looking for an architectural real estate agent in Malibu, that is the work.
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Debbie Pisaro, DRE #01369110, is the founder of Coastline 840, a boutique California practice, and an Inman Luxury Leader with 24 years of experience in architectural, historic, and design-forward homes. Many of the homes she sells never reach the open market. Coastline 840 is a DBA of Side, Inc., CA DRE #02014153, responsible broker. She writes about California real estate at debbiepisaro.com, losfelizliving.com, and coastline840.com. Published November 2026.
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