Goldstein House — A Concrete-and-Glass Beverly Hills Filming Location Above Los Angeles

Goldstein House works because it never gives a production just one frame. This 1963 John Lautner house in Beverly Hills is built into a steep tropical hillside, with a mid-century modern and Brutalist character that feels both intimate and monumental. As a filming location, it moves from cave-like concrete interiors to open glass rooms, broad terraces, pools and skyline views that stretch to the city and mountains.

Concrete Rooms With Views Built In

The original living pavilion sits under a sharply sloping concrete roof, carved with deep triangular coffers that immediately give the room its shape on camera. Small inset lights and roof apertures break up the weight of the concrete, sending patterned light onto the textured floor. Along the pool side, full-height glass lets you hold the stepped leather seating, the water, the planting and the distant skyline in one composition, while the glass corners keep long diagonal views running through the room and out to the terrace. The dining and kitchen area has a different temperature. It is wood-lined, lower and more domestic, with a horizontal ceiling that folds around a large roof opening and continuous glazing looking downhill through palms. The concrete counters, geometric dining table and red-brown leather chairs keep it in the same period language as the rest of the house. Between the glass rooms, a reflecting pond crossed by concrete stepping pads gives a quieter Zen beat, and the narrow covered passages, with board-marked concrete, timber soffits and dense foliage, are especially good for compressed tracking shots.

Pools, Terraces And The Hillside

Outside, the property has two very different pool settings. At the original house, the angular pool meets the living pavilion beneath the dramatic cantilevered roof. Dense palms close in on one side, while the opposite edge opens toward Los Angeles views, so the house can play as a secluded modernist retreat without losing scale. The concrete terraces also give productions useful foreground depth and room to pull back for wider frames. The lower entertainment level opens everything up. A long rectilinear infinity pool runs beside lawn strips, glass balustrades and rows of loungers, with wooded hills and the city skyline beyond the water. Above it, a glazed volume cantilevers over a sheltered outdoor dining table and stone bar, while the exterior stair ties the levels together in one strong elevation. Higher still, the full tennis court carries the same open panorama. After dark, the pools, illuminated planting and glass facade give music videos and night shoots layered visuals while keeping the architecture present in the shot.

Light, Access And Production Practicalities

For scheduling, the house gives you useful choices rather than one kind of light. Strong daylight enters from the open downhill side of both the original house and the lower glass pavilion. The pool terraces take direct sun under clear skies, while the cantilevered slabs create reliable shade right beside them, so interiors can be planned for softer window light as exterior contrast builds. Roof openings add concentrated top light in the wood-lined room and concrete stair hall. After dusk, recessed ceiling lights, illuminated pools, garden lighting and the entertainment room’s colored laser system provide controlled alternatives. The broad lower terrace supports wider setups, although the planted garden walks around the original house are intentionally narrow. A curving paved drive reaches a covered carport, giving productions a clear arrival point before equipment moves into the hillside spaces. FilmLA can coordinate permits while the crew plans access and driveway staging. Below the tennis court, the expansive concrete club room brings in a bar, structural columns, perimeter banquettes and uninterrupted skyline glazing, with a low ceiling that reads as a futuristic private lounge. The James Turrell skyspace is available for an additional fee.