I lived in Palm Springs in 1973. It was beautiful when made of wood. Then the fire happened. You could see this place from all over town. It was way up on the hill. Designs like this are one of a kind. Beautiful.
Yes, I remember too when it burned down. But also important to remember, it was prohibited to build in this area to preserve the natural environment and the natural esthetic of the Palm Springs area. Some how he "got around" these restrictions. hhhhhhmmmmm.
My mom was a private duty nurse for Delores Hope. She got to see the inside during construction. The hole in the ceiling was suppose to have a door that would spiral open to the night sky.
The original home had a glass dome in the center that protected the center interior below from the elements. The glass dome alone cost nearly $700,000. After the home burned down during construction it wasn't replaced. The second home had a reflective roof the blinded pilots coming into the Palm Springs Airport. They ended up coating the roof to cut the glare. The biggest problem with the design was parking. Every year during the Bob Hope Desert Classic guests had to be chauffeured up to the home because there wasn't adequate parking. We enjoyed watching the constant parade of limos driving up and down the long private drive to the beautiful home! ❤️🙏
Thank you for your reaction. The parking problem was a story that I didn't heard yet. I was already familliar with the different roofs that the house had, however to prevent the video form being to long I idn't include them in the video.
@@SuperJobbel I loved your video. It's the most informative & heart warming one about the home I've seen. It brings back very nice memories of my childhood and my own parents who liked Bob a lot. Than you so much! ❤️🙏
They didn’t coat it black they just let it turn dull from the elements though it was blinding pilots and was the talk of the town for some time. I did a job on the house right next to Hopes and even from the street you really can’t see the home because of the hilly terrain and landscaping.
The way I remember the first roof after the fire was aluminum or steel? it was silver, it wasn't only blinding pilots it was blinding people as they drove on 111, I distinctly remember the glare even though I was just a kid at the time. I thought the first attempt to reduce the glare was made with some type of coating that included sand, before they decided to go with the copper.
@@GGLD888 Yes Brice Taylor - Thanks for the memories Audiobook available on YT 10+ hours long . Thank you for bringing it up apparently it's not common knowledge.
Hey great to hear that you have worked on the new version of the house! If you have some new photos about how the houses looks now. please send to me in a private message. Maybe can we make a new video that focusses completely on the new version.
It would be nice to see what the new owners did. I like the original plan for the staircase outside to the dinning area. Looked much easier to get to. Did the people take the elevator instead? Just wondering. Spiral staircases are nice, but as you get holder, hell to go up and down.
Thank You for the video! I was a kid when the home was being built, I remember the fire and I remember the glare from the roof when we happened to be driving past on 111. It was a big deal at the time, seemed like the adults were always talking about it. Still live here, still see the house every day, never been up there to see the inside, your pictures and detailed tour are fantastic, the most coverage of the interior I've ever seen. Thanks again, really enjoyed it.
Thank you, for your aprreciation. This is the reason why I make these videos: to show people how the brilliant houses look from the inside. If you live in Palm Springs you shoul also check out my video about the Elrod House: th-cam.com/video/Xd3fms4kQVs/w-d-xo.html
@@SuperJobbel I did, it is a very well-done video also. I've always seen the Elrod House up there but didn't know it had a name or was "famous". Thanks again!
Having been fascinated with Lautner's work, it was a real treat to get a tour of the Hope home. Coverage of this spectacular home has been conspicuously sparse over the years. Thank you for your tour.
Wow! Great! It would be a great experience but also a huge job to clean this house. Still it's a privilige because not manny people have ever seen the inside of this house. Do you have more pictures of the interior?
@@SuperJobbel I would be very interested in that as I cleaned the home 3-4 years ago. I saw many of the changes you may be talking about take place. I love this estate and wish I could share more about it.
You're welcome! That's the reason why I started this channel: I was always wondering how a house looks from the inside, but I couldn't find an overview so I started the research myself: I collected all the photos and combined them with the drawings. Now I share them with anyone who's interested.
Bobe Hope, what a legend. I grew up on his films and what not. Reruns and all. Amazing taste and great humanitarian. But he could have a good time too! This "house" is Amazing. I've been in a few super homes. Occasionally even as a guest! This one takes the cup though. Amazing. And just like Bob Hope to make sure the staff had a great break room with a porch view just like everyone else!
John Lautner was right to detach himself from this project( BobHope Residence) . It was a difficult composition which if not executed exactly according to his vision would have turned into a mishmash of ARCHITECTURE… And that is exactly what we see. Yes it is impressive but it does not look like a lot of the original plan, after the intervention of different people with contradictory ideas. The purity of John Lautner’s architecture can seldom be perceived and understood by the conventional eye. His ideas and his vision are ahead of his time - and that is what I absolutely admire about his work. Thank you so much for presenting the work of John Lautner. Such a joy!
Very true, he didn’t live there much so not sure what Bob was thinking. Old Hollywood vs forward modern is a huge clash. The stair case was a huge let down.
I've been on the road to the house in 2003, but was stopped by a gate which warned people that they were subject to arrest if they went further!/ I've heard that Bob never wanted the house & was content to continue living in the home that he bought for $28k in 1938, in the Beverly Hills area!
I used to work for Jurgensens Gourmet Grocery back in the 70's and made deliveries to the Hope house as well as many others on Southridge and Rancho Mirage including the Annenberg Estate which put all the others to shame.
My aunt lived across the interstate in Desert Hot Springs on something of a mount, and you could see the roof of Bob Hope's house from where she lived. It was huge!
The peeks you gave us of the renovations look promising. The slate floors are a vast improvement and show that Lautner's vision was the right one (as if we had any doubt). Would love to see the finished product once finished.
Hey LV Q I'm gonna make a new video about the restored version of the Bob Hope House, showing it the way it looks nowadays. The way John Lautner had wanted it. Stay tuned.
Enjoyed this so much!! I did some research this afternoon & had never realised that Bob was so involved with the house too. I had always thought it was all the wife's idea! Thank You for your WONDERFUL videos!
One of the greatest private properties ever built. I have studied architecture for about 30 years now. Gaudi was a brilliant architect, as was Mies, as was Eileen Gray, but this design, in my opinion, is simply the best design of the 20th century. However, Irish born Eileen Gray was the greatest combined architect and designer of the 20th century, her chairs are the most valuable in the world, one sold for 20 million dollars in 2009. Great video, thank you.
Thanks for your comment! Great that you liked the video. I shall check out the works by Eileen Gray, I've heard of her but never explored her work completely... Great advice.
Wow!…. Just reading the comments alone is an extravaganza of insights. Worthy of taking notes, just in case any of us are able to build own custom architecture home. (For example…the Kersey Mansion in Virginia has an underground 30 car garage. That’s the way to provide for guest parking, although no where near the accommodation size of the Hope House.)
My father and I worked for the last two weeks of the copper panels on the roof. My dad bent some of the panels and put on a large portion of the batons on the standing seem. Kovach properties was the roofing company out of Scottsdale Arizona at the time. They are in mesa now.
I remember when the copper was being installed, it was blinding but beautiful. I talked to one of the installers and he said the cost was around 350,000 which was a LOT of money at that time.
I live in Palm Springs in the 70’s as a teenager. I remember that you could see Bob Hopes house from Palm Canyon Dr it was up on the mountain a little bit.
Awesome building History is filled with architects and their clients disagreeing in their collaborations Wright being who he was clashed a lot with the people commissioning him. I think Wright came out on top more often than not in getting his way Again great building and location. I hope someday somehow someway I’ll have an opportunity to see first hand Well done video showcasing the building and grounds
Thank you that you admire the video. i love to show people the beauty by John Lautner. Yes, a lot of archtiects fight with there clients over the endresult of a building. difference in taste is always difficult.
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Oh! It really makes me happy that you appriciate my videos so much. Thank you! I just started this channel because there was so little information available about the houses and apparantly I was not the only one who missed the right information about John Lautner his designs. It's my goal to give the most complete overview of all the houses and your reaction stimulates to go on with that. :)
Thank you! An updated video about the Sheats Goldstein house will come up in a few days, than I will upload a brand new video about the Carling House. I'm busy with more houses by John Lautner.
Good video. I like your accent. As an artist/designer myself, my nightmare is if someone told me how to complete my creative vision. I feel for John Lautner in this respect. In general, I wish people with this type of massive wealth would do better things with their money. Having more than one or even two homes is ridiculous. This wasn't even a main home, it was an ego construct vanity project LOL. It's funny to me the different problems that arose by not listening to the architect. Good for JL for abandoning the project, or maybe he was fired. Not sure if that was covered. Again great video, sorry i tend to ramble in comments..
haha... I really like reading your comments. Also nice to hear that you like my accent. This house was indeed a bit over the top in luxury. It was horrible for John Lautner that Hope constantly changed his plans. More videos will come up!
Thank you so much for your videos! I loved the introduction about the owners in the conception of the design and scale. This huge house takes the possibility of having parties as well as the relationship between exterior and interior to the limit.
Thank you! I was always interested in the history and lay-out of this house: therefore I started the research and now I show my knowledge to others who are wondering like I once was. :)
Yes the space is amazing. I'm currently busy with a video about how the house looks today: with a very different interior, more close to the way John Lautner had wanted it.
Yes i also what the layout was like, therefore I started the research, now I share the information with people who have the same question as I had back then.
It wasn't Bob Hope that wanted all that junk, it was Dolores. She had an horrific understanding of architecture and was the real thorn in the side of this project.
Okay, yes she had a very diffferent taste. The house is now beautifully restored and soon I'm gonna make a video about the new version of the house. It looks way better now.
I lived in Palm Springs and was a photographer and lab technician. I didn't ever go to the house but did get acess around the area and watched the replacement of the copper roof. I had a co worker who's son was doing pool service there. He smuggled a camera in and had shots of the interior as well as the pool. This was an amazing house. Years later I got the opportunity to shoot Bob and Delores at the Palm Springs film festival. He was very engaging and friendly.
@@SuperJobbel Bob Hope was, like many famous people, very concerned about any photos of his private home and property. While I had access to adjacent properties, actual access eluded me. I only got to see the interior shots provided by the pool technician. I can say that the stills you have are of a later iteration with many details of the interior changed. The floor surfaces were kind of a disappointment compared to the original. There was, of course, a change in the wall art. I did love that copper roof though it's too bad that that had to go, it was a beacon across the valley. I did a car shoot on the winding approach road back in 92 we had permission from the adjacent landowner but still had to deal with two other private security companies to complete the shoot. This is a very exclusive address.
Interesting, because still a lot of images are missing in this video. I hope to make a better video with more info about this house someday.@@davidedgar2818
The black floor delineates the outdoors from indoors and allows for proper housekeeping not to mention preventing vexatious law suits from people stubbing their toes on fieldstone. The first thing you learn about celebrity architects is that they can be high-strung and impractical.
Yes, that's true. The most beautifull houses, are not always the most practical. In John Lautner's orginal vision the floor had to have flagstones, today the house is restored with a flagstone floor... I like it, but I don't have to walk every day over the floor.
It also burnt down twice. The formwork for the second concrete caught fire around the steel structure. The Palm Springs fire department shut down construction until the road was widened.
In 1990, I and my wife went to see Lautner about designing a house for us. He said he didn't think we wanted his design because it cost too much. I asked why. "Because you build my houses three times: Once to build the concrete forms, once to install the rebar, and once to pour the concrete." We went somewhere else.
For John Lautner was a master in concrete constructions, but he indeed his designs were very expensive. Still, I think it's worth the money because his houses are always beautiful, iconic and they are talked about today: basically artworks or sculptures you can live in. Really great that you actually met Lautner! He's my favorite architect and I would be a Dream for me to talk to him. He passed away when I was only 8 years old, so at that time I never heard of him.
If you had the money you should have gone for it. Living in a custom Lautner house would be similar to a Wright designed home, in other words, incomparable. Not the best opportunity to pass up.
@@ProfessorEchoMedia Well, I didn't so I couldn't. Now that you mention it, I was also a approached by a friend who offered me the plans to a Wright house her parents had commissioned in 1946 but never built. Interesting but impractical for a family. I'm glad I passed that one up, too.
I would love a house like this for myself in a shrunken scale. I don’t have too many friends or connections to entertain. But certainly a few friends that would rock this space 😊
Thank you, in a few days I will upload a better quality video of the Sheats Goldstein house, next week I will make a brand new video about the Carling House.
When I discussed this project with Mr. Lautner in the mid-80's he called Bob Hope a "cheapskate". He was still angry about it. Well, thanks for this; it gave me a better understanding of the building than I've ever had before. I hope that more images of Burkle's renovation become available; I'm intrigued by what could be accomplished to bring the building more in line with Mr. Lautner's vision for it.
Oh wow! How great that you spoke with Mr. Lautner, I would be a wish for me to ever met him. Unfortunately he already passed away when I was just a kid. I perfectly understand that every architect would be angry when his client changes his design and making it very different. - so i'm flattered that you liked the video so much... - Maybe I'm gonna make a video in the future solely based on Burkle renovations.
@@patrickhamilton6207 John Lautner died in Los Angeles on October 4th, 1994. Try doing some very basic research (have you heard of Google?) next time so you don't look like a fool.
As desert architecture in that time, it was similar to many much smaller designs that used cement and space age type lines. I was thinking of the branch bank in Phoenix where bikes could leave tracks in the dust as they ran over the roof.
Okay interesting, you tell me something that I don't know. I never grew up in the desert. i never heard of the branch bank, but I googled it: It indeed looks a bit like this house. I liek the design, thanks!
Land of Goshen! It is beautiful but who could live in such a huge, colossal, metroplex. Though beautiful, I find it very sterile and cold--others will differ. My opinion is not important but the architecture would make me feel alone, isolated, unimportant and small. I am sure others love it.
Yes, when you live with a small group of people in this house it fels cold and isolated. But the house is designed to host parties and invite thousands of people. With that in mind it's a house that's very well designed.
Terrific video. Thanks for making and sharing this. When you pointed out that Bob Hope could walk directly from his car port to his bedroom this connected with me. Hope lived in Tolucca Lake, so he'd have to drive or be driven out to Palm Springs. Unless he used a helicopter, he had to sit in the same traffic as the rest of us. I live in Los Angeles and I have a boat in Oxnard. One thing I often do is wake up at 4 am get in my car (a Tesla, so like Hope I also have a driver!) drive up to the boat or drive back to L.A. When I get to the other end, I often just go to bed for a couple more hours. What would take two hours during regular day traffic I can do in just over an hour at 4 am. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the proximity of the bedrooms to the carport isn't putting this exact method into architecture. I've always been a big fan of Lautner. If he has a flaw it's that he's been copied so much over the years that his smaller houses don't grab you the way they must have done when they were new. Just takes a little patience and carefully looking at a space to appreciate his unique qualities.
Great to hear that you liked the video, more videos will come up. Nice story that you wrote! I guess Hope used a helicopter to go from Toluca Lake to Palm Springs and then took a cab from the landing platform to his house. He also had 2nd house in Palm Springs so then he did the whole track by car. He worked a lot, he was always entertaining everybody: so he needed a bedroom next to the carport, in order to sleep imediately after coming home and then driving away the next morning.
The architectural basics of the house were so strong, the furniture choices were kinda irrelevant. The shadows slowly changing in the interior as the sun moves overhead must create and incredible atmosphere. You'd see the rhythm of the seasons. Low winter sun slowly changing into high summer sun.
Fact: the San Andreas Fault is just seven miles east......and primed for an 8.0MM boogie. All bets are off as to its survivability. Nearby Desert Hot Springs actually sits on top of the fault. Good luck with that.
Thank you. Great that you liked the video! This stimulates me to make more content :) I'm busy with making a few new videos they will be uploaded the coming weeks.
This was fascinating! Love how you pieced everything together with what little resources you had! My favorite was the big lower level terrace with the oculus. Can’t believe that fireplace heated the entire area! And I also loved how the views from the house are framed by the curvy architecture. Do you know what it sold for in 2018? Any updated photos with the new owner’s remodel? Thanks for the tour!
Thanks that you loved the video so much! :) i really like to make these videos, its like puzzling. The patio with the oculus is also my favorite part of the building. The house was put for sale for 50million in 2015, but after being unsold for three years, it was sold for "just" 20 million. Less than half the asking price. Check out also my other videos by John Lautner!
I love your videos! If you must include music would you consider turning the music volume down? You don't have to be sensitive to feel the competition between your wonderful narration and this noise. Background music should be in the background... Sorry if I offend, just my opinion.
Yes, you're right. This is one of my early videos and I didn't knew how to tune the volume in a right way. If you check my later videos you'll see that the volume is tuned down, also the music is more sensefull in combination with the pictures. Thanks that you like my voice though.
@@SuperJobbel yes, the music volume does provide a distraction from the narrator…I am awed by the shear volume of the home and area…regrettably we no longer have Bob & Delores to provide their input regarding the finer points of the form and function of the residence… I would love to see Bobs’ other home in Toluca Lake for comparison.,.
It's notable that Bob Hope could appreciate Lautner's vision enough to commission a major work from him but then compromise the architect's vision by insisting on stylistically inappropriate interiors -- even though it seems the house was used mostly for entertaining. I 'hope' new renovations are more in keeping with Lautner's vision. A garden more in keeping with the desert climate would be nice, though it would erase something of Hope's legacy. Thanks for this video!
Yes I agree with you. Hopefully this house with restore the way Lautner wanted it. Hope's lagacy will not be erased because he had other houses that are still in there original condition, the way Hope wanted it.
Good update. I'm glad someone wants to try to get it back to what mr. Lautner wanted it to look like. Those interior pictures with the jungle wallpaper, cheap Hollywood regency style furniture etc. almost make me puke. It is unreal that they let someone with that horrible taste touch that project, she clearly was completely clueless, there's nothing cohesive about it. I'm sure mr. Lautner must have been very frustrated about the whole ordeal... I know i would be! Thank you for the work you put into these video's, your channel deserves waaaaaay more subscribers and views!
Those murals are painful. Spiral staircases are awful as well, only used when absolutely necessary. It's a good example of when clients want brilliance and then make the designers life hell through cheapness and bad taste. More dollars than sense.
Thank you, the channel is only started a few months ago and the video are still very new: So I hope and think many more views and subscribers will come. So share it with your friends and recommend it. Many more videos will come. ....and yes the interior of the Bob Hope house was really done in a bad taste. Otherwise this house would be a masterpiece as well.
In 1970 or '71 while working for Peter Kiewit Sons' Company in Arcadia, CA, the plans for his home were delivered there to the building division and we all got to see the original plans for the home. Peter Kiewit was a friend of Bob Hopes and Hope had asked him to bid on building the house. I don't think Peter Kiewit ever had the building division bid on it, though.
@@SuperJobbel Peter Kiewit Sons' Company is home based in Omaha, Nebraska and now has branches in heavy construction, highway construction, and building construction all over the world. They're very low key.
He’s a huge influence in Los Ángeles. Burbank has a major street named after him and Bob and his wife are laid to rest at the San Fernando Mission/Cemetary with their own mausoleum on the mission grounds. He even had a small stadium that he sold to the Jehovah Witnesses for their conventions and was later sold and raised to the ground to make way for newer apartments. And the small stadium the also made in a similar John Lautner style.
I know Bob Hope along with tons of celebrities and I know he knew my family grandmother Dorothy and Dinah Shore did a pilot project on my life called from the Hart lol ect .I took had a cable show intern at in Covina CA Hearst Media and since I can be Patty Hearst twin that also went tragedy like her Long story I was invited to Bob Hope 91 birthday party and also mccullum theatre with the stars of young and restless that sang for me and I need to write a book of all the who's who of a nobody like me all want to me must be cause of my grandmother Dorothy
Incredible tour. Google states that Palm Springs gets a little under 6 inches of rain a year. I was wondering if the small amount of rain was ever an issue coming through the oculus. I suppose not.
@@maryschneider2759 hehehehe turtle house. Yeah it does kinda look like a turtle shell. No, I just thought that was very odd that it caught on fire during construction. I was thinking, wonder what in the hell it was??, was it like from one of the workers being careless with a cigarette butt, or what exactly? Curious to know. And especially as how someone else said that wasn’t the only time... that it caught on fire twice!!! That is wild!!
I know that Bob was a talented Comedian, but how did he make so many millions? To own and maintain 3 such expensive homes. He was popular in the days before mega million dollar deals I’d think. My hats off to him though. Made it to 100 yet was a partier it appears.
Bob Hope became so rich because he invested the money he earned with his shows in real estate projects and other stock investments. He once owned more than 100 houses, which were all rented to other people. so besides a comedian he wasl also a brilliant invester and real estate mogul. According to Forbes he was almost a billionaire.
Bob Hope bought all the undeveloped land in Southern California in the 30's when it was 100 dollars an Acre, and made many many millions developing strip malls and selling off property to other developers. He was loaded.
Yes but the concrete is also white and reflect also the sun, the point is that concrete looks more organic and raw, while plaster looks more clean. John Lautner wanted the house to look like rock or a cave. With plaster is doen't look like a rock or cave.
I drove up the lane to the gate one day; the gate was open so I just drove past and up to Bobs driveway and pulled in. Some guy was mowing the yard and came over; I told him I was here to talk to Bob. About that time a security pickup pulled in and invited me to leave , which I did. It was Bobs loss, he never got to meet me
I just read your comment and I never knew what his graveside looked like. But I googled it: and yes it does look very similar. Thanks for your comment, I learned from it!
@@SuperJobbel Yeah it is. The town is Mission Hills, California. Groucho Marx is in another cemetery across the street. (We share the same birthday btw).
Damn, and this is just the house he entertained guest in.... Gezzzz. I would not want to have to do the dusting of this house. Would you do that with a leaf blower? How about the electric bill? He must have made some historic incredible movies. I can't think of the name of a single movie?
Imagine the stories at these parties. I sometimes thought my mom would have been brilliant at interior design but this is the case where you see the fights like I want to save money on wood and the place burns down. I would have to change the painting of the inside of the indoor pool to a jungle. And the interior to more space age stuff. Definitely needs a billionaire owner. Needs a helicopter pad. I would love to see statues of Bob, his wife and laughtner by the waterfall looking at the house.
Always thought the metal roof clashed a bit with the rest of the house. It took away from the curves. I think all concrete, like Lautner wanted, would blend in better and be more pleasing to the eye.
Yes definitely true. Compare this house with the Elrod House: that house blends in with better with desert. The concrete shows the shape of the Elrod House better.
When I look at the roof top, it seems like it needs to be curved more. I can also see wobbly parts on the concrete under the roof. To make this right would’ve likely cost twice as much.
It is a spectacular house, well suited for large events. I've never seen anything like it, except maybe Elrod House. I agree that it would have looked better with John Lautner's intended furniture, and without the murals. But the house is impressive in any case.
Yes, the house is amazing en spectaculair but it could have been better if John Lautner had complete creative control. When I made this video, the house was under renovation. After the completion of the renovation the house became much closer to Lautner's original vision. I'm planning to make a new video showing the new version of the house: showing how the house was supposed to look. The video will in better quality, with better drawings and different music. So stay tuned!
I always wondered why such an enormous home for 2 people, now I understand it was for entertainment! I can't imagine living like this! Just give me a 2k Sq ft home 🏡 , with an Olympic pool in Palm Springs!!!
@@SuperJobbel well, I thought it was the Seattle Kindome, but I'll give it to you, for parties. Mr. Hope most indubitably threw some lavish parties! I wonder if anyone was pushed into (or fell into, from a drunken stupor) the pool, in full attire?
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I lived in Palm Springs in 1973. It was beautiful when made of wood. Then the fire happened. You could see this place from all over town. It was way up on the hill. Designs like this are one of a kind. Beautiful.
Yes it's a huge house, so it must have been an enormous fire.
It was! Burned for two days. Very bright.
Yes, I remember too when it burned down. But also important to remember, it was prohibited to build in this area to preserve the natural environment and the natural esthetic of the Palm Springs area. Some how he "got around" these restrictions. hhhhhhmmmmm.
My mom was a private duty nurse for Delores Hope. She got to see the inside during construction. The hole in the ceiling was suppose to have a door that would spiral open to the night sky.
@@johncollins6023 Wow that's nice your Mom witnessed the construction! 🌴🏡🌴
The original home had a glass dome in the center that protected the center interior below from the elements. The glass dome alone cost nearly $700,000. After the home burned down during construction it wasn't replaced. The second home had a reflective roof the blinded pilots coming into the Palm Springs Airport. They ended up coating the roof to cut the glare. The biggest problem with the design was parking. Every year during the Bob Hope Desert Classic guests had to be chauffeured up to the home because there wasn't adequate parking. We enjoyed watching the constant parade of limos driving up and down the long private drive to the beautiful home! ❤️🙏
Thank you for your reaction. The parking problem was a story that I didn't heard yet. I was already familliar with the different roofs that the house had, however to prevent the video form being to long I idn't include them in the video.
@@SuperJobbel I loved your video. It's the most informative & heart warming one about the home I've seen. It brings back very nice memories of my childhood and my own parents who liked Bob a lot. Than you so much! ❤️🙏
They didn’t coat it black they just let it turn dull from the elements though it was blinding pilots and was the talk of the town for some time. I did a job on the house right next to Hopes and even from the street you really can’t see the home because of the hilly terrain and landscaping.
Sounds like great memories !!
The way I remember the first roof after the fire was aluminum or steel? it was silver, it wasn't only blinding pilots it was blinding people as they drove on 111, I distinctly remember the glare even though I was just a kid at the time. I thought the first attempt to reduce the glare was made with some type of coating that included sand, before they decided to go with the copper.
As a Palm Springs Realtor and someone who knew Bob Hope I appreciate the love he had for the Coachella Valley! 🌴🏡🌴
He indeed loved the Coachella Valley, he owned many houses in Palm Springs.
@SuperJobbel Indeed and a beautiful place it is!
Wasnt there a female whistleblower who did a media conference in the 80s who said he was paedophile.
@@GGLD888 ehm I never heard of that story..so I dont know..
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Yes Brice Taylor - Thanks for the memories
Audiobook available on YT 10+ hours long .
Thank you for bringing it up apparently it's not common knowledge.
I was fortunate enough to have worked on the remodel for the new owner. That house was something else.
Hey great to hear that you have worked on the new version of the house! If you have some new photos about how the houses looks now. please send to me in a private message. Maybe can we make a new video that focusses completely on the new version.
It would be nice to see what the new owners did. I like the original plan for the staircase outside to the dinning area. Looked much easier to get to. Did the people take the elevator instead? Just wondering. Spiral staircases are nice, but as you get holder, hell to go up and down.
My dad (may he rest in peace) was a structural engineer on this project.
He must been a great guy! That house is wonderfull constructed.
Did he ever meet Hope ?
Thank You for the video! I was a kid when the home was being built, I remember the fire and I remember the glare from the roof when we happened to be driving past on 111. It was a big deal at the time, seemed like the adults were always talking about it. Still live here, still see the house every day, never been up there to see the inside, your pictures and detailed tour are fantastic, the most coverage of the interior I've ever seen. Thanks again, really enjoyed it.
Thank you, for your aprreciation. This is the reason why I make these videos: to show people how the brilliant houses look from the inside. If you live in Palm Springs you shoul also check out my video about the Elrod House: th-cam.com/video/Xd3fms4kQVs/w-d-xo.html
@@SuperJobbel I did, it is a very well-done video also. I've always seen the Elrod House up there but didn't know it had a name or was "famous". Thanks again!
Having been fascinated with Lautner's work, it was a real treat to get a tour of the Hope home. Coverage of this spectacular home has been conspicuously sparse over the years. Thank you for your tour.
I cleaned this home once a month and sometimes weekly about 4 years ago. The inside of this house is incredible.
Wow! Great! It would be a great experience but also a huge job to clean this house. Still it's a privilige because not manny people have ever seen the inside of this house. Do you have more pictures of the interior?
@@SuperJobbel I do actually have photos/ videos, but the owner didn’t allow that in the home so they are just for me lol
@@bama5634 Oh that's a petty :( Still, I will make a 2nd better quality video about this house. The houe is changed very much the last 4 years.
@@SuperJobbel I would be very interested in that as I cleaned the home 3-4 years ago. I saw many of the changes you may be talking about take place. I love this estate and wish I could share more about it.
@@bama5634 Okay yes, maybe I'm gonna make a 2nd video about it someday.
Every trip to Palm Springs I had wondered what the inside of Bob Hopes Home looked like. So nice to finally see it. Tremendous! Thank you!
You're welcome! That's the reason why I started this channel: I was always wondering how a house looks from the inside, but I couldn't find an overview so I started the research myself: I collected all the photos and combined them with the drawings. Now I share them with anyone who's interested.
Bobe Hope, what a legend.
I grew up on his films and what not. Reruns and all.
Amazing taste and great humanitarian. But he could have a good time too!
This "house" is Amazing. I've been in a few super homes. Occasionally even as a guest!
This one takes the cup though. Amazing. And just like Bob Hope to make sure the staff had a great break room with a porch view just like everyone else!
This is fascinating, it sounds like Lautner’s sensibilities were timeless.
John Lautner was right to detach himself from this project( BobHope Residence) . It was a difficult composition which if not executed exactly according to his vision would have turned into a mishmash of ARCHITECTURE… And that is exactly what we see. Yes it is impressive but it does not look like a lot of the original plan, after the intervention of different people with contradictory ideas. The purity of John Lautner’s architecture can seldom be perceived and understood by the conventional eye. His ideas and his vision are ahead of his time - and that is what I absolutely admire about his work. Thank you so much for presenting the work of John Lautner. Such a joy!
The furniture and murals are hideous.
Very true, he didn’t live there much so not sure what Bob was thinking.
Old Hollywood vs forward modern is a huge clash. The stair case was a huge let down.
I knew Bob Hope was one of the richest men in Hollywood but I did not know his taste in homes. Spectacular!
I've been on the road to the house in 2003, but was stopped by a gate which warned people that
they were subject to arrest if they went further!/ I've heard that Bob never wanted the house &
was content to continue living in the home that he bought for $28k in 1938, in the Beverly Hills area!
It was not just his taste. It was built with money from his republican friends.
Wasn’t he a Freemason ?
I’ve driven very close to it a few times in Palm Springs. I really like it.
I used to work for Jurgensens Gourmet Grocery back in the 70's and made deliveries to the Hope house as well as many others on Southridge and Rancho Mirage including the Annenberg Estate which put all the others to shame.
great! have you ever been in the Hope house?
Time spent in the Palm Springs area is never complete for us without a visit to Sunnylands, a wonderful legacy.
@@f1kwa399 A visit to Palm Springs was never complete without a visit to the Terra Cotta Inn!
My aunt lived across the interstate in Desert Hot Springs on something of a mount, and you could see the roof of Bob Hope's house from where she lived. It was huge!
Yes it's a house that you can see from far away. It's a landmark.
I lived on the other side of the hill\mountain
At the back of his property. The end of cathedral canyon drive. When they partied they really partied
Perfect tour! While visiting my parents, in Palm Springs. I would always enjoy looking up the hill, at Bob Hopes' house.
The peeks you gave us of the renovations look promising. The slate floors are a vast improvement and show that Lautner's vision was the right one (as if we had any doubt). Would love to see the finished product once finished.
Hey LV Q I'm gonna make a new video about the restored version of the Bob Hope House, showing it the way it looks nowadays. The way John Lautner had wanted it. Stay tuned.
Enjoyed this so much!! I did some research this afternoon & had never realised that Bob was so involved with the house too. I had always thought it was all the wife's idea!
Thank You for your WONDERFUL videos!
Thank you this stimulates me to make more videos. :)
One of the greatest private properties ever built. I have studied architecture for about 30 years now. Gaudi was a brilliant architect, as was Mies, as was Eileen Gray, but this design, in my opinion, is simply the best design of the 20th century. However, Irish born Eileen Gray was the greatest combined architect and designer of the 20th century, her chairs are the most valuable in the world, one sold for 20 million dollars in 2009. Great video, thank you.
Thanks for your comment! Great that you liked the video. I shall check out the works by Eileen Gray, I've heard of her but never explored her work completely... Great advice.
Wow!…. Just reading the comments alone is an extravaganza of insights. Worthy of taking notes, just in case any of us are able to build own custom architecture home. (For example…the Kersey Mansion in Virginia has an underground 30 car garage. That’s the way to provide for guest parking, although no where near the accommodation size of the Hope House.)
My father and I worked for the last two weeks of the copper panels on the roof. My dad bent some of the panels and put on a large portion of the batons on the standing seem. Kovach properties was the roofing company out of Scottsdale Arizona at the time. They are in mesa now.
Okay interesting to hear that story. It must have been a lot of work to place all the cupper panels on the roof.
@@SuperJobbel my father and I were only on the job for the last two weeks. But it sure was quite a different house.
I remember when the copper was being installed, it was blinding but beautiful. I talked to one of the installers and he said the cost was around 350,000 which was a LOT of money at that time.
I live in Palm Springs in the 70’s as a teenager. I remember that you could see Bob Hopes house from Palm Canyon Dr it was up on the mountain a little bit.
yeah it's so large that you can see from most parts of the city. It's like an icon of the city.
Awesome building History is filled with architects and their clients disagreeing in their collaborations Wright being who he was clashed a lot with the people commissioning him. I think Wright came out on top more often than not in getting his way Again great building and location. I hope someday somehow someway I’ll have an opportunity to see first hand Well done video showcasing the building and grounds
Thank you that you admire the video. i love to show people the beauty by John Lautner. Yes, a lot of archtiects fight with there clients over the endresult of a building. difference in taste is always difficult.
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Oh! It really makes me happy that you appriciate my videos so much. Thank you! I just started this channel because there was so little information available about the houses and apparantly I was not the only one who missed the right information about John Lautner his designs. It's my goal to give the most complete overview of all the houses and your reaction stimulates to go on with that. :)
Fascinating video! I’m getting ready to visit Palm Springs in May and will have a new appreciation for the magnificent Hope house!
thank you for pointing out Lautners ideas for the house,4:31 ,5:05 ,6:00 , big cinema...
Thank you! An updated video about the Sheats Goldstein house will come up in a few days, than I will upload a brand new video about the Carling House. I'm busy with more houses by John Lautner.
Good video. I like your accent. As an artist/designer myself, my nightmare is if someone told me how to complete my creative vision. I feel for John Lautner in this respect. In general, I wish people with this type of massive wealth would do better things with their money. Having more than one or even two homes is ridiculous. This wasn't even a main home, it was an ego construct vanity project LOL. It's funny to me the different problems that arose by not listening to the architect. Good for JL for abandoning the project, or maybe he was fired. Not sure if that was covered. Again great video, sorry i tend to ramble in comments..
haha... I really like reading your comments. Also nice to hear that you like my accent. This house was indeed a bit over the top in luxury. It was horrible for John Lautner that Hope constantly changed his plans. More videos will come up!
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Thank you so much for your videos!
I loved the introduction about the owners in the conception of the design and scale. This huge house takes the possibility of having parties as well as the relationship between exterior and interior to the limit.
Thank you! I was always interested in the history and lay-out of this house: therefore I started the research and now I show my knowledge to others who are wondering like I once was. :)
@@SuperJobbel Your research on John Lautner’s work is priceless for those who love his houses and designs
Amazing space. It looks like the architect was contemporary and some of the interior was by a traditional decorator. Overall amazing
Yes the space is amazing. I'm currently busy with a video about how the house looks today: with a very different interior, more close to the way John Lautner had wanted it.
It’s beautiful. An incredible piece of architecture.
Yes absolutely, it's one of my favorite designs.
At about 8:26, I am loving the music! It provides extra dazzlement to the already exciting architecture & house tour.
Yes it's a 70's disco tune. Irf fits with the sexy appearance of the house.
@@SuperJobbel Would you kindly tell me the name of the tune?
@@twistoffate4791 th-cam.com/video/wkteuTqDMqo/w-d-xo.html This is the song!
@@SuperJobbel Many thanks, my friend!!
And I thought the music was so awful and ill fitting, I hit the mute button for most of the video and just read the captions.
That was great. I always wondered what the layout was like. Thanks!
Yes i also what the layout was like, therefore I started the research, now I share the information with people who have the same question as I had back then.
It wasn't Bob Hope that wanted all that junk, it was Dolores. She had an horrific understanding of architecture and was the real thorn in the side of this project.
Okay, yes she had a very diffferent taste. The house is now beautifully restored and soon I'm gonna make a video about the new version of the house. It looks way better now.
Yeah, my guess is that most architects are probably not fans of acrylic furniture.
Looking forward to it!@@SuperJobbel
Your channel is outstanding. An epic conflict of visions..with Lautner's intentions now being clearly established as the more unique, timeless vision.
Thanks that you call my channel outstanding. And yes Lautner truly had a timeless vision.
The elrod house was used in the bond film diamonds are forever.
Yes I know, check this video:
th-cam.com/video/vaOfBlSk3AY/w-d-xo.html
explaining all the John Lautner houses used in movies.
@@SuperJobbelYes Im sure you know but there maybe others out there who don't.
Yes thank you for sharing the information! @@hifijohn
I lived in Palm Springs and was a photographer and lab technician. I didn't ever go to the house but did get acess around the area and watched the replacement of the copper roof. I had a co worker who's son was doing pool service there. He smuggled a camera in and had shots of the interior as well as the pool. This was an amazing house.
Years later I got the opportunity to shoot Bob and Delores at the Palm Springs film festival. He was very engaging and friendly.
Interesting story... Great you could take photos of the house.
@@SuperJobbel Bob Hope was, like many famous people, very concerned about any photos of his private home and property.
While I had access to adjacent properties, actual access eluded me. I only got to see the interior shots provided by the pool technician.
I can say that the stills you have are of a later iteration with many details of the interior changed. The floor surfaces were kind of a disappointment compared to the original. There was, of course, a change in the wall art. I did love that copper roof though it's too bad that that had to go, it was a beacon across the valley.
I did a car shoot on the winding approach road back in 92 we had permission from the adjacent landowner but still had to deal with two other private security companies to complete the shoot. This is a very exclusive address.
Interesting, because still a lot of images are missing in this video. I hope to make a better video with more info about this house someday.@@davidedgar2818
Great and interesting story you have to tell. The changes made to this house are countless. @@davidedgar2818
John Lautner also designed a home in the
Hollywood Hills
the Chemosphere 7776 Torryson Road
Used in the Brian De Palma film Body Double
Yes I also made a video about that house : th-cam.com/video/Pt1inP2byUc/w-d-xo.html
The black floor delineates the outdoors from indoors and allows for proper housekeeping not to mention preventing vexatious law suits from people stubbing their toes on fieldstone. The first thing you learn about celebrity architects is that they can be high-strung and impractical.
Yes, that's true. The most beautifull houses, are not always the most practical. In John Lautner's orginal vision the floor had to have flagstones, today the house is restored with a flagstone floor... I like it, but I don't have to walk every day over the floor.
It also burnt down twice. The formwork for the second concrete caught fire around the steel structure. The Palm Springs fire department shut down construction until the road was widened.
Yes all in all. the house had a troubled history.
What was the cause of the 2 fires?
In 1990, I and my wife went to see Lautner about designing a house for us. He said he didn't think we wanted his design because it cost too much. I asked why. "Because you build my houses three times: Once to build the concrete forms, once to install the rebar, and once to pour the concrete." We went somewhere else.
For John Lautner was a master in concrete constructions, but he indeed his designs were very expensive. Still, I think it's worth the money because his houses are always beautiful, iconic and they are talked about today: basically artworks or sculptures you can live in. Really great that you actually met Lautner! He's my favorite architect and I would be a Dream for me to talk to him. He passed away when I was only 8 years old, so at that time I never heard of him.
If you had the money you should have gone for it. Living in a custom Lautner house would be similar to a Wright designed home, in other words, incomparable. Not the best opportunity to pass up.
@@ProfessorEchoMedia Well, I didn't so I couldn't. Now that you mention it, I was also a approached by a friend who offered me the plans to a Wright house her parents had commissioned in 1946 but never built. Interesting but impractical for a family. I'm glad I passed that one up, too.
@@pcgenie-la That makes sense. But hard to come so close to such things, only to have to walk away from them.
Lautner was good at scoping out cheapskates !
I would love a house like this for myself in a shrunken scale. I don’t have too many friends or connections to entertain. But certainly a few friends that would rock this space 😊
Haha... Yes the house is for may people way to large. But yes it's a perfect place to hold parties in.
....perfect pictures....perfect explain......awesome sketch.....tanx....
Thank you, in a few days I will upload a better quality video of the Sheats Goldstein house, next week I will make a brand new video about the Carling House.
I enjoyed this very much, I did find the music too Loud and it was hard to hear the speaker at some points.
Something to think about going forward
Yes I know, this was an old video. Check my new videos, there is the music volume much lower.
When I discussed this project with Mr. Lautner in the mid-80's he called Bob Hope a "cheapskate". He was still angry about it. Well, thanks for this; it gave me a better understanding of the building than I've ever had before. I hope that more images of Burkle's renovation become available; I'm intrigued by what could be accomplished to bring the building more in line with Mr. Lautner's vision for it.
Oh wow! How great that you spoke with Mr. Lautner, I would be a wish for me to ever met him. Unfortunately he already passed away when I was just a kid. I perfectly understand that every architect would be angry when his client changes his design and making it very different.
- so i'm flattered that you liked the video so much...
- Maybe I'm gonna make a video in the future solely based on Burkle renovations.
You spoke with Lautner is the mid 80s? He died in 1974
@@patrickhamilton6207 no John Lautner died in 1994.
@@patrickhamilton6207 John Lautner died in Los Angeles on October 4th, 1994. Try doing some very basic research (have you heard of Google?) next time so you don't look like a fool.
I’ve heard other people that worked for him never being paid or paying less than agreed upon
As desert architecture in that time, it was similar to many much smaller designs that used cement and space age type lines. I was thinking of the branch bank in Phoenix where bikes could leave tracks in the dust as they ran over the roof.
Okay interesting, you tell me something that I don't know. I never grew up in the desert. i never heard of the branch bank, but I googled it: It indeed looks a bit like this house. I liek the design, thanks!
Land of Goshen! It is beautiful but who could live in such a huge, colossal, metroplex. Though beautiful, I find it very sterile and cold--others will differ. My opinion is not important but the architecture would make me feel alone, isolated, unimportant and small. I am sure others love it.
Yes, when you live with a small group of people in this house it fels cold and isolated. But the house is designed to host parties and invite thousands of people. With that in mind it's a house that's very well designed.
Terrific video. Thanks for making and sharing this. When you pointed out that Bob Hope could walk directly from his car port to his bedroom this connected with me. Hope lived in Tolucca Lake, so he'd have to drive or be driven out to Palm Springs. Unless he used a helicopter, he had to sit in the same traffic as the rest of us. I live in Los Angeles and I have a boat in Oxnard. One thing I often do is wake up at 4 am get in my car (a Tesla, so like Hope I also have a driver!) drive up to the boat or drive back to L.A. When I get to the other end, I often just go to bed for a couple more hours. What would take two hours during regular day traffic I can do in just over an hour at 4 am. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the proximity of the bedrooms to the carport isn't putting this exact method into architecture. I've always been a big fan of Lautner. If he has a flaw it's that he's been copied so much over the years that his smaller houses don't grab you the way they must have done when they were new. Just takes a little patience and carefully looking at a space to appreciate his unique qualities.
Great to hear that you liked the video, more videos will come up. Nice story that you wrote! I guess Hope used a helicopter to go from Toluca Lake to Palm Springs and then took a cab from the landing platform to his house. He also had 2nd house in Palm Springs so then he did the whole track by car. He worked a lot, he was always entertaining everybody: so he needed a bedroom next to the carport, in order to sleep imediately after coming home and then driving away the next morning.
The Music- your accent- great fun!❤
Thank you, not everybody appreciates it.
The architectural basics of the house were so strong, the furniture choices were kinda irrelevant. The shadows slowly changing in the interior as the sun moves overhead must create and incredible atmosphere. You'd see the rhythm of the seasons. Low winter sun slowly changing into high summer sun.
Fact: the San Andreas Fault is just seven miles east......and primed for an 8.0MM boogie. All bets are off as to its survivability. Nearby Desert Hot Springs actually sits on top of the fault. Good luck with that.
What is "MM"?
Wow!! Love this house. Did prefer the architectural idea for interior design. Definitely a timeless estate
Thank you!!
Yes It's definitely timeless. I also the prefer the architectural idea over the final interior.
The roof reminds me of the baseball hats he used to wear. From the top view the roof reminds me of three sun visors.
great I neve aw that in the house, but now you mentioned it, I get it!
absolutely outstanding architectural visions by Mr. Lautner.. new subscriber because of this video and i eager to watch your presentations!!
Thank you. Great that you liked the video! This stimulates me to make more content :) I'm busy with making a few new videos they will be uploaded the coming weeks.
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This was fascinating! Love how you pieced everything together with what little resources you had! My favorite was the big lower level terrace with the oculus. Can’t believe that fireplace heated the entire area! And I also loved how the views from the house are framed by the curvy architecture. Do you know what it sold for in 2018? Any updated photos with the new owner’s remodel? Thanks for the tour!
Thanks that you loved the video so much! :) i really like to make these videos, its like puzzling. The patio with the oculus is also my favorite part of the building. The house was put for sale for 50million in 2015, but after being unsold for three years, it was sold for "just" 20 million. Less than half the asking price. Check out also my other videos by John Lautner!
I love your videos! If you must include music would you consider turning the music volume down? You don't have to be sensitive to feel the competition between your wonderful narration and this noise. Background music should be in the background... Sorry if I offend, just my opinion.
Yes, you're right. This is one of my early videos and I didn't knew how to tune the volume in a right way. If you check my later videos you'll see that the volume is tuned down, also the music is more sensefull in combination with the pictures. Thanks that you like my voice though.
@@SuperJobbel sounds like you understand. It's a nice video otherwise. Thank you for the tour.
I agree.
@@SuperJobbel yes, the music volume does provide a distraction from the narrator…I am awed by the shear volume of the home and area…regrettably we no longer have Bob & Delores to provide their input regarding the finer points of the form and function of the residence… I would love to see Bobs’ other home in Toluca Lake for comparison.,.
Reminds you of the layer from "You Only Live Twice"?
I couldn't agree more! lol
Crazy to build such a Huge house and not live there!
I see why John Lautner left the project 👍
It's notable that Bob Hope could appreciate Lautner's vision enough to commission a major work from him but then compromise the architect's vision by insisting on stylistically inappropriate interiors -- even though it seems the house was used mostly for entertaining. I 'hope' new renovations are more in keeping with Lautner's vision. A garden more in keeping with the desert climate would be nice, though it would erase something of Hope's legacy. Thanks for this video!
Yes I agree with you. Hopefully this house with restore the way Lautner wanted it. Hope's lagacy will not be erased because he had other houses that are still in there original condition, the way Hope wanted it.
Amazing if you want to live in an airport concourse!
Hope Hope’s gravesite has the identical curved roof over it. It is located at San Fernando Mission, San Fernando CA.
Oh great! I never knew where he was buryed.
Good update. I'm glad someone wants to try to get it back to what mr. Lautner wanted it to look like. Those interior pictures with the jungle wallpaper, cheap Hollywood regency style furniture etc. almost make me puke. It is unreal that they let someone with that horrible taste touch that project, she clearly was completely clueless, there's nothing cohesive about it. I'm sure mr. Lautner must have been very frustrated about the whole ordeal... I know i would be!
Thank you for the work you put into these video's, your channel deserves waaaaaay more subscribers and views!
Those murals are painful. Spiral staircases are awful as well, only used when absolutely necessary. It's a good example of when clients want brilliance and then make the designers life hell through cheapness and bad taste. More dollars than sense.
Thank you, the channel is only started a few months ago and the video are still very new: So I hope and think many more views and subscribers will come. So share it with your friends and recommend it. Many more videos will come. ....and yes the interior of the Bob Hope house was really done in a bad taste. Otherwise this house would be a masterpiece as well.
@@Toodle.Pipp001 I absolutely agree with you. Every great architect should have total artistic freedom.
@@SuperJobbel your presentations are top notch, thank you. 🌟
The interior furnishings were what Dolores Hope wanted and what she got !
Bob was high up in secret societies, there isn't much online about this house because it was used for rituals and eyes wide shut type parties.
That's true! the house was a ''pleasure dome''
In 1970 or '71 while working for Peter Kiewit Sons' Company in Arcadia, CA, the plans for his home were delivered there to the building division and we all got to see the original plans for the home. Peter Kiewit was a friend of Bob Hopes and Hope had asked him to bid on building the house. I don't think Peter Kiewit ever had the building division bid on it, though.
Okay very interesting story , I wasn't familiair with the name Peter Kiewit.
@@SuperJobbel Peter Kiewit Sons' Company is home based in Omaha, Nebraska and now has branches in heavy construction, highway construction, and building construction all over the world. They're very low key.
The design is amazing. The only two things I dislike? Bob Hope and your taste in music.
Yes, the music was a mistake of me, check my later videos they all have different music.
When you are rich, you can afford homes with incredible design features!
True. I hope to be rich someday!
I'd never heard of this home. Thank you for making my day. Saw Bob Hope perform in my little town in 1977. Didn't realize he had that kind of money.
Good to hear you that you enjoyed the video. I never saw bob Hope in reality. And yes he was very rich.
Bob Hope was one of the biggest names in entertainment for decades in the US and highest paid as well.
He’s a huge influence in Los Ángeles. Burbank has a major street named after him and Bob and his wife are laid to rest at the San Fernando Mission/Cemetary with their own mausoleum on the mission grounds. He even had a small stadium that he sold to the Jehovah Witnesses for their conventions and was later sold and raised to the ground to make way for newer apartments. And the small stadium the also made in a similar John Lautner style.
I know Bob Hope along with tons of celebrities and I know he knew my family grandmother Dorothy and Dinah Shore did a pilot project on my life called from the Hart lol ect .I took had a cable show intern at in Covina CA Hearst Media and since I can be Patty Hearst twin that also went tragedy like her Long story I was invited to Bob Hope 91 birthday party and also mccullum theatre with the stars of young and restless that sang for me and I need to write a book of all the who's who of a nobody like me all want to me must be cause of my grandmother Dorothy
Oh nice! Interesting story, thanks for sharing! :)
Incredible tour. Google states that Palm Springs gets a little under 6 inches of rain a year. I was wondering if the small amount of rain was ever an issue coming through the oculus. I suppose not.
No, the little bit of rain that falls through is no problem at all: its still outside but then under a roof. Great that you liked the video.
Wow! My dream home. I adore it ❤️
I remember original home that burned. it was sad.
What was the cause of the fire?
@@chriss8970 I do not no. We called it the Turtle House...it looked like one. I was little.
@@maryschneider2759 hehehehe turtle house. Yeah it does kinda look like a turtle shell. No, I just thought that was very odd that it caught on fire during construction. I was thinking, wonder what in the hell it was??, was it like from one of the workers being careless with a cigarette butt, or what exactly? Curious to know. And especially as how someone else said that wasn’t the only time... that it caught on fire twice!!! That is wild!!
I know that Bob was a talented Comedian, but how did he make so many millions? To own and maintain 3 such expensive homes. He was popular in the days before mega million dollar deals I’d think. My hats off to him though. Made it to 100 yet was a partier it appears.
Bob Hope became so rich because he invested the money he earned with his shows in real estate projects and other stock investments. He once owned more than 100 houses, which were all rented to other people. so besides a comedian he wasl also a brilliant invester and real estate mogul. According to Forbes he was almost a billionaire.
Bob Hope bought all the undeveloped land in Southern California in the 30's when it was 100 dollars an Acre, and made many many millions developing strip malls and selling off property to other developers. He was loaded.
I’ve always heard that Hope owned most of the undeveloped land in the Santa Monica Mountains.
made it to 100..cheated on his wife for 70....no wonder she wanted a little something to keep herself occupied
Amazing "other worldly" structure that closely resembles a flying saucer.
John Lautner is one of the greatest architect from the XXth century...
And many else too like the Swiss architect Le Corbusier...
You're definitely right.
I think this building is beautiful
Nicely done. Very entertaining.
Thank you!
This was Bob Hopes party house and where he actually lived was in the Movie Colony off Sunrise Way in Palm Springs
Yes that's true. I also say it in the video.
Awesome because whoever owns it says it was never bob hopes house
Wow, how beautiful.
I can totally sympathize with painting the thing with white plaster. Anything to reflect the desert heat.
Yes but the concrete is also white and reflect also the sun, the point is that concrete looks more organic and raw, while plaster looks more clean. John Lautner wanted the house to look like rock or a cave. With plaster is doen't look like a rock or cave.
I drove up the lane to the gate one day; the gate was open so I just drove past and up to Bobs driveway and pulled in. Some guy was mowing the yard and came over; I told him I was here to talk to Bob. About that time a security pickup pulled in and invited me to leave , which I did. It was Bobs loss, he never got to meet me
Okay haha... great story! Unforunately that you never met Bob Hope in person. Thanks for sharing this!
l love the distinct arch facade. His gravesite is designed in a similar fashion.
I just read your comment and I never knew what his graveside looked like. But I googled it: and yes it does look very similar. Thanks for your comment, I learned from it!
@@SuperJobbel You're welcome, yeah l just saw it again a few weeks ago it's in the same cemetery as my parents grave just across the way.
Must be a beautifull and peacefull last resting place. I never been there, I live in the Netherlands. @@punchline43
@@SuperJobbel Yeah it is. The town is Mission Hills, California. Groucho Marx is in another cemetery across the street. (We share the same birthday btw).
Okay I didn't knew. Thank you! @@punchline43
Damn, and this is just the house he entertained guest in.... Gezzzz. I would not want to have to do the dusting of this house. Would you do that with a leaf blower? How about the electric bill? He must have made some historic incredible movies. I can't think of the name of a single movie?
Yes the maintenance costs of this house are insanely high. As far as I know: no movies were made in this house.
Fascinating architecture! It also reminds the Congress Hall in Berlin by Hugh Stubbins.
Okay great that you see that resemble. I have visited Berlin multiple times but I never tame a good look at the congress hall. I should check it out.
Ecch! Stubbins' halls seems dated, while Lautner's (one of my favorite architects) soars.
this looks like a nice PRISON
Stunning house. My taste runs more to Lautner's original plans and interior design concepts. But, either way, it's a winner.
Yes, I'm preparing to make a new video showing the house completely following Hope's orignal design.
I'll look forward to seeing that whenever it's posted. :)@@SuperJobbel
Great presentation. Thank you!
You're welcome! More videos coming up!
This home would have hosted many amazing parties. I hope they were very happy.
Yes, it was a house designed for parties. The Hope family only used it when they invited large groups of people.
The Flintstones!
Imagine the stories at these parties. I sometimes thought my mom would have been brilliant at interior design but this is the case where you see the fights like I want to save money on wood and the place burns down. I would have to change the painting of the inside of the indoor pool to a jungle. And the interior to more space age stuff. Definitely needs a billionaire owner. Needs a helicopter pad. I would love to see statues of Bob, his wife and laughtner by the waterfall looking at the house.
Yes , it has a troubled history with many arguements. I would love to be there, to witnees the history in person.
I was thinking more of the Flying Nun House!
Always thought the metal roof clashed a bit with the rest of the house. It took away from the curves. I think all concrete, like Lautner wanted, would blend in better and be more pleasing to the eye.
Yes definitely true. Compare this house with the Elrod House: that house blends in with better with desert. The concrete shows the shape of the Elrod House better.
When I look at the roof top, it seems like it needs to be curved more. I can also see wobbly parts on the concrete under the roof. To make this right would’ve likely cost twice as much.
It is a spectacular house, well suited for large events. I've never seen anything like it, except maybe Elrod House. I agree that it would have looked better with John Lautner's intended furniture, and without the murals. But the house is impressive in any case.
Yes, the house is amazing en spectaculair but it could have been better if John Lautner had complete creative control. When I made this video, the house was under renovation. After the completion of the renovation the house became much closer to Lautner's original vision. I'm planning to make a new video showing the new version of the house: showing how the house was supposed to look. The video will in better quality, with better drawings and different music. So stay tuned!
@@SuperJobbel Awesome! I look forward to your updated video.
Absolutely beautiful creative mind
I always wondered why such an enormous home for 2 people, now I understand it was for entertainment! I can't imagine living like this! Just give me a 2k Sq ft home 🏡 , with an Olympic pool in Palm Springs!!!
yes I agree! This house is ultimate party, gahtering and event dome.
@@SuperJobbel well, I thought it was the Seattle Kindome, but I'll give it to you, for parties. Mr. Hope most indubitably threw some lavish parties! I wonder if anyone was pushed into (or fell into, from a drunken stupor) the pool, in full attire?
Surely you could've picked something more appropriate to Bob Hope than disco music?
You're right ,maybe I'm gonna re-upload this video with different music.
My dad kept his trailer in the desert valley this house over looks not far from Palm Springs.
With this open concept , which I really like on this house, how does one deal with the desert critters ?
the house is located on top of a hill, so I guess there are not so much critters....I guess....
Hi! It's kind of hard to hear the narration in "competition" with the music.
Yes I agree with you, it was a mistake of mine. In my later videos the music is different and lower volume.
The most modern. And not dated looking.