Home of the Week: City-to-ocean views in Beverly Hills

Sited on a ridge top with city-to-ocean views, this Craftsman-exterior home was designed for its previous owner, actor James Woods. Inside, architect Lise Claiborne Matthews created the element of surprise with light-filled, contemporary interiors and bands of inlaid mahogany on the walls that wrap around corners, climb, dip, narrow and broaden from room to room.

Location: 1520 Gilcrest Drive, Beverly Hills 90210

Asking price: $9,995,000

Previously sold: In 2002 for $5 million

Year built: 1996

House size: Three bedrooms, four bathrooms

Lot size: Nearly an acre

Features: Stone and oak floors, five fireplaces, media room, library, gym, swimming pool, ponds, mature sycamores and pines

About the area: In the first half of the year, 131 single-family homes sold in the 90210 ZIP Code at a median price of $2,726,000, according to DataQuick. That was a 2.5% increase from the median during the first half of 2010.

Listing agent: Aaron Kirman, Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills, (310) 858-5479

—Lauren Beale

To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, send high-resolution color photos on a CD, written permission from the photographer to publish the images and a description of the house to Lauren Beale, Business, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Send questions to [email protected]. To see more photos of this and previously featured homes, go to latimes.com/realestate.