The Homeira Goldstein Home

The Goldsteins’ two-story, nearly 10,000-square-foot home resembles a modern gallery. “First-time guests often call us and say, ‘We can’t find your home — there’s just this building on the corner,’ Homeira Goldstein says with a laugh. “It’s definitely not a conventional house. We wanted it to be different — unique.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

A pair of couches originally destined for the living room now flank the front door along with a pair of aluminum, glass and stone floor lamps by Nick Agid. On the wall: Lynn Aldrich’s gold-leaf book pages. In the foreground: Mary Shaffer’s butcher hook and red glass sculpture.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

From the main foyer, visitors are greeted by three canvas, resin and paint sculptures by Suzanne Erikson. Gazing down is Ed Beneventi’s “Public Scrutiny.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Homeira Goldstein designed four powder-coated aluminum chairs for the middle of the gallery-like living room. She had her son’s childhood toys turned into a ceiling sculpture by artist Simon Ouwerkerk.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Homeira Goldstein stands between a pair of fiberglass figures with four heads by Polish artist Yolanta Klyszcz in the living room. She is a director on a dozen art boards, including the Modern and Contemporary Art Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the board of governors at Otis College of Art and Design.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Lita Albuquerque’s 23-karat gold-leaf panels hang over a credenza in the informal dining area adjacent to the kitchen.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

White coral-like sculptures of rubber, steel and paint by Simon Ouwerkerk serve as a dining-table centerpiece; the paper sculptures on the wall above the credenza are by Yoshio Ikezaki. Goldstein designed the 15-foot-long table, a granite and steel construction that consists of multiple round and free-form pieces on wheels for flexibility. It seats up to 20 people.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Resin and wood sculpture by Eric Johnson lays atop the stair handrail. Below, Nancy Braver’s acrylic and stainless steel cable “Ellipse Column #4” lights up the entrance to the dining room.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

More is more: the area outside the master bedroom.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Homeira Goldstein designed the stainless steel furnishings, including the Art Deco-inspired headboard, in her master bedroom. “I’m not a wood person,” she says. “I love the strength that stone and metal represent.”  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

A work by Christopher Pate in the bedroom.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Goldstein collaborated on her Art Deco-inspired home theater with set designer Anton Goss. The steel ceiling medallion is by artist Simon Ouwerkerk.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

The home office in the basement features walls hung with black-and-white photo blowups of Homeira Goldstein’s family. She’s related to the Qajar royal family, the dynasty that ruled Iran until 1925.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Homeira Goldstein sets her stainless steel patio table on wheels. The table decoration features a 2-foot center planter that she likes to fill with live plants.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

A silver-rimmed charger and matching salad plate sit on top of her placemat, a stainless steel round covered in black velvet. A silk hydrangea sits atop a black linen napkin that she rolled, then folded and placed in a small green chiffon bag — “like the little bags you buy in a gift shop,” she says.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Chairs wear stretchy black spandex covers. “Black is a wonderful backdrop for art,” Homeira Goldstein says. For a peek inside more Southern California homes and gardens, click to our Homes of The Times gallery.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)