On the market for the first time at $8.8 million is a Laguna Beach home by famed architect Horst Noppenberger, designed for “entertaining on a grand scale,” according to the Multiple Listing Service.

How’s this for proof?

Sugar Ray performed at a holiday benefit party at this five-bedroom, 4,934-square-foot residence for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s music therapy program in 2009, five years after the home’s completion. Property features include a multi-level main house, a guest house and several outdoor living areas down this hillside lot overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Views abound from nearly every room of the residence with its African mahogany framed sliding glass walls that extend indoors out, especially from the upper deck of the main house. It features an outdoor living area with a built-in barbecue and an infinity spa.

The four-bedroom main house also has a 475-bottle temperature-controlled wine cellar off the kitchen. It comes equipped with an island/breakfast bar and opens to the dining and family rooms, divided by a double-sided fireplace.

Elsewhere, a large wet bar steps up to a fireside lounge.

The primary bedroom has a fireside sitting area, a large walk-in closet, a soaking tub in the ensuite bathroom and a private terrace heated by a wood-burning fireplace.

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A bonus room with a separate entrance can double as an office, gym, or additional bedroom. It has a bathroom.

The buyer can rent the all-inclusive guest studio on the street below by the month. It has a walk-in closet, kitchenette and two outdoor view decks.

Shana Spitzer and Laura Roche of Compass share the listing.

Noppenberger founded his AIA award-winning architectural and design firm in 1990. Based in Laguna Beach, he produces modern and sustainable luxury homes whose layouts make the most of their picturesque settings.