A Pasadena home designed by the architectural firm Buff, Smith and Hensman for partner Conrad Buff III’s parents is on the market.

The asking price is $2.995 million.

Completed in 1955, the house was originally owned by Swiss-born artist Conrad Buff II and his wife, the children’s book author Mary Marsh Buff. The couple were living there in 1965 when Buff II gave his oral history for the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art’s New Deal and the Arts project.

According to the transcript, the interviewer made it a point to say for the record, “This is a very beautiful home and interestingly enough, it was designed by Mr. and Mrs. Buff’s son, Conrad Buff II, who is one of the leading architects in California today.”

The house sits on a half-acre-plus hillside lot above Annandale Country Club with treetop views of the canyon. Records show it last sold in February 2018 for $2.15 million, following a two-year, studs-out renovation and expansion by the previous owner.

Today, the four-bedroom, 2,335-square-foot house with three bathrooms represents a “majestic blend of mid-century meets the convenience of new modern,” the listing reads.

Floor-to-ceiling Fleetwood doors extend the light-filled living and dining room out onto a large ipe wood deck with custom wrought iron railings.

The kitchen features Miele appliances, quartz countertops and custom walnut cabinetry. There’s also a breakfast bar. 

A walk-in closet and direct access to a gravel and paver patio are features of the primary suite. In the primary bathroom, there’s a Kohler jetted tub and glass-enclosed shower.

Carport parking for two cars rounds out the offering.

The father and son team of Kevin and Ethan Bourland at Compass share the listing .

Buff II , who died in 1975 at 89, was a notable 20th-century painter of Western landscapes who mixed California impressionism with modernist lines, shapes and colors. He and his wife, who died in 1970 at age 80, collaborated on several nature-themed, illustrated children’s books, some of which were finalists for the Caldecott and Newbery medals.

They include “Dash and Dart” (1942), “Big Tree” (1946), “The Apple and the Arrow” (1951) and “Magic Maize” (1953).

According to USModernist.org , the Buff family was aquainted with the architects Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra and their wives.

414 Mooresque Drive will open from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27.

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