A stone fireplace in Tarzana, a newly expanded pool home in Woodland Hills and a familiar midcentury silhouette on Calvert Street: these three permit-confirmed Charles Du Bois designs offer different ways to look at his Valley legacy. For readers who enjoy comparing the architecture with the changes made over the years, there is plenty to explore here.
Asking prices range from $1,535,000 at Azalia Drive to $2,549,888 at Fenwood Avenue. Calvert Street returned to the market on November 3 at $2,449,500, adding another Du Bois-designed house to the mix.
4479 Azalia Drive, Tarzana: a stone fireplace and a sheltered patio
The fireplace is the detail that first caught my eye at Azalia Drive. A broad stretch of irregular stone anchors the living room, with a vaulted white ceiling overhead and sliding glass doors facing the lawn. More stone frames the double-door entrance, giving the house a welcoming approach beneath the trees.
Built in 1963, the house sits south of Ventura Boulevard on approximately a quarter acre. The blog has confirmed Du Bois’s authorship through permits. The listing advertises the four-bedroom home for $1,535,000. Dennis Chernov and Barrington Malcolm of Equity Union hold the listing, TheMLS #26857443.
The kitchen has an island and stainless steel appliances, while the primary bathroom includes a soaking tub and rainfall shower, according to the listing. A separate theater room provides another gathering space. Outside, the covered patio runs along the house, with room to sit or eat beside the lawn.
Of the three, this is the house where I would start with the stonework and the connection to the yard. The long patio overhang gives that outdoor space a sheltered edge, and the glass doors keep it close to the main rooms.
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Street View: 4479 Azalia Drive
5500 Fenwood Avenue, Woodland Hills: an expanded Du Bois home with a new pool
Fenwood takes the story in a more contemporary direction. Pale wood cabinetry and paneling carry through the rooms, white ceiling beams cross the main living area, and herringbone flooring adds another pattern below. A substantial kitchen island faces the gathering spaces, with the backyard pool visible beyond.
The five-bedroom house is advertised for $2,549,888 by Marjan Vakilibigar and Aisa Rezaei of Coldwell Banker Realty, CRMLS #SR26145908. The listing gives the living area as 3,014 square feet and describes two primary suites, Taj Mahal countertops and a 48-inch Thermador range.
The blog has confirmed Du Bois’s authorship through permit research, but the house has also changed substantially since 1959. A permit issued August 1, 2025, covers a 970-square-foot addition and remodel to the existing dwelling with an attached garage. That helps explain why the current offering needs to be considered as both a Du Bois house and a later expansion.
The backyard has its own recent history. An August 26, 2025 permit describes a new 16-by-30-foot pool with a 6-by-6-foot spa inside. A January 22, 2026 supplement revises that same project’s standard-plan reference and engineer of record. The pool photographs show a raised spa, paved seating areas and an outdoor cooking area beneath a long overhead structure.
Earlier records include reroofing applications in 1998 and 2017, along with a 2004 application for a 6-by-30-foot patio cover. The patio-cover record is marked Ready to Issue. These summaries document proposed or permitted work; they do not establish final inspection approval or tell us exactly which original finishes and walls survive.
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Street View: 5500 Fenwood Avenue
24310 Calvert Street, Woodland Hills: back on the market at $2,449,500
Calvert Street deserves a place alongside the other two for its exterior alone. Low gables, patterned concrete screens and an entrance tucked among mature trees give the frontage plenty of character. The blog has confirmed through permits that Du Bois designed the 1964 house.
Newly listed November 3 for $2,449,500, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house is offered by Artin Hovsepian of The Agency, MLS #26105017. The new MLS listing reports 2,966 square feet on a 10,881-square-foot lot. Earlier records gave the living area as 2,776 square feet; that difference alone does not establish a new addition.
The 2023 marketing described a remodeled kitchen, a double-sided fireplace and a new pool and spa. The permits give that makeover a more specific outline. An April 6, 2023 permit, #23016-20000-10440, describes removing the wall between the kitchen and living room. A May 9 permit, #23016-20000-13776, covers relocating the laundry and converting the existing family room and study into two bedrooms and a bathroom.
An earlier alteration application had described adding that family room and study. Jan Vanderburgt appears in its architect-or-designer field, a credit for the alteration rather than the original house. A separate permit issued May 18, 2023, #23047-20000-00540, describes a new 30-by-14-foot pool and spa.
Read together, those records show how the house’s arrangement evolved: gathering and study spaces were added, then later repurposed, while the kitchen connection was opened and a pool project introduced. The permit pages show issuance information rather than final inspection sign-offs.
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Street View: 24310 Calvert Street
More of the Valley’s Du Bois story
These three homes join a growing collection of Du Bois coverage on the blog. Revisit the earlier stories below; their prices and sale updates belong to their respective publication periods.
- 18840 La Amistad Place, Tarzana — A rebuilt interior and pool backyard, with original authorship documented by permit records. Published October 27, 2026.
- 22431 Miranda Street, 5900 Nita Avenue and 23600 Ladrillo Street, Woodland Hills — Our earlier three-home roundup compares covered patios, pool yards and different floor plans. Published October 22, 2026.
- 5576 El Canon Avenue, Woodland Hills — Vaulted wood ceilings, a double-sided fireplace and a remodeled pool home. Published October 16, 2026.
- 4301 Manson Avenue, Woodland Hills — The Johnston Vidal Projects restoration and the house’s return to market. Published October 6, 2026.
- 5330 Dubois Avenue, Woodland Hills — A contemporary renovation within a recognizable Woodland West plan. Published September 23, 2026.
- 5351 Dubois Avenue, Woodland Hills — A 1961 home on the avenue bearing the architect’s name. Published September 1, 2026.
- 5932 Pat Avenue, Woodland Hills — A permit-confirmed 1966 design that returned after an extensive remodel. Published August 21, 2026.
- 23811 Berdon Street, Woodland Hills — A colorful reinterpretation of a 1962 Du Bois residence. Published August 11, 2026.
- 22420 Philiprimm Street, Woodland Hills — The 1960 house with a surviving Cold War-era fallout shelter, first covered in 2012. Published September 12, 2012.
For me, Azalia’s stone fireplace and Calvert’s patterned screens are the details to linger over. Fenwood provides a different kind of interest: seeing how an expanded house carries the Du Bois connection into a much newer interior and backyard. There is room for more than one approach, and the records make the changes easier to understand.
Browse more Valley homes and architectural history on the blog’s Development & Architecture page.
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