A modern party pad in the Hollywood Hills with 180-degree views

Expansive and see-through are two ways I would describe this house owned by sometimes-actor, sometimes-developer Brad Blumenthal and designed by David Thompson and Kevin Southerland at the architecture firm Assembledge. It's got a 180-degree view, an infinity pool, and a whole lot of glass walls. Imagine waking up in this bedroom with the city in all its smoggy glory laid out below you: You'd feel like Aladdin floating on a magic carpet of sustainably harvested Brazilian wood.

Click here for more photos of this Hollywood house in the treetops. 

-- Deborah Netburn

Photo credit: Michael Weschler