Dick Clark's Flintstone House Rocks Onto the Market

By Les Christie

Dick Clark has listed his unique, one-bedroom Malibu home for $3.5 million, according to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

Whoever buys the place from the "world's oldest teenager" will likely feel as if they are channeling another celebrity: Fred Flintstone.

• <p> Dick Clark has listed his unique, one-bedroom Malibu home for $3.5 million, according to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.<br /> <br /> Whoever buys the place from the &quot;world's oldest teenager&quot; will likely feel as if they are channeling another celebrity: Fred Flintstone.<br /> <br /> The architect, Phillip Jon Brown, said the prehistoric design was dictated by circumstance. The 23-acre site is next to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, which originally objected to Clark building a home on the property.<br /> <br /> &quot;[Clark] dug in his heels and said he was going to build a house there,&quot; said Brown, &quot;I came up with the idea that if the house looked like a rock formation, the park conservancy would let us build on top. They liked the concept.&quot;</p>
• <p> It was worth holding out for the hilltop location. The living room commands expansive views of the Pacific Ocean through rough arched windows.</p> <p> In fact, there are few straight lines in the house. &quot;The curvilinear architecture has an emotional appeal,&quot; said Brown.&nbsp;</p>
• <p> The dining room features a free form counter and a rough, undulating ceiling. The interior walls were built of wood and steel beams and are covered in concrete, which is used throughout the house, said Brown.&nbsp;</p>
• <p> Wilma Flintstone would feel right at home cooking up a succulent Brontosaurus burger in this whimsical kitchen. Especially attractive are the cave-hole windows that look out onto the surrounding mountains.</p> <p> The cabinets stay true to the design theme with their irregular door- and drawer-fronts. And could those be granite countertops?</p>
• <p> The house has two big bathrooms. This one features outside windows, curving walls, and indirect lighting.</p> <p> Shelves are molded out of the poured concrete giving it a prehistoric look, but the appliances are all the height of modernity.</p>
• <p> The free-form fireplace and vaulted ceiling give the single bedroom a cozy and romantic look.</p> <p> The South facing window looks out on the landscaped garden of aloe and other succulent plants and, beyond that, the Pacific.</p>
• <p> &quot;Dick Clark built the property so he could have 360-degree views,&quot; said architect Brown.</p> <p> The Channel Islands, Boney Mountains and the lights of Los Angeles can all be seen from this home.&nbsp;</p>
• <p> The exterior of the home is comprised of heavy stucco with lots of rocks thrown into the mix.</p> <p> &quot;When it was still wet, we scrubbed in to expose some of the stones,&quot; said Brown. &quot;That made it look like decomposed granite.&quot;</p> <p> At night, light glows through the irregular openings as if it were a well-lit cave.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> More on CNNMoney:</p> <p> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/real_estate/1202/gallery.michael-jordan-home-sale/" target="_top">Michael Jordan selling home for $29 million</a></p> <p> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/real_estate/1105/gallery.jennifer_aniston_home_for_sale/index.html" target="_blank">Jennifer Aniston's $42 million home</a></p> <p> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/1104/gallery.paris_hilton_home_for_rent/index.htm" target="_blank">Paris Hilton's pad (for rent)</a></p>

The architect, Phillip Jon Brown, said the prehistoric design was dictated by circumstance. The 23-acre site is next to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, which originally objected to Clark building a home on the property.

"[Clark] dug in his heels and said he was going to build a house there," said Brown, "I came up with the idea that if the house looked like a rock formation, the park conservancy would let us build on top. They liked the concept."

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