Koenig designed a seaside home in Malibu for actor and producer Michael LaFetre, which was to be inspired by the famous architecture of the late 1950s. - houses No. 21 and 22 from the "Program of Concrete Research" (1945 - 1966).
LaFetra purchased No. 21 in 1999, and Koenig asked him not to change anything in this austere modernist building. As a result, the actor was imbued with the idea of protecting buildings of modernism and achieved the inclusion of both his house and No. 22 in the official list of protected monuments.
LaFetra also bought and renovated two houses designed by Rudolf Schindler, as well as several other masters of modernism.
Koenig in 2000 asked him to design a house on his oceanfront plot of land in Malibu. According to the architect, it will be cheap (in line with Koenig's ideas about housing affordability, which manifested itself in all of his work) and original. The core of the building is a glass-filled steel frame with common areas on the first two floors and three bedrooms upstairs. The side of the house facing the ocean will be completely glazed. The floors, at the request of the customer, will be made of cork and polished concrete, instead of vinyl tiles, Koenig's favorite material. Otherwise, it will be a typical building. This is evidenced by the free layout, the use of drywall and painted steel for the walls. The boundaries between the interior and the surroundings will be deliberately smoothed out.
In early 2004, work on the project was suspended due to severe Koenig's illness. In April 2004, he was gone, but his widow told LaFetra the name of her husband's successor, who was named by the architect himself. Eventually, the project was completed by James Tyler, a later generation of Los Angeles modernists. Construction is planned to start in 2006.
