[3] In 2022, the property was purchased for $12.5 million by actor Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger; they subsequently had the building razed to make way for a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) mansion.

[1][9] The Zimmerman House was exemplary of the California modernist style indicative of Ellwood, and other architects of the time such as Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Richard Neutra.

[11][12] The Los Angeles Conservancy stated that at the time of demolition, the home was "highly intact and a noteworthy example of modernist design from this era.

"[2] The façade of the structure featured recessed glazing creating a space, as described by Progressive Architecture as "completely open to the lawn and vistas to the rear."

Arts & Architecture magazine described the façade as "four ten-foot glass doors, each sliding, open (to the) living-dining area to the terrace of textured concrete which leads to the plant garden.