Curson Modern solves a very Los Angeles problem: how do you bring a big group to the middle of the city without putting everybody in separate hotel rooms? The answer is six bedrooms, a real office, gym, theater, glass wine room and a private backyard with pool, spa, outdoor kitchen and enough ficus around it to make you briefly forget how central you are. That's what makes Curson different from so many of the giant houses up in the hills. You aren't retreating from Los Angeles. You're establishing headquarters right in the middle of it. People can head out for dinner, shopping or meetings, split up during the day, and somehow everybody ends up back around the pool later. Curson is less vacation villa and more very well-equipped LA clubhouse.