The storied 32-room Gothic Tudor Revival–style manse is a pop culture icon in and of itself, serving as the consummate party house of the early aughts for Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, his gang of “bunnies,” and anyone lucky enough to score an invitation to one of their famously exclusive soirees. As well-known as the interiors of the space became (particularly throughout the airing of The Girls Next Door reality show, which ran from 2005 to 2010), the heart of any Playboy Mansion extravaganza was always the pool and its rocky free-form grotto. Architects Ron and Suzanne Roe Dirsmith were given just four months to bring the aquatic wonderland to life, per their 2015 memoir Inside Hefner’s Pleasure Domes. His design brief for the duo was a tall order but with plenty of room for creative exploration: “I would like this place to be something that nobody else has and everybody can dream of having: a fantasy land, a dream land,” the tome quotes Hefner. “When it is finished it should look as though it has been here forever. And remember, whatever you show me is the minimum I expect at the end. You have no other restrictions!”
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