Water elements and a glassed-in breezeway lead to a sleek contemporary in Bel-Air. The newly built mansion opens to an outdoor seating area, lawn and an infinity-edge pool with panoramic cityscape views that stretch to the ocean.

Location: 864 Stradella Road, Los Angeles 90077

Asking price: $55 million

Year built: 2014

Architect: Paul McClean

House size: Seven bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, 14,219 square feet

Lot size: 35,908 square feet

Features: Bar, double-island kitchen with breakfast bar, media room, office, glass-sided wine cellar, 15-car collector garage with turntable, four fireplaces, fire pit

About the area: In the first half of the year, 64 single-family homes sold in the 90077 ZIP Code at a median price of $2.05 million, according to CoreLogic DataQuick. That was an 11.7% price increase from the first half of 2013.

Listing agent: Kurt Rappaport, Westside Estate Agency, (310) 860-8889