<Tr> <Th> Number of rooms </Th> <Td> 29 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Playboy Mansion (also known as the Playboy Mansion West) was the home of late Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner . Located in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, near Beverly Hills, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties . </P> <P> Currently owned by Daren Metropoulos, the son of billionaire investor Dean Metropoulos, the mansion is also used for various corporate activities and serves as a valuable location for television production, magazine photography, charitable events, and civic functions . </P> <P> The 21,987 - square - foot (2,042.7 m) house is described as in the "Gothic - Tudor" style by Forbes magazine, and sits on 5.3 acres (2.1 ha). It was designed by Arthur R. Kelly in 1927 for Arthur Letts, Jr., son of the Broadway department store founder Arthur Letts and acquired by Playboy from Louis D. Statham (1908--1983), an engineer, inventor and chess aficionado, in 1971 for $1.1 million . In early 2011, it was valued at $54 million . It sits close to the northwestern corner of the Los Angeles Country Club, near University of California, Los Angeles and the Bel - Air Country Club . $15 million has been invested in renovation and expansion . </P>

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