Perched atop a Bel Air hilltop, Orum is a three-level, 18,800-square-foot home designed to subtly “float” above its environs.
Given its prominent positioning above a relatively developed neighborhood, the motivation behind the design of the home was to create a residence that could meld into its surroundings while maximizing views. The three-story structure, which takes on the shape of a three-winged propeller, is wrapped in glass that mirrors its sweeping views of the Los Angeles Basin, unobstructed from the Getty Center to Long Beach, Century City, and Downtown.
This seventeenth-floor condominium offers spectacular views from the city to the beaches of Santa Monica Beach, the Pacific Ocean to Malibu. The client purchased two adjacent condos with the intention of combining them into one large unit. The main unit was a large 2 bedroom condo and the adjacent unit a studio.
For the opening of Hem’s first US showroom in Downtown Los Angeles in collaboration with Madera, the independent design brand has commissioned San Franciscobased designer Clark Thenhaus, founder and director of Endemic Architecture, to create a sitespecific installation in the courtyard space of the new showroom. Confetti Courtyard is a vibrant installation that reimagines the space as a lively and kinetic layering of architecture, furniture, landscape, and social activity.
Klopf Architecture completely remodeled this once dark Eichler house in Palo Alto creating a more open, bright and functional family home. The reconfigured great room with new full height windows and sliding glass doors blends the indoors with the newly landscaped patio and seating areas outside. The former galley kitchen was relocated and was opened up to have clear sight lines through the great room and out to the patios and yard, including a large island and a beautiful walnut bar countertop with seating. An integrated small front addition was added allowing for a more spacious master bath and hall bath layouts. With the removal of the old brick fireplace, larger sliding glass doors and multiple skylights now flood the home with natural light.
The initial objective was to design two houses, in a high slope area in the Mount Washington; Los Angeles downtown area.
The main characteristics that were taken into account for both lots was:
– Topography: These lots have steep slopes, the higher portion of the slopes is located towards the the street (lower sector), in the middle of the lot there is a softer slope area. The vehicular road is located in the lower part of the land and the section of the road is narrow located at the apex of one of the canyons that are on the slopes of Mt. Washington.
– Orientation: The orientation was an essential aspect that was taken into account in the design because the hillside where the lots are located is facing north, which causes there to be no direct natural light in the afternoon hours (after 5pm). In the winter where sunlight originates from the south where it is blocked by the hill.
Los AngelesandNew Yorkbased architecture office FreelandBuck recently completed a new residential project, Second House, in Culver City, Los Angeles. The new 1,500squarefoot home is an intricate aggregation of interior and exterior volumes. Located on a tight site behind an existing residence, the new structure borrows the steeply pitched rooflines of the front house while turning inward around a private, central courtyard.
Anchored by an inventive reuse of local materials on a constrained lot in a beautiful Sonoma County landscape, this project started as a country retreat and evolved into a full-time residence. The desired program added a pool, poolhouse, outdoor living area, gardens, bocce court and guest arrival with overflow parking. The property was long and narrow, hugging a busy roadway but situated to look beyond the constraints to spectacular vistas of rolling vineyards and classic coastal California ridgelines beyond.
Roma-based architectural and urban design firm Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, was selected as the design architect for the reimagination of the 886,000 sq. ft. Beverly Center in Los Angeles, California.
Thirty-four months of construction and five hundred million dollars later a reimagined Center was officially unveiled on November 2, 2018. The mall, a monolithic eight-story structure located at the edge of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, now boosts a new glimmering white skin made of a highly textured stucco surmounting a metal mesh which changes transparency through the day and according to the viewer’s vantage point.
The RidgeView House sits atop the western edge of the Vaca Range overlooking St. Helena and the Napa Valley. The house is perched on a ridge with valley views to the west and forest views to the east, nestled amongst the natural rock outcroppings, and native Oak and Manzanita trees.
Sustainable & Energy efficient with Smart home capability
Maintenance free exterior
Flexible, spatially dynamic floor plan on a challenging hillside site
The goals for this project were multi-faceted and ambitious- Design a new, modern, sustainable and energy efficient home that had the highest level of craft and attention to detail. The floor plan is open and spacious, providing function and flexibility, three of the five bedrooms are designed with flexible use in mind- they can be master bedrooms, an in-law unit, home office or family room.
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