This project exists on a 55-acre property in the remote hills of Malibu with unique topography and panoramic views looking out to a nearby mountain range, a valley, and the Pacific Ocean with islands in the distance. In searching for inspiration, I imagined a roof structure that would allow for a un-obstructed view of the mountain range and distant views.The client, a woman, requested curvilinear, feminine shapes for the building.
One of the last residential homes in the legendary career of architectural genius Barry Berkus is a spectacular Malibu beach house located in MariSol, the award-winning 80-acre, 17 estate luxury Malibu real estate community. The Spanish Estate is a brand new contemporary, Spanish-style, fully furnished, single-story masterpiece elevated on a 102 ft blufftop with 130 ft of oceanfront over one of the best surf beaches in Malibu, County Line Beach.
Beauvoir Residence is a modern two-storey dwelling located in Malibu, California. The home is situated on a mountainous area surrounded by natural vegetation and has been designed by architect Bruce Bolander. Constructed with a large expanse of glass walls, residents can enjoy views of the spectacular landscape. The open plan concept features concrete floors, high ceilings and plenty of natural daylight.
MariSol’s Malibu Beach House Wins Three Grand “Gold Nugget” Awards, Including House of the Year at the 48th Annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference & Exposition
AN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2011 — MariSol’s Malibu Beach House was awarded the highly sought-after and extremely competitive “Gold Nugget Grand Award” for BEST HOME Over 3,000 Square Feet, topping 3 other impressive finalists from Washington State, Utah and Northern California. MariSol’s Showcase Estate also won Gold Nugget Grand Awards for Kitchen Design and Bath Design. In addition, in a close vote, MariSol was runner up for the Grand Award for Residential Project of the Year, instead receiving an Award of Merit in that category as well as an Award of Merit for both Outdoor and Indoor Living Spaces (Awards List Available by request).
vortex n, a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity in the center, and to draw toward this cavity bodies subject to its action.
The project’s ambition lies in its dramatic spatial and climatic modulation and the saturation of its interior with visual and physical material of the surrounding site. The surrounding geometric and topographic features, and the air currents these features produce, are drawn into the interior to condition its atmosphere. The man-made and the natural are characterized as of the same fluid medium, and the house is a vortex into which this material is drawn. This ambition informs each part of the house’s organization: its five-sided sculpted form, environmental control system, folded roofscape, exterior wrapper and involuted covered patios.
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