HILLTOP RETREAT

Private Residence
Bel Air, California

Multiple forms and spaces in the composition balance the scale of this large home, enabling a diversity of experience and activities while maintaining a visually consistent overall character; and enhancing the most beneficial site lines and views.

Separate zones of space are outfitted for all services and activated individually depending upon use. The master plan includes recycling facilities and energy management systems.

CHALLENGE A businessman required a home which would combine living and working spaces for family, guests, and business associates. Three individual live/work zones co-exist with outdoor amenities.

SOLUTION A “European Hill Town”, providing private places and outdoor spaces, and composed of distinct but interlocking plaster volumes with asymmetrical tile roofs. These provide intimate settings within a large home.