Mountaintop House

Location: Los Angeles, California
Project Type: Historic, Residential Renovation
Status: Completed 2021
Scale: 1200 ft²
Collaborator: Tamar Barnoon
Photography: Brian Outland

 

For this very special property in the hills of LA, our clients invited SSP to update a kitchen and primary bedroom suite. New floorplans on both first and second levels are oriented to the stunning view of downtown. Under a Mills Act contract, our alterations to the exterior were limited. Instead, we took cues for the interior renovation from existing prairie-style details within the house, including a duet of ceiling heights and a recurring picture rail trim.

Materials include new waxed cherry cabinetry throughout, polished nickel fixtures, unglazed quarry tile, foundry brick, handmade wall tiles and quartzite surfaces unified through a consistent strategy of early modernist detailing rendered in earthy textures. The result feels historic, fresh and appropriate for our young client family and their perch overlooking Los Angeles