Malibu Hillside (2013-2016)

Single Family Residence, Renovation and Addition, Malibu CA
A south facing home overlooking the Pacific Ocean is reconfigured with the addition of a new pool, terrace, arbor and landscape. A visual 'frame' for viewing the horizon, the project brings together light, shadow, water and sky in an effort to blur the distinction between wet and dry, here and there, inside and outside, above and below.
In addition to the natural site, there was an ambition to create a construction that spoke to the regions architectural context. Invoking the mid-century spirit of Craig Ellwood and the unabashed bravado of John Lautner, the new construction hovers above it's hillside site as an assertive object and a quiet frame. In this way we learned how to build next to the sea.

MALIBU HILLSIDE Credits

Architecture Terrace, Boardwalk, Pool and Arbor Structures: Michael Goorevich Architect, PLLC
Landscape: Stephen Billings Landscape Architect
General Contractor: Brian Guizot
Structural Engineer: Stephen Perlof
Glazing Engineer: Andrew Nasser
Pool Consultant: Pacific Custom Pools
Landscape Contractor: Royal Landscape
Civil Engineer: Robert Newlon
Interior Design: Katy Chudacoff and Michael Page, Dovetail Design
Zoning Approval and Permitting: Shelly Coulson
Waste Water Consultant: Kevin Poffenbarger, EPD Consultants

Awards/ Publishing

2021 Phaidon Publishing, Living by the Ocean: Contemporary Houses by the Sea
2019 AN (Architects Newspaper) Best of Design Award, Landscape Residential
2017 AIA Gulf States Region, Merit Design Award
2016 AIA State of Tennessee, Merit Design Award
2016 AIA Middle Tennessee, Citation Design Award
2016 Dezeen,  November,  article and video

Gulf State Jury Comments:
”A simple sketch of framing the space between the house and the sea and sky beyond explain the idea with no more elaboration required. The design consists of three simple moves, a parallel pool, a perpendicular deck and an angular trellis to provide shade for the pool and terrace. Each design move was simple in idea but gorgeously executed in detail. All of the jurors wanted to take swim here,….or at least be invited to enjoy a drink from the pool and terrace at the owners’s invitation.”

VIDEO

Direction, Photography, Editing: Eric Staudenmaier

GALLERY

Photography, Editing: Eric Staudenmaier