Malibu, California

SkyPad

Where the hill becomes the house

Story

The house was drawn around what was already here.

  1. Chaparral, sage,
    and the long afternoon.

    Limestone that holds
    the cool until noon.

  2. The ridge line
    was never cut.

    The rooms were bent
    to meet it.

  3. Glass pockets
    into the walls.

    The room ends
    without a wall.

Malibu, California

Spaces

Entry to edge, in five spaces.

The motor court approach, set below grade, the house hidden above the retaining walls The great room — kitchen, living, and dining unbroken, facing the ridge through floor-to-ceiling glass The primary suite, glass wall folded open to its own terrace The pool terrace cantilevered past the hillside, its edge disappearing toward the coastline The lower level — a wine room and screening room cut into the hillside rock
  1. 01 Approach The motor court sits below grade. The house stays hidden until the door.
  2. 02 Great Room Kitchen, living, and dining, unbroken, facing the ridge.
  3. 03 Primary Suite The bedroom empties onto its own terrace, and nothing else does.
  4. 04 Pool Terrace Cantilevered past the hillside. The edge disappears into the coastline.
  5. 05 Lower Level A wine room and a screening room, cut into the rock itself.
The ridge above Point Dume, the fog bank below it, and the private drive along the ridge line

Location

The ridge sits above Point Dume, high enough to keep the fog below it.

Elevation
640 feet above the shoreline
Zuma Beach
Eleven minutes, by car
Los Angeles
Forty minutes, the ocean the whole way
Nearest neighbor
Out of sight, on purpose

Inquire

By appointment, and by referral.

+1 310 555 0142

Malibu, California