There is a spirit that resides in a particular location and the design of this home identified and made manifest the essential spirit of this special place. Taking inspiration from the coastal regions along both the Mediterranean and Mexican Riviera, the home gently cascades down the hillside to the beach below. Blessed with a temperate climate, abundant sunlight, and breathtaking vistas, the design minimizes the barriers between the inside and the outside allowing nature to become part of the interior landscape.

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Both the built structure and the landscape of this home are inextricably linked to the topography of the hillside site. The design team first reflected on historical hillside dwellings throughout the world and responded by extending this home out from the hillside, not merely placing it on top of it; as such, the topography and views resonated strongly in the resulting orientation of the home, its character, and architectural language. Discrete living spaces, numerous intimate terraces, and exquisite surfaces and furnishings combine to create a casual, yet luxurious, coastal retreat.