This beachfront house in South California is designed by Richard Meier and his partner Michael Palladino for art collectors. Use paint in beautiful colors that replicate the blues and greens of the ocean. The colors of the sunset or sunrise are also beautiful in a beach home. The pale pink of a summer sky right before sunset is a lovely shade for a bedroom or bathroom. (more…)
PACIFIC PALISADES has been a cool escape from Los Angeles noise, grit and heat ever since Sunset Boulevard was extended to reach the beach in the 1920s. It offered the ocean views of Malibu, the canyon hideaways of landlocked Hollywood Hills and a cloistered playground for Beverly Hills movie stars. The enclave, one of Southern California’s most treasured locales, also became a palette for pioneering architects who embraced the distinctive topography with experimental glass houses.
The Palisades, it can be said, shaped the houses, rather than the houses shaping the Palisades. After World War II, Richard Neutra, Charles Eames and other Case Study House designers landed in the woody bluffs here. (more…)
