An Architectural Masterpiece Designed In Perfect Harmony With Nature

Welcome to the Luxury Home Show. I'm Sam Palmer from the agency and today we are in Rustic Canyon in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles. Before I let you take a look inside, I want to take a step outside and have a look at this beautiful design of this home. So welcome and as you can see behind me, this is an insane design and not like something you've probably ever seen before because I know I haven't. So the architect of this project was Bill Naberska and what he's done here is he's incorporated this insane landscape and forestry. So you've got a lot of protected trees in this area including sycamores and coastal oaks. This driveway in particular was built around the large coastal oak and two sycamore trees. The driveway material is pervious concrete which lays all the way from the main gates that flow down to this area. What's incredible about it is it lets water seep through and rather getting wasted, it all goes back onto the land to feed all this landscape and the beautiful landscape in the backyard that you're about to see. So Rustic Canyon in itself is a little bit of a hidden oasis. It's set between Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica. A lot of locals don't even know this area exists which gives you, obviously from the street we're a little bit lower, you would not even know this home is here. Coming down this entrance, you've got these beautiful steps that come through the landscape. You then come down to your motor court where you've got a three-car garage over here and they put the pebble within the concrete as well. Walking up the steps, you come up to the main entrance. You've got this lovely bench and something to stress on this home is every single detail has been thought of. We're going to show you stuff that you probably didn't even know was imaginable on a home. Before we go into the home, I want to really give you an idea of the owner's mindset into design level. You'll see over here, simple frog on the door knocker. Now that could just be because they liked it, it isn't. A lot of friends were involved in this project and you'll see art pieces inside the home which were actually part of the home and the installation. This is one of them, a friend named Taduce, she handcrafted this door knocker. It's all because in the creek in the background of this home, you've got little noises all through the nights of frogs. They wanted that to all be part of this home. This home is definitely one with nature. Here's my little friend on the tour with us today. Welcome to the hallway. The first thing that you'll notice is obviously the curvature of this house. You obviously notice it from outside, but I think it strikes you even more when you walk in. First things you notice, clay on the walls and the ceiling. This was done by Clayworks actually, who are based in Cornwall in England. And then you have the wide white oak wood that all faces going outwards. Now as I said, this home was built to be around the trees. So outside the window, you will see the trees seem to come to life. The first thing you have to walk past is this beautiful mosaic that was done by a friend of the owner called Sophia Londono. And the owner was telling me a little story earlier as when they'd finished the house, the architect was leaning up against this beam that was under here and was saying, we've really got everything, we thought about everything in this house. And then it was all glaringly obvious they hadn't thought about this beam. So they then decided to create this piece of artwork. And Sophia came into the home and they said, what could you put on here? She went outside and she saw the sycamore bark and said, I want to make the sycamore bark part of the house, which I thought was really, really beautiful. And it almost sits like a camouflage painting. But the main things that you notice is this ceiling that soars to 15 feet. It's like an amphitheater. It goes upward, starts lower. And then you've got the glass on the side with the slatted vents outside, which gives you a feel, even though this is a completely contemporary home of mid-century modern. Something else the owner pointed out to me is you've got this beautiful step, which is all underlit here. And this room is so big that sometimes a step can be a bit of an inconvenience. But with here, it splits the room in two. And I think it's actually genius that they put a step in here. What I think is incredible is this piece of wood on the top. If you see the grain, the way it all faces the same way, that is to kind of give you an idea into the owner's mind of what sort of level of detail he went to. And as I say, I have never seen anything like this. Coming into the great room, it's obviously got these big tall windows all the way around. So this is a room that you really, really do not need light. Furniture is all custom made for this property. So if you saw this in any other room, it would be far too big. So they had to make all of this. And I think one of my things that I love with detail is the extra bits and the extra lengths that an owner will go to. Nothing more could be said about this nook here, where they built the sofa to completely fit this nook. And I think just sitting on here, looking out there at their landscape garden, rustic, reading a book, sitting here, there's no better place that I would want to spend my day. Now, follow me. Something else I get excited about is little details. These floor vents, which would usually be metal or plastic, they've gone to the lengths to actually have these built in wood. Now, I don't know anyone that would go to that level of expense just to do that on their floor vents. But these guys have. In this instance, you'll see I'm leaving it to last and you can get it from the back here because you'll see the chimney at the top with the window behind. But the fireplace, which is done out of brass, which was made here in Los Angeles from master craftsmen. Same as the woodwork here, all done in Los Angeles. But this is almost a piece of art on itself. And the owner was saying to me earlier that they wanted it dirty. So it says, look, it's not dirt on there. They wanted it to feel a bit more dirty because obviously you've got kids in the house and things like that. So they didn't want to have it too shiny with fingerprints, et cetera, to be able to be visible. But the level of this and the curves that they put everywhere, you'll see the curves everywhere. There's there's not really a straight wall in this house. Even the straight walls do have a curve. So that's the great room. Want to join me? We'll show you the next. Welcome to the kitchen. Obviously, the first thing that strikes you, which is a little bit weird about kitchen, is the outside. And you feel like you're part of it. But this huge island in the middle, the stone on top, again, the brass on the front. You've got these little sockets that they put inside the countertop. These lovely brass finishes, which I believe all the brassware in here are all from Vola, which is one of the best handcrafters in the world. We come over to this side and we've got our wood burning stove so we can cook in here. Beautiful for pizza ovens. You've also got gas in here as well. You've also got the brass inlay. You've got storage underneath. I want to just show you the floor because these slats you see, the big wide white oak, line up perfectly with the decking outside. And that's from all angles. So your eye never takes a turn, which is absolutely incredible. Under here, where we've got the breakfast nook, it's perfectly crafted. And the owner challenged me earlier to find a seam on anywhere. And he said that they actually bought a machine to bend this laminate in here and it goes all the way up. So it's really, really incredible. Like I say, the detail levels of this kitchen never seem to stop. My favourite part of this whole kitchen is the breakfast nook. Now, this is not designed by mistake. The architect has built this for this to be built, which again, it fits perfectly. The table, the lamp, the wood. So again, you're bringing the outside in and it just, it's a place where you want to sit. So much natural light. The doors will all open. The door handles are from Reveal. Again, one of the best door handles in the world. And they all fit perfectly back and flush. So coming into the kitchen, obviously we've got this huge countertop, two sinks. All the appliances are Gaggenau. So you've got the stove. Again, you've got this beautiful, beautiful brass backsplash. You've got the hood, again, in clay. Like again, people wouldn't usually do this in clay and would take that extra expenditure. The LED lighting underneath. And then over here, you've got lovely little cupboards. And we'll show you that throughout this tour of some of the little hidden gems in this house because of the curves that give you extra spaces to hide away some of your prized possessions. So while we've got the sunshine, I want to show you probably the greatest room in this house, which is nature itself and what the whole house was built around. So follow me outside. Welcome to the favorite room of this whole house. So the architect, landscape architect was Jay Griffith. And he has done a stunning job here because these are not manicured lawns by any way possible. He has kept this as rustic as possible. I'm going to finish this garden tour at the best spot in the house. So you actually, I think it is, I'll call it the money shot. I think it's absolutely incredible when you see it from this vantage point. So I can't wait to show you there. But before that, coming down outside the kitchen, we've got our own outdoor kitchen. So underneath the canopy of the trees, again, sycamores, coastal oaks all around us. We've got the barbecue and the rotisserie spit here. We've got the double sink, the prep area. Beautiful table sitting on the deck. So just like a wellness retreat, which I think this is, I think it would be probably the greatest wellness retreat on the planet. You can grow your own food here. You can live off the land. You literally do not have to leave this home. So all of this area here, you've got ideas to put what you want. Now, someone said to me the other day they would like to see more grass in the area, etc. We've got those areas. But at the moment, the way they use it, they like to keep it very, very rustic. And at night, the owners have said this is where you will sit. The creek's out the back. You will hear the frogs in the nighttime. So with everything thought about this house, not everything's perfect, but it has been meticulously thought out. The steps down there, they don't completely go down to the bark, which is great. They wanted this to feel rustic. And I think one of the best areas to show that is the pool. Now, the pool is fantastic. Look at the length of it. It's 65 feet. But what there isn't is areas and decking to put fancy chairs around the pool. They wanted this to feel like it is a pool or a lagoon in the woods. And they've done it perfectly. And I love that, that they haven't kind of bowed to pressure to go and put beautiful chairs in here and umbrellas. Behind us here, we see we've got the grass area. Again, more sitting areas underneath these beautiful trees. And we're getting slowly to the area that you're going to see with the best shot of the whole property. But we're at the guest house now, just in front of the pool. Now, obviously, this is an off-market property, so we're not got accesses everywhere. So we're showing you the best parts of this home. I'm not going to show you every part. This could be a pool house. They've got it currently set up as a guest house. It could be a gym. It could be massage. So there's lots of different areas that you can bring this into the Wellness Sanctuary. But that right there, as you can see, I think is the money shot, the deal sealer for when someone wants to buy this house. We'll make them stand here, and I think you'll probably do the deal right there and there. So obviously, as you see, there is plenty of grass where you could have actually put in pickleball, play soccer. This is where your kids are going to probably play out. But it's also nice. I always love grass on your feet when you walk out in the morning when it's a little bit wet. I'm going to take you back in the house this way now. And again, we go up on this lovely decking that's all sort of in different levels. And I love that it isn't perfectly onto the floor. I love that it's floating a little bit. I love that you have to do a little bit of work. You've got the seating area here. Obviously, again, the beautiful sycamore trees, which are just part of this home. They hang over it. The architect, one of my favourite, favourite spots of this is this area because you can see the nature through it. And it's just so lovely how they thought to make these cutouts to be visually insane when you walk through the dining room, which will bring you through. So beautiful opening. And I just want to show you these details, these handles. So to put them out, you have to push them down to be able to get it. And as soon as you lift it up, they're locked in place. So it's really easy. Look at the way that flows, comes all the way back in. And then it's locked in. Stunning. So we're now in the dining room. Again, curved walls, hidden spaces. Big dining room. I love the artwork. I love the owner's eye for art is insane, in my opinion, because not only is the work on the walls great, the house itself is a piece itself. And look at this. So hidden spaces. So again, details. Brass. Shelving, which would again be easier to put standard shelving in here. No, they've put the curve all the way around. Put it in here. Again, it hides nicely away. You've got then the pocket doors, which are just there and slide so easily back into the walls. Curved wall into this music room with the grand piano. Again, more storage because the home, as I say, a lot of these homes forget that you need places to store. And with rectangular formed houses, you don't get that. So you kind of create these spaces within the walls. The area we're in now will feel should feel, I should say, a little bit maze. But that is actually the beauty of it. Because of these curved walls, you want to take a different route every single time. Again, lovely pocket doors that just slide perfectly in. So you come round to this area and now you're presented this beautiful, beautiful skylight. And at night they've actually put LEDs at the top of these lights that glow on different colors. So there's like little moments everywhere you look with the artwork. You've got the powder there. You're back in the great room. You can see green from wherever you look when you wrap around here inside. I'm not going to show you inside it. But actually, the owner has actually got a dark room for photography. So he put that in. I've never seen one of those in a home before, which is really, really good. It's all controlled out here with the red light. So we'll get through here. We're into their music room where you want to just sit down, chill out. And you're just in a safe space, I will call it, away from the kids at the home. This beautiful record player. I actually want to put one of these in my own home. So this was quite a good inspiration for me to see this set up because it's exactly what I wanted. But they use it exactly like that. They come in, chill out, do a little bit of work. This is kind of their office slash safe space. So follow me out here. And I want to show you into this secondary bedroom. And this has got a hotel feel, wellness retreat feel. And you'll see it. You've got the skylight up here again, the clay all around. But it just feels so peaceful in this bedroom. You know you're going to get a good night's sleep in here. Coming through to the bathroom. And this is one, and I'm going to show you one in a second, the powder of my favorite one. But again, the curve. Beautiful, beautiful countertops that are carved with a sink inside. Mirrors that are all backlit. Again, skylight. All the taps in here, as I mentioned earlier, are from Vola. Who are one of the greatest on the planet to design them. As we come back through here, you'll see what I mean with that maze-like wandering. It's almost like a storybook. More storage, both sides. And then probably, what I would say, maybe one of my favorite powder rooms of all time. Look at the color of this tile and the grout. And I love that it's not actually all perfect. So it kind of sits differently in places, which is so nice. There's even a little bit of color differentiation. The sink, beautiful round. Look at the backlighting on this mirror. Every little detail has been thought. Again, skylight, so it doesn't feel dark in here. I just want to show you one thing. I actually just thought of talking about hidden storage. In the great room, on the side of this huge cabinet. One of the things that the owner pointed out to me was this hidden area, which I've never seen before. That they built to store artwork. I just think that is so cool how they've done that. Because you don't actually notice that this does not sit perfectly back. And I think that's something great here. There's always something lurking around the corner. Just here, bookcase, is the whole length of the hallway. What I love on this, not only the size and volume of it. Looking down it, the last two shelves that you see are actually curved. So obviously underlit under here. But these two just protrude. And they're a little bit different to everything else. To kind of give a nod back to the house and the curved walls. Behind us, one of the only straight walls. But as you'll see, even curved on the sides. So everywhere of this house has been thought of. The vents, the lighting, everything sets a mood and tells a story. I just think it's amazing. So we're now entering the living quarters. All the bedrooms, and I love what they've done with this. The way they've kept all living on one side and entertainment on the other. So there's no interruptions between the two. So down we have the primary and the major room at the back. Which then leads us into this hallway. Where is garage and another entrance to the outside. Coming up the staircase, again the beautiful brassware. And the white oak panels, the clay. You get beautiful light as you come up. Big, wide window at the back. And another one this side. Slatted so you can't actually see the roof. You can just sort of see outside. But it gives you that lovely, lovely light effect. Again, beautiful artwork in this home. Then upstairs we've got the way it's set out. I mean it's the family bedroom. So we've got four bedrooms up here. That lead into this corridor. And again, kind of unexpected when you take the turn of how long this corridor is. Children's bedrooms, powder rooms. Again, much more storage. And then it all ends up in this beautiful room. Again, light outside, seeing the green. We've got the curtains closed in here. But you'll see how bright it is when we open it up. And how green in this gorgeous playroom. Which again, could be a bedroom. But they've got it set up like this. And again, you're seeing all the sycamores, all the coastal oaks from outside. And just from every angle of this room, your eye turns to outside. Which again, makes you feel like you're living outside. So thank you for joining me on this amazing tour. It was a privilege for me to be able to do this. Now, unfortunately we didn't get to show you absolutely everything. And in the off-market world, owners and homes are very, very, very private. Only because it was the Luxury Home Show, we allowed the cameras in. So I hope you really enjoyed it. If you enjoyed it, please hit subscribe. And we will see you all again very soon. Hey Luxury Home Show, I'm Sam Palmer from the agency. And welcome to our oceanfront gem in the heart of Malibu. And you can literally hear a pin drop here. It is the most calm, tranquil place. Now I play tennis. I love tennis. And I don't think there's many better than this.