Bel Air Cave

Los Angeles, California

Perched above the city, the site demanded an architecture that boldly captures, frames, and re-frames its iconic skyline and surrounding hills. From the outset, we asked ourselves: What possibilities does this unique site suggest? How can architecture heighten the experience of this place in the most exhilarating way?

Our exploration led us to conceptualize a dynamic ceiling plane that shapes spatial proportions while emphasizing the site’s ever-shifting vistas.

Tapered, angled supports further enhance this effect, creating a variable aperture that continuously redefines the relationship between viewer and view as one moves through the house. The experience evokes peering out from beneath a forest canopy—immersive, ever-changing, and quietly inspiring.

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