Private Residence in Los Angeles Inspired By The Modern Stahl House

Bellgave, a private residence in Los Angeles, is situated above Laurel Canyon Boulevard on a culdesac in the Hollywood Hills. With its elevated position at the edge of a steep promontory, the site offers unobstructed panoramic views from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Its northsouth orientation aligns with the grid of the city basin below, and the tone for its architectural context is set by midcentury landmarks such as Pierre Koenigs landmark Stahl House (Case Study House No. 22), which can be glimpsed on a nearby promontory to the west. Cape Townbased architects SAOTA engaged with the modernist precedent set by the Stahl House and other groundbreaking Los Angeles Case Study Houses in the design of Bellgave, reprising and advancing some of their pioneering innovations that forged the distinctive indooroutdoor lifestyle that became synonymous with the city itself, and a distinctive, climatically appropriate regional modernism. By raising a platform on pillars and caissons, the arc