Today’s design inspiration comes from a Contemporary hillside luxury estate in Bel Air, an affluent residential neighborhood in Los Angeles. The custom-built compound consists of several buildings including the main house and separate quarters for guest, staff, and entertaining, with most being joined together by a footbridge. The property is built into the hilltop and situated on multiple levels and has a total of 40,000 square-feet. The estate includes 28-bedrooms, a home spa, a roof-top terrace, a terraced orchard, a 24-car underground garage, and plenty of space for entertaining.
Towers clad in rough-faced sandstone punctuate the contemporary home’s smooth stucco facade. It’s stepped positioning along the hilltop gives it the appearance of being a modern fortress. The elevated position provides the home with extraordinary city and ocean views. The photo above shows the side entrance into the parking area.
This exceptional hillside luxury estate, of course, is another award-winning mega home by the Los Angeles based architect Richard Landry of Landry Design Group. His superb super-mansions are favored by those seeking the best things in life. The architect collaborated with interior designer David Phoenix on the interior design, who gave the interiors a bit of his signature “California elegant” styling. The above photo shows the footbridge suspended over the motor court with the home’s entry on the left and parking garage below.
HILLSIDE LUXURY ESTATE
The rough-faced sandstone used to clad the tower’s exteriors continues inside here in the entrance foyer and pairs with Portuguese limestone floors. Landry also continued the ceiling trellis from the exterior entryway, which is separated only by a wall of floor-to-ceiling glass, into here, pairing it with glass ceilings to unify the indoor and outdoor spaces. He suspended a footbridge through the foyer to mirror those which connects the various structures outdoors. Phoenix softened the vast, double height space a bit by gathering a rosewood table from Jean de Merry with bronze stools from Holly Hunt on a custom silk-and-wool rug from Tai Ping.
Pocket doors separate the formal living room and the more relaxed parlor room. In both areas, the fireplace serves as the focal point with specially treated surrounds. Slabs of book-matched onyx surround the fireplace in the formal living room (top picture). A mosaic of onyx tile forms the surround in the parlor. A design idea for living rooms to note: Landry allowed the ceilings to stop short of reaching the walls, and installed cove lighting in the space to illuminate it from within, creating an understated glow. This design detail features throughout the home in various rooms to great effect.
In the formal dining room, a 3,000-pound zebrawood-and-bronze table from David Sutherland seats 14 comfortably beneath a fabulous Moura Starr chandelier. A 2007 chromogenic print, Frigid Ferragosto 2, by Massimo Vitali and an untitled 1964 oil by Lorser Feitelson adorn the walls.
Zebrawood paneling lines the walls of the library and continues onto the ceilings. Italian-glass mosaic tiles form the fireplace surround. I particularly like the Michael Berman club chairs gathered around a table by Donghia. The sophisticated design of this room is really appealing.
In the casual games room, the rough-faced sandstone walls continue. A cozy sunken conversation area gathers before the fireplace, while a generously scaled games table covered in leather serves as the heart of the room.
The Landry designed, completely freestanding staircase spans the full height of the main house, four-floors from the garage below, all the way up to the roof terrace, not touching the walls at any point. Phoenix added his touch by including nickel-plated rock-crystal sconces of his own design and selected the crowning chandelier from Moura Starr.
“The possibilities are limitless; they can only be restrained by the imagination.” Richard Landry
The master bedroom suite features rich contemporary design details. Bleached zebrawood paneling lines the walls, highlighted from above by the ceiling’s cove lighting. Back-lit honey onyx that glows at night forms the fireplace surround. The upholstered bed and zebrawood bedside chests and television cabinet at the end of the bed were bespoke designed just for this bedroom.
In the master bathroom, Phoenix also used zebrawood for the vanity and mirrors. White onyx covers the walls and floors, including some backlit around the large tub.
Downstairs, adjacent the fully equipped gym, the home’s spa features plenty luxury design details. Landry designed a Venetian-plastered elliptical soffit for the ceiling to maintain a light ambiance. The list of special interior architectural details is practically endless. White marble and Bisazza tiles cover the walls and floors. The space includes a pair of private massage rooms, wet and dry saunas, and a special cold/hot whirlpool bath that Landry designed with Chroma therapy lights.
The hillside luxury estate includes multiple outdoor lounging and entertaining areas. The space in the top photo stands just outside the gym and spa. It features teak ceilings and teak furniture from David Sutherland. The owner can continue along the path from there down the stairs to his private terraced orchard where he picks his fruit fresh each morning. The second photo shows the heated loggia adjacent to the living room that serves for open air living.
The rooftop terrace overlooks the pool and barbecue terrace. The lower terrace includes an outdoor kitchen where the owner likes to host close family and friends. The zero-edge pool flows into a tiled area fitted with fiber-optic up-lights programmable to change color.
That concludes our design inspiration for today, my friend.
“Your home should reflect a combination of memories, aspirations and a lifetime of unique experiences. By being sensitive to your vision and desires, together we can craft a home that truly responds to your lifetstyle.” Landry Design Group
For more mega-mansions completed by this star architect, be sure to see:
Villa del Lago: Tuscan Inspired Luxury Estate
BEL AIR HILLSIDE LUXURY ESTATE
Designing projects all over the globe, Landry Design Group strives to raise the international standards in custom residential architecture. The award-winning design studio was founded in 1987 by Richard Landry. Recognized for designs in a wide range of architectural styles, the team of service-oriented experts collaborate to create residences spanning from classical estates to rural villas and cutting-edge contemporary structures. The studio’s current work continues to be as diverse as their clients, many of whom have returned to collaborate on subsequent projects. Every new endeavor is embraced as an opportunity to challenge the imagination and explore innovation.
Richard Landry has multiple beautiful Architectural Design Books that showcase many of the extraordinary homes created by his firm. The New York Times dubbed him “King of the Mega-Mansions”. If you love exceptional architecture, you must be sure to take a look at these.
Architecture: Richard Landry- Landry Design Group
Interior Design: David Phoenix
Photography by Erhard Pfeiffer
This residence was named Robb Report’s Ultimate Home
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Comments
Wow! What an absolutely extraordinary residence this is. Richard Landry is evidently one talented architect to have designed a home as jaw-droppingly magnificent as this. I found it quite interesting how he designed the living room ceiling and spiral stairs to not touch the walls. It’s an unusual enough feature but it’s one that he has made work to fantastic effect.
Hi Kon von der Schulenburg, Indeed Richard Landry is a superb architect. We have covered several of his homes on here. Yes… that custom staircase is really impressive. Im glad you enjoyed the post. Thank you so much for reading and commenting and I hope to hear from you again soon.