Pacific Avenue Residence

Manhattan Beach, CA

Perched on a hilltop in a coastal neighborhood, this residence reflects its owner's appreciation for clean lines, visual simplicity, and quiet surprises. Winner of multiple architecture awards, this hilltop home was designed around the themes modern, coastal, and sanctuary. Its form reinterprets a beach shack with clean lines and a pitched roof. Its materials echo driftwood and beach stone and its spaces maximize daylight, openness, and human scale.

A central glass entry hall, skylights, and large openings create a bright, flowing environment and connect indoors with outdoors. Sustainability is central, with passive cooling, geothermal systems, and solar panels reducing environmental impact.

Designed for a large, community-oriented family, the residence offers a sanctuary-like atmosphere that captures the relaxed, connected feeling of beach living, even off the shore.

Outdoor Connections
Thoughtful detailing blurs the lines between outside and in.
Outdoor Connections
Thoughtful detailing blurs the lines between outside and in.
Glass Entry Hall
A partial glass roof affords abundant natural daylight to penetrate the heart of the home while celebrating the monumental stair
Glass Entry Hall
A partial glass roof affords abundant natural daylight to penetrate the heart of the home while celebrating the monumental stair
Bath Sanctuary
Soft stone, plaster, and textured wood color
tones make for a serene palette
Bath Sanctuary
Soft stone, plaster, and textured wood color
tones make for a serene palette
Natural Daylight
Large windows and doors in strategic locations create opportunities for rhythmic streams and bounced light to enter
Natural Daylight
Large windows and doors in strategic locations create opportunities for rhythmic streams and bounced light to enter
CAPTION MISSING
CAPTION MISSING

Outdoor Placemaking
In appreciation of the mild Southern California climate, we carved out places under cover to enjoy ocean breezes and family gatherings
Texture
The site walls are natural wood-tone vertical pickets inspired by classic dune fence imagery. The same linear motif translates into the trellis display of shadow patterns across the facade
Texture
The site walls are natural wood-tone vertical pickets inspired by classic dune fence imagery. The same linear motif translates into the trellis display of shadow patterns across the facade