
Oz Architects & Private Residence #4: A Mediterranean Maison
Rich in decorative tensions, the sumptuous, generously dimensioned residence is a reflection of its well-traveled owners’ refined eye for style and design.
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Rich in decorative tensions, the sumptuous, generously dimensioned residence is a reflection of its well-traveled owners’ refined eye for style and design.

ON THE COVER Breathless Beauty: Matchless views of the ocean brings the soothing notes of escape to this Palos Verdes Estates Estate presented by Ed Kaminsky of the Kaminsky Real Estate Group at eXp Realty.

About 10 years ago Stephen Haw saw the future and it was specialization. The longtime real estate agent noted there were increasingly distinct groups of buyers and sellers coming to Palos Verdes and the Beach Cities, where the majority of his business is concentrated

Designed to accommodate a busy family, its well-appointed backyard would encourage year-round outdoor entertaining. 863 Bungalow in El Segundo turns this dream into a reality.

These days, with our entire lives on display, privacy has become the new luxury. Within this increasingly intrusive and inquisitive world, home has become our safe haven and, as we learned over the last year and a half, our whole world. But where, we wonder, will we ever find a home that feels like a true sanctuary?

Located at 9364 Beverly Crest Drive, the 10,278-square-foot, five-bedroom, eight-bathroom residence, whose design and construction took five years, boasts sprawling city and ocean views.

On one of Hancock Park’s most coveted streets, this bold and lavish 13,000-square-foot contemporary compound is the latest project from celebrity developer Elite Investment Management Group, led by duo Meir Siboni (an ex-Israeli secret service agent who grew up with dreams of living in Los Angeles) and Jonathan Menlo of Go Green Remodeling.

Located on the eastern edge of Mar Vista, in a very central yet tucked away area with mature trees lining the streets, the personal house of Clive Wilkinson, president and design director of Clive Wilkinson Architects, was surprisingly an easy find.

Marketers love metrics and marketing speak. Share of voice (SOV) is an oldie but goodie. The share of voice metric was created to measure and compare a brand’s media spending against the total media spending of the brand’s category.

It’s on this narrow line between the ephemeral and the realistic that the firm performs their subtle, yet powerful, balancing act, creating homes that manage the trick of being both eminently livable and undeniably luxurious.

Many of these projects are highlighted in the forthcoming book From Palm Beach to Shangri La: The Architecture of Marion Sims Wyeth (Rizzoli) by Jane S. Day. The exuberant tome, a paean to Marion Sims Wyeth and historic preservation, gives overdue recognition to an architect who is too little considered in contemporary times.

ON THE COVER Lunada Bay Splendor: Bluff-top coastal views and a sunlit classical residence add up to one of the most exclusive properties in Palos Verdes presented by Gerard Bisignano of The Bisignano Group at Vista Sotheby’s International Realty.