The elegant houses They are a luxury and privilege in sight. In Brentwood, west of Los Angeles, not far from the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by celebrities, a small private street houses three elegant houses after its gates. One of these houses, located in the heart of a vast wooded garden with pool and waterfall, was built in 1960 by Archibal Fincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, the main architects of the modern Californian style of the mid -century.
«It transports you to another world, an oasis of exuberant vegetation,» says the decorators Joelle Kutner and Jesse Rudolph, founders of Ome Dezin. The house belonged to Sarah Jane Lapin, a housewife made to herself who became a successful real estate promoter after attending night classes. It is now owned by another real estate professional, Claire O'Connor, from O'Connor Estates. Thus the circle is completed, and we know that the work of Jones and Emmons will not be distorted. Most of the Houses designed For the duo they present an atrium, high ceilings and glass walls, and this is no exception. «When you work in a modernist house, especially in Los Angeles, where people are a real lover of this architectureit is always a feat of reconciling heritage conservation with creative freedom. Here, each choice has been carefully weighed, some refer to the time when the house was built, others at our own time and others to the love of A. Quincy Jones by nature. It was all a matter of balance. «
A conduct thread: elegance
When it was the Complete renewalboth interior and exterior, of a house built in 1960 by one of its favorite architects, the Ome Dezin duo was meticulous. They have preserved the original characteristic features, such as the large fixed and clarboyas windows, but although the skeleton remains incredible, the interior needs a new breath of life. Much of the house was renewed in the early nineties. The conductive thread? The elegance of the travertine, that the decorators used in the kitchen, the bathrooms and throughout the house. It is a wink to a material that lived its peak in the mid -twentieth century. Being close to the ocean, the travertine gives off a marine atmosphere with its relaxing colors and its subtle undulating movements. «Ome Dezin uses it in beige and silver, such as the natural oak, another material that they use in all rooms, from the kitchen To the bathrooms, not forgetting the spectacular staircase that leads to the rooms overlooking the hill and its omnipresent vegetation.