{Los Angeles-based Jamie Bush and his team designed this fabulous Hollywood home, respecting the hom

{Los Angeles-based Jamie Bush and his team designed this fabulous Hollywood home, respecting the home’s mid-century roots and language, and infusing it with a handsomely modern sensibility.} “Adam and Rich wanted to honor the intent of the design, but we all realized that the original construction hadn’t been that great anyway and that they needed a more contemporary approach,” says Jamie Bush, the designer and architect who worked on the house with architect Dennis Gibbens. To that end, the footprint of the structure was largely kept intact, but the house was pretty much rebuilt from the studs into a minimalist two-bedroom structure with a 270-degree view of the city. The feat took nearly three years. Along the way several features, like a sunken bar area—great conceptually “in a Sammy Davis, Jr., kind of way,” says Bush, but ultimately impractical—were jettisoned. Nonetheless, a biomorphic vibe still defines the residence. “We stay in a lot of fantastic hotels all over the world,” says Ross, “and we wanted to bring in parts of the best ones.” The circular entry drive’s monumental curved wall is now covered in ribbed limestone and features a simple plaster portico. A huge, undulating interior wall of glass that spans one side of the house has been reconfigured and complemented by a series of narrow reeded-glass panels defin- ing the living and dining areas. The pool pavilion is shaded by a semicircular wedge of plaster that seems gracefully scooped out of the main house’s roofline. The landscaping purposefully does not compete with the view, which is as classic L.A. as it comes. “We wanted a real unity between the outside and inside,” says Ross. “We wanted things to bleed between those spaces, not jump.”Inside, the neutral palette, enlivened by various textures, lets the couple’s art collection shine. They had long focused on photography, but the move to Trousdale Estates led them to rethink what they owned. They sought bigger pieces to respond to the scale of the place, including works by Catherine Opie and Wolfgang Tillmans.Their approach to the furnishings involved a certain rigor. The idea was to mix exceptional midcentury pieces with custom work and a few important examples of contemporary design. That balance, a specialty of Bush’s, was key to keeping the house feeling fresh. The round dining table, for example, seats 10, weighs nearly 4,000 pounds, and was carved out of just two pieces of marble. It had to be brought in by crane, a feat that epitomized the couple’s intense dedication to their vision of California Cool.“You have to have real commitment to agree to something like that,” says Bush. “These are guys who wanted to achieve their dream and didn’t compromise or complain.” -- source link

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