4360 Malibu Modern

A favorite painting from the past

2007-12-24T10:04:00.000-08:00

This painting is from several years back; it hangs in the entryway to my house.
Mixed media; plaster, toner transfer, red clove paint on recycled plywood.

Red Pieta 12" x 15".

Cate's request for a pink fence painting.

2007-12-22T18:39:00.000-08:00

Here's the painting Cate wanted me to do based on the Blue Fence painting, but in pink (see previous post). It too is a mixed media painting consisting of recycled wood and stretched fabric. The next painting on the boards is based on a drawing I did several years ago - check back later for that, as I'm anxious to start its fabrication (dad, you'll know it when you see it).

Yup, the property made it through the latest Malibu fire...it came close, but didn't quite reach Hillview Drive. This morning the drive from PCH up Latigo Canyon all the way to Oceanview Drive is burnt to a crisp though. If you kept a keen eye on the news channels you could clearly see our property from the aerial camera coverage.
Oh ya, I almost forgot...Merry Christmas!

Title: "Pink Fence" 34" x 76"

New painting finished...

2007-09-30T15:46:00.001-07:00

The house design stuff is idle for soils and perk testing so, I thought I'd share the newest painting that was just finished. It is composed of recycled, plywood and blue metallic polyester fabric on stretchers. I'll have another one similar to this soon, as Cate has requested the next one to be done in pink -- consider it done.

Title: "Blue Fence" 40"x 63.5"

Still One Step Closer

2007-08-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

So.....this is where we are. Computer rendered finally. This is looking up at the rear of the house from the south looking north. The lower portion is a living room that leads out to a covered patio space with a fireplace on both sides of the partition; 18 ft. ceilings - nice:). The upper box is the master suite with Cate's bedroom suite directly after. The first upper windows divide the master bath and Cate's bathroom. Looking further past that there is a balcony that comes off the studio/gallery and passes by the guest suite while looking down into the pool and marking the path leading you to the front door.

2007-08-09T21:23:00.000-07:00

This is looking up at the rear of the house from the back right side of the property. This shows a possible solution to reaching the rooftop deck with an enclosed staircase. The upper level at this end is the master bedroom which looks down on the Santa Monica bay and beyond (the image at the very bottom of this blog). The curved wall behind that is the studio/gallery that will connect the guest bedroom suite.

2007-08-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

This is a profile of the house, the middle section is open from top to bottom with the pool reaching the edge of the living space, the wall will open giving direct access to cooling off. The kitchen is to the left on the lower level, above that is the guest suite.

2007-08-09T21:13:00.000-07:00

This is a shot of the front of the house walking up from the street. The entrance is under the cantilevered balcony. There will be elements that lead you to the front door. As you walk up you will pass the kitchen and above the kitchen is the guest suite. The guest suite has a west view and looks down on Point Dume and Westward/Zuma beach. The very first railing looks down over the driveway and will be home to the bbq and more importantly the kegerator!

2007-08-09T21:09:00.000-07:00

This is a possible staircase solution leading to the roof top deck. It shows and enclosed staircase.

2007-08-09T21:07:00.000-07:00

If you were in the pool looking up this is what you might see. To the lower left is the kitchen, above that is the guest suite. The balcony above is directly above the front door and leads into the guest suite or the gallery. The pool goes right up to the house, the wall is glass that opens up so you can dangle your feet while sitting inside the house -- interesting, we'll see how this plays out.

Start of computer renderings

2007-07-08T10:37:00.001-07:00

This is the first part of having all of the dimensions so far entered into the puter for rendering. We also did a virtual walk through today (7/5/07) - it was amazing - Christina got motion sick watching the computer monitor navigate throughout the house. Below are the drawings that accompanied our meeting today; we still made more changes to the master bedroom layout (closets) and Cate's bedroom (smaller).
Still to come are the issues of the roof-top deck, solar panels (?), garage layout with utility and laundry room, pool, hardscape and landscape.
Other pending issues that still need to be finalized are the front door entrance area, entrance from the street to the front door and negative edge pool and water feature.

Final Drawings

2007-07-08T10:24:00.000-07:00

This week we went over some details and made more revisions to spaces: pulling out the dining room wall more, adding length to the living room, entrance to the gallery and guest/loft space on the second level, etc.

Refined scale model

2007-06-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

This next set of images are of the structure after contacting the California Coastal Commission and adding their spin on the whole project. It turns out all for the better.

Small scale model to support initial drawings

2007-06-17T09:18:00.000-07:00

Our Start

2007-06-17T08:33:00.000-07:00

Architect: Sander Architects - Venice, Ca. - Whitney Sander, principal.

Initial drawings.

Our Reasoning

2007-06-17T07:51:00.000-07:00

July 2006