Westwanda House by Tag Front Architecture
Tag Front Architecture have designed the Westwanda House in Beverly Hills, California.
The home has also recently been listed for sale – here.
Tag Front Architecture have designed the Westwanda House in Beverly Hills, California.
The home has also recently been listed for sale – here.
EventSetter on 11 Jun 2009 at 1:31 am #
It looks pretty cool! Although the kitchen should have some above counter cabinets, just for the extra storage space.
Elisa Daniels on 11 Jun 2009 at 1:37 am #
I’m surprised that this is in Beverly Hills, it’s a very different style than what you normally see there.
Bahay Kubo on 11 Jun 2009 at 10:34 am #
Love how natural concrete blends with finished textures in modern houses. Magaling Tag Front
ap on 11 Jun 2009 at 1:48 pm #
I love the work with concrete blocks!
Alex on 11 Jun 2009 at 7:01 pm #
Absolutely amazing, beautifully minimalistic style!!!
pauole on 11 Jun 2009 at 10:15 pm #
Fantastic home! I love the everything about this house especially the mixture of material used. It’s simply elegant.
Lance on 12 Jun 2009 at 3:21 am #
Agreed! The exterior of the house is perfect. The lack of excessive exterior materials coupled with the repetitive block pattern of the bricks and garage door glass give it a wonderful unified appearance. And the interior, again another wonderful example of being modern but warm and comfortable at the same time, is simply pitch perfect. I love the red glass in the bathroom as it just warms up the whole space.
I’m not sure about EventSetter’s comment about upper cabinets though, but it does look “odd” without them. Perhaps they have a pantry off to the side that we just don’t see.
But again, stunning work.
Mycroft on 12 Jun 2009 at 6:36 am #
I find the concrete block look to be cold and uninspiring. I wish modern architecture would find a new avenue of expression.
Kyle on 13 Jun 2009 at 2:19 am #
@Mycroft
Too bad that the majority of modern and apparently contemporary architecture is based around such mediums. It’s the whole idea behind minimalistic. I s’pose you could use some sort of plastic to cover everything… I mean… Maybe keep the concrete faces (wherever they are, interior wise) and get some colored translucent material, such as glass, or plastic, and cover it like that. Throw in some light, and you’ve got an idea.
Then again, I’m new to the whole scene, and wouldn’t really know if that’d be feasible or not…
@The Article
Amazing house, I’m diggin’ the minimalism, the concrete – glass – wood combination. Sure it’s popular, but it never ceases to amaze.
jeffrey on 13 Jun 2009 at 7:19 am #
feels like a “modern” prison… hate the cinderblock color and material use, the rooms are very isolated and cold, there is nothing “gorgeous” about this, the landscaping is lonely like a prison workout yard.
Heidi Zeitraum on 13 Jun 2009 at 12:56 pm #
This house has so much more honest architecture than the typical house in Beverly Hills.
This is real architecture that isn’t pretending to be something it’s not.
There’s so much fake architecture in all of Los Angeles, it’s refreshing to see this.
If I was going to live in the hills, I would buy this house, but I’m too much of a lowlander to want to live in the hills, so I live in Santa Monica instead.
Olli on 13 Jun 2009 at 7:17 pm #
Great spaces, simple yet sophisticated. “The devil is in the detail.”
retrofan on 20 Jun 2009 at 3:00 pm #
Funny how tightly edited photographs and staging can transform architecture. The reality is that the house is sited in a dark canyon. What works well in a nightclub fails miserably in a home. A narrow road separates it from the neighbors who can look right into all the rooms of the house. No wonder that the builder/architect has been unable to sell the house for over 4 years!
Rochelle on 02 Jul 2009 at 3:58 pm #
I wonder how many of you who submitted positive responses have actually seen the house? It’s completely out of character with this canyon neighborhood. I must say the photographer did a phenomenal job because the house feels nothing like the pictures. And there’s no bathroom on the main floor!
Helena on 21 Aug 2009 at 2:03 pm #
While “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” the fact that this home hasn’t sold in the three to four years since it was completed reflects the popular conception of its “beauty.” And, rest assured that all neighbors view this home as a complete and utter eyesore, reflective of the nightmare of its construction.