The Journal | Philippe Naouri Studio

Filaree Heights, Malibu: the house lit from within at dusk, across its lawn.

What is already right here

Los Angeles has spent seventy years deciding whether its modernist houses are heritage or lot value. Philippe Naouri Studio begins every commission by refusing the question — and asking a better one.

ProvenanceSeptember 19, 20264 min read

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Loma Vista, Beverly Hills, its pool reflecting the lit pavilion at night.

ProcessSeptember 19, 20263 min read

Eight milestones, one house

Most residential projects are managed. Philippe Naouri Studio's are sequenced. Inside the eight-step method that takes a complicated house from a first site visit to a permanent record.

Rising Glen at golden hour: the white single-storey house beyond its freeform pool, sun through the hillside trees.

Collected interiorsSeptember 19, 20263 min read

Significant houses change hands with their drawings in a drawer and their furniture unattributed. Philippe Naouri Studio's signature deliverable treats the record of a residence as part of the residence.

Seaboard Road, Malibu: the pool on its bluff above Big Rock, the Pacific beyond.

California livingSeptember 19, 20263 min read

The geography of the house

Bluff, canyon, ridge. Before a Southern California house has a style it has a site, and the site makes most of the decisions. Three of the studio's houses show how.

Six ways of reading a house

01ProvenanceWhy a Fickett line matters. What can be changed without losing the original idea.1 article
02Material intelligenceWhy one stone feels quiet and another feels decorative. How wood, metal and plaster age.First article in preparation
03California livingLight, canyon, coastline, thresholds, pools and landscape — the geography of the house.1 article
04Resilient ModernismFire-aware assemblies, landscape, glazing and systems integrated without turning the house defensive.First article in preparation
05Collected interiorsVintage, contemporary, art and objects. How a room gains memory instead of a theme.1 article
06ProcessDrawings, samples, mockups and site decisions. Show the work behind the finished image.1 article

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