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Busch Drive, Klopf Architecture’s Glass Box House in Malibu Park

Busch Drive, completed by Klopf Architecture in Malibu Park in 2024, is a single-level house of glass, timber and terrazzo, its garden laid out as outdoor rooms.

The terrace deck at Busch Drive by day, the dining table beneath the timber eave and cactus along the edge.

Busch Drive, designed by Klopf Architecture, was completed in 2024 in Malibu Park, with the hills behind and the Pacific in front. The house keeps to a single level.

Glass walls in timber frames under a flat roof, above garden steps and grasses in late sun.
Busch Drive above garden steps and grasses, in late sun Photography: Philippe Naouri Studio.

Glass Under a Flat Roof

From the garden the flat roof reads as one thin line against the sky, its underside lined in timber. Beneath it the walls are glass wherever there is a view.

Inside, a timber-clad fireplace wall anchors the living room. Timber runs overhead and down into the hood over the kitchen island, and terrazzo runs underfoot. The bathroom is walnut and terrazzo, with a window onto greenery.

The living room: the sectional sofa before the timber fireplace wall.
The living room: a sectional sofa before the timber fireplace wall Photography: Philippe Naouri Studio.

The Garden as Floor Plan

The garden is laid out as a sequence of outdoor rooms. A terrace deck holds a dining table under the timber eave, and a path leads through native planting to a fire pit set among boulders and corten screens. The lap pool lies at the edge of the lawn, the ocean beyond.

The fire pit among boulders and corten screens.
The fire pit among boulders and corten screens Photography: Philippe Naouri Studio.

The Garden Pavilion

A gabled pavilion lined in timber, its glass end facing the garden, the hills behind.
A gabled pavilion in the garden at Busch Drive, lined in timber, the hills behind Photography: Philippe Naouri Studio.

In the garden stands a small gabled pavilion, lined in timber behind a glass end and set against the hills. Its steep gable sits beside the long, low roof of the house.

Sources

  1. Busch Drive (opens in a new tab), Philippe Naouri Studio
  2. The House (opens in a new tab), Philippe Naouri Studio
  3. ‘Glass Box’ Full of Surprises (opens in a new tab), Eichler Network (Adriene Biondo)
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