SAOTA?s first completed project in Los Angeles, Stradella, is a remodel of an existing 1970?s house on a beautiful promontory in Bel Air.

The original layout of site and dwelling were well planned to ensure privacy from the street and to address spectacular views over the LA basin, capturing the full panorama from Downtown to Century City, with mountains to the east and ocean to the south.

On the client?s instruction to expunge all traces of the original Spanish style architecture, SAOTA decided to strip the existing house back to its timber skeleton, maximize the square footage and, by reinforcing or extending where necessary, create generous openings to draw the beautiful West Coast light, the rolling vistas and the verdant setting deep into the floorplan. This concept of ?inviting the outside in? encapsulates the SAOTA approach, and at Stradella these informed design decisions ranging from space planning to façade design, landscaping, lighting, window configuration and shading details. CREDITS:

Project Name: Stradella

Project Location: Bel-Air, Los Angeles, United States

Design Architects & Interior Architecture: SAOTA

Project Architects: Mark Bullivant & Tom Burbidge

Architect of Record: CM Peck

Development Managers: PLUS Development

Contractor: Gordon Gibson Construction

Structural Engineers: JLA Structural Engineers

Brokering Company: Bond St Partners

Lighting Consultant: Oculus Light Studio

Landscaping: Fiore Landscap...