The Mandeville Canyon Residence Tour

The Mandeville Canyon Residence Tour

Learning Units: 2.0 LUs

In Los Angeles, it is easy to feel disconnected from the living world, but this Mandeville Canyon home designed to act as a walk through a garden, embraces its relationship with nature. From floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass walls, to framed views of trees and garden flora, the experience within the residence is enlivened by its connection to the surrounding greenery. Designed to be a piece of art itself, the house is a sleek jewel box nestled within groupings of Sycamores and Ginko trees, pillow-y ferns, and a robust structured garden. In addition to showcasing its surrounding environment through strategically designed framed views to the outdoors, the house holds a lifetime’s collection of museum-worthy paintings, sculptures, and furniture.

Architect: Frederick Fisher and Partners
General Contractor: Minardos Group
Structural: Parker Resnick
Civil Engineer: Quang Tan
Interior Designer: Delta Wright
Colorist: Scott Flax
AV: Legato

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will explore how this Mandeville Canyon home, designed to act as a walk through a garden, embraces its relationship with nature. From floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass walls, to framed views of trees and garden flora, the experience within the residence is enlivened by its connection to the surrounding greenery.
• Participants will discuss how the architects maximized the use of the site, while creating a balanced relationship between building and landscape, and how they worked with landscape architects to create different sensory experiences throughout the gardens.
• Participants will be able to explain how the client’s interests and requirements helped shape the development of the project.
• Participants will be able to describe how art is featured and accommodated by the design of the house.