26 DIGS.NET | 3.25.2022
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ENICE IS A BEACH TOWN, but there are few actual beach
houses, the best of which make you feel like you have
washed up on a deserted island," says award-win-
ning film producer Jonathan King (known for his work
on "Spotlight," "Roma," "Dreamgirls," and his latest
movie, "Swan Song"). "So with help from architect
Tom Carson [from Carson Architects] and landscape architect
Di Zock, that is what I set out to build."
The beginning of the adventure dates back to 2015 when King
purchased two adjacent properties in the walk street neigh-
borhood. During the five next years, he worked on making his
vision a reality, which now materializes through a five-bedroom,
six-bathroom California modern beach compound with separate
guest house, alfresco dining areas and a sparkling pool and spa.
"It started with reorienting the main house to open up to the west,
toward the ocean," King says. "Then came the idea for the tile
mosaic wall, custom designed to look like a wave breaking on
the shore."
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