grant privacy to the house while immersing it in the
beauty of the natural landscape. "In terms of plan-
ning, we designed the house similarly to how we
approach designing yachts," Glenn explains. "When
you design a place intended for hosting and enter-
taining, you need to understand the psychology of
space, play, and recalibration. The purest moments
in life come from feeling the most aligned with your
needs, and the design of this place helps us, and
our guests, get there."
The house is technically one construction, but
with thoughtful divisions for private and public
quarters: a main house above ground and a guest
house at ground level. "The main house is where
the entertainment transpires—the kitchen, dining,
living room and terrace live here, and lead up to the
roof where we stargaze and hop into a pool," says
George. The ground level, with guests bedrooms and
an entertainment room, was conceived as a kind of
reprieve. Because, as George puts it, "Who wants
to feel 'on' all the time? Not us." The home's dual
identities are inter-connected by an outdoor room
with a wooden table to host big group dinners. Take
a quiet turn, though, and one is on a path to the
ocean. "This punctuation in space captures the
essence of what we were looking to achieve, bring-
ing us and our guests that much closer to nature."
With the landscape primary to the project, the line
between the home's indoor and outdoor thresholds
is as thin as air. A soft, lyrical light streams through
the wood slats. Neutral tones evoke the creami-
ness of the sand. Sweeps of cool blue come through
in art and accents. Glass exposures reveal ocean
views and a drawn-out horizon. The interior, as a
whole, is a casual-elegant display of the designers'
high-toned, low-key aesthetic: finished not forced,
refined yet expressing simplicity and a kind of warm,
sophisticated insouciance.
The house has, as intended, returned the design-
ers to themselves and to nature. "We are grounded
here," George says of a feeling that has led to some
of the designers' quintessential ideas. Take, for
example, the Yabu Pushelberg product collections
that were conceived at the house, including the Surf
Sofa for Molteni&C and the Luna Lantern for Tribu.
"When you get closer to yourself and what matters
to you," Glenn adds, "you can unleash a bounty of
potential." In the end, "It all boils down to bringing
people together. Connectivity is the root the house,
and you could say of us as people, as cliche as that
may sound." Or, as may be, absolutely true.
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