14545 Mulholland - BHPO

Few homes fronting on Mulholland have been approved of this size. Weighing in at 22,000 square-feet, Jeffrey Eyster, AIA has crafted this masterpiece such that multiple volumes break up the massing to proportionally disguise its size.

Northern view of home. The left wing hosts the kitchen and family room with the master suite above. The center is the living room and covered outdoor “Lanai”, and the right wing houses four bedrooms and a basement rec-room. — **Northern view of home.**
The left wing hosts the kitchen and family room with the master suite above. The center is the living room and covered outdoor “Lanai”, and the right wing houses four bedrooms and a basement rec-room.

LanaiLate afternoon sun-drenched Lanai looking in to living room. Twenty-two foot tall accordion doors open both spaces to each other . A white carrera marble bridge crosses over a reflecting pond separating the floor materials. — **Lanai**
Late afternoon sun-drenched Lanai looking in to living room. Twenty-two foot tall accordion doors open both spaces to each other . A white carrera marble bridge crosses over a reflecting pond separating the floor materials.

Outdoor DiningHanging off the end of the family room is a large outdoor deck for casual dining. THe deck is surrounded with lush landscape. — **Outdoor Dining**
Hanging off the end of the family room is a large outdoor deck for casual dining. THe deck is surrounded with lush landscape.

FountainDistant views framed by Lanai and interrupted by fountain — **Fountain**
Distant views framed by Lanai and interrupted by fountain

Fountain cube The fountain cube and intersecting water trough act as a guardrail to improve views. — **Fountain cube**
The fountain cube and intersecting water trough act as a guardrail to improve views.

**Fountain cube with stairs down to guest buildings and pool**

**Living room looking out to northern view**

Lower padThe lower level hosts a guest house with four bedrooms (right), a spa/gym (left), and a freestanding cabana overlooking the pool. — **Lower pad**
The lower level hosts a guest house with four bedrooms (right), a spa/gym (left), and a freestanding cabana overlooking the pool.

**Gazebo on rainwater recycling cistern**

Grand, formal, and elegant are not typical characteristics of contemporary residential architecture. Rustic materials mixed with sensual white stone compose a softer pallet for a home with a living room larger than most single family dwellings. “Break it up” and “tone it down”, says Jeffrey Eyster, AIA as his team evaluates the relationship of the building mass to the slope of the property. “Each room would ideally have glass windows on all four sides. This prevents from having large dark spaces associated with mansions”. Although the building area is 22,000 square feet with an RFA of 17,000 sf, the main house footprint is only 5,200 square feet.

By dividing up the program and functions into multiple wings and septetate buildings and then burying and covering much of the area beneath planted roofs, the home visually achieves a perceptually smaller scale. 4,000 square-feet of planted roofs are strategically placed to mask the bulk from mulholland above, and achieve a substantially eco-friendly footprint.

The main house breaks its footprint into three main forms. In turn each form breaks its roofline into two levels separated by clerestory windows. The guesthouse is a detached subterranean accessory building where the first floor qualifies as a subterranean basement.

This home has been designed to become a LEED certified project. The energy concept uses radiant heated and cooled floors, low E dual pane glazing, spray foam insulation, masonry thermal mass, solar panels, and a 88,000 gallon rain water recycling cistern for landscape irrigation.

The cistern is designed as a free standing above-grade masonry structure with a gazebo situated on top to create the perception that it’s a building and not a civic water tower. The masonry ring is planted with wall climbing vines and is heavily landscaped to hide its height.

Over a hundred new oak trees are planned to shade and screen the two acre property from off-site creating a truly private estate.

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14545 Mulholland - BHPO

14545 Mulholland - BHPO

Few homes fronting on Mulholland have been approved of this size. Weighing in at 22,000 square-feet, Jeffrey Eyster, AIA has crafted this masterpiece such that multiple volumes break up the massing to proportionally disguise its size.