Bel Air
Set above Los Angeles in Bel Air, 777 Sarbonne brings expansive views into the experience of the home. A glass-enclosed car gallery forms part of the arrival. Also known as Palazzo di Vista, this is a collaborative project.
The site
The house sits on a ridge, and the whole plan follows from that — giving the street very little and the canyon everything.
A ridge lot has only one way to face. You arrive on the private side, where the house reads as a low, quiet wall; once you step inside, the house opens along its full length to the canyon. Every main room sits on that side. Service areas, hallways and storage face the street, buffering noise and the afternoon heat.
The pool isn’t just a terrace feature. It forms the edge of the house — bringing the ridge into view from inside and marking where the living room ends.
From the street the house is a quiet wall. The view is revealed only once you are inside, which makes the moment memorable.
Every main room faces the canyon. No part of the view was given to a hallway.
One continuous line of water sets the edge of the house and the horizon beyond it.
Credit
In the press, this house appears as Palazzo di Vista. CBS News Los Angeles (2023) credits it as designed by Alex Kadavi “in collaboration with Ali Rad Design Group”, and Homes & Gardens (2021) as “a collaboration with the Ali Rad Design Group”. We credit it here the same way.
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Services on this project: Residential architecture