Malibu
At Broad Beach, fitness and relaxation have a place in the daily life of the home. The gym, sauna and outdoor spa — 482 sq ft inside, 644 sq ft outside — share the daylight and ocean views of the living rooms.
The brief
The clients wanted a beach house for everyday life, not just holidays — training, recovery, swimming, and a place to eat afterward without crossing the whole house to get there.
That changed the usual layout. In most beach houses, wellness and service spaces are pushed to the back, away from the view. Here they get the same light and ocean view as the living rooms, while staying separate from the entertaining spaces so the two never overlap.
One main hallway runs the length of the site, with the ocean on one side. Wellness is at the north end, entertaining at the south, and the pool terrace connects them outside.
square feet of gym, opening directly onto the spa terrace
square feet of outdoor spa, sauna and cold plunge
feet from the ocean — which guided every material choice
The great room — a circular lounge gives a center to an otherwise linear plan.
Drawings
That’s why the wood ceiling runs unbroken from inside to outside, and why the mirrored wall is set back from the windows — reflecting the room, not the glare off the ocean.
The curve follows the sun at the hours the terrace is actually used.
Materials
White oak, honed stone, plaster and glass. The choice is practical as much as stylistic: a house 200 feet from the ocean is hard on anything that needs upkeep, and a short list of materials makes any change during construction easy to judge.
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Services on this project: Residential architecture · Interior design