Every interior decision at Hillview Cove was made in service to a calming environment. The architects interpreted that client request with just a few visually striking materials and cutaways that wash them with light. The exterior’s board-formed recycled concrete walls continue inside, softened by deeply colored woods. A continuous skylight in the entry exposes the concrete wall’s organic surface. In contrast to its light tones, the home’s walls, casework, and kitchen cabinets are lined with teak-veneer panels, and lightly charred Douglas fir covers the ceilings. Likewise, gang-sawed, CNC-milled granite creates a moody backdrop in the primary bath. “The details were about wanting to have less fussiness, at least in their appearance. Just calm and simple and clean,” says Sean Lockyer, AIA. Bronze detailing is threaded throughout—on fireplaces and in the primary bath’s quirk joint reveals. Poured terrazzo floors tie everything together.
Landscape connections occur in every room. Glass panels frame intimate pockets of greenery outside the office and the primary bedroom and bath, and the great room’s retractable glass wall opens to the pool terrace. “The pool is an inch and a quarter higher than the hardscape and has an infinity trough on all four sides,” Sean says. “The idea was to make it look like a black mirror, a piece of art in the yard.”
Our jury members praised the “continuity from exterior to interior,” calling it “a handsome project overall.”
Citation
Architectural Interiors
Studio AR&D Architects
Hillview Cove
Palm Springs, California
Project Credits
Architect: Sean Lockyer, AIA, Studio AR&D Architects, Los Angeles
Builder: Mark Hahn, Qualcon, Rancho Mirage, California
Interior designer: Sam Cardella, Cardella Design, Palm Springs, California
Landscape architect: Marcello Villano, Palm Springs
Project size: 7,200 square feet
Site size: 0.50 acre
Construction cost: $700 per square foot
Photography: Lance Gerber
Key Products
Dishwasher: Miele
Exhaust fans: Fantech
HVAC trimless registers: Titus FlowBar
HVAC system: Trane
Faucets: Watermark, Brizo, Blanco
Fireplace: Stellar Hearth Products
Garbage disposal: InSinkErator
Lighting control system: Lutron
Outdoor grill: Fire Magic by RH Peterson
Ovens: Miele
Refrigerator: Sub-Zero
Showerheads: JACLO
Sinks/Soap Dispenser: Blanco
Toilets: Geberit
Undercounter refrigerator: Sub-Zero
Washer/dryer: Maytag
Water heater: Rheem
Wine refrigerator: Wine Guardian