I fell in love with a beach house recently featured in Architectural Digest. Designed by architects KAA Design & interior design firm Atelier AM, this Laguna Beach getaway seamlessly showcases total timelessness.
The client hoped to replicate the sand-between-the-toes livability of the seaside villas they’d visited in Mexico, Sardinia, and elsewhere. “Here, the spaces are simply for everyday comfort. What we really wanted was our own small resort, and we had in mind a collage of architectural examples from our travels.”
The main attractions were limestone, shagreen, and meranti, a mahogany-like timber from Southeast Asia. “The idea was to reduce the number of materials so that your eye quickly gets used to what it is seeing". Atelier AM opted for a quiet, casual, sun-washed statement “because of the strong visuals of the natural surroundings. In a house like this, anything but the most minimal pattern becomes an unnecessary distraction.”
