Rustic Canyon Residence

Concept Design: Nicholson Architects

Interior Design: Merrell Williams Interior Design

Landscape Design: Landscape/Workspace

Contractor: RAM Development & Construction Inc. and Dick Minium Construction

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Second-story exterior perspective of the Rustic Canyon Residence, gazing down into the protected central courtyard featuring a serene swimming pool, seamless open-plan living room, charred shou sugi ban wood siding, and bold cantilevered copper roof eaves that frame the space – modern organic architecture by Conner & Perry Architects, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Evening entrance to the Rustic Canyon Residence: charred wood siding, cantilevered copper eaves, and glowing open entry – Conner & Perry Architects

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Daytime entry vestibule open to the sky, with Corten steel planter and reclaimed site-salvaged eucalyptus pivot doors – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Office interior with custom built-in bookshelves and large operable glass doors framing the preserved oak grove – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Library and media room with custom built-in shelving, skylit natural light, and large glass doors opening to the oak grove – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Interior staircase with steel stringer, cantilevered treads, and custom glass guardrail opening to the courtyard and backyard – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Upstairs hallway with built-in bookshelf overlooking the descending staircase and continuous band of windows – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Built-in daybed at the end of the second-floor hallway, with large window overlooking the open roof atrium and providing abundant natural light – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

View from the courtyard pool toward the fully opened lower level revealing hallway, living room, and kitchen, with second-story band of windows and cantilevered copper eaves above – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Courtyard perspective looking up toward the Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, with swimming pool in foreground, naturally landscaped inner courtyard featuring a tree, fully opened lower-level glass doors revealing interior spaces, second-story band of windows, charred wood siding, and cantilevered copper eaves – organic architecture by Conner & Perry Architects, Los Angeles2

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Nursery with light wood furniture, playful wallpaper, and abundant natural light – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Master bathroom with wood and Calacatta marble flooring, raised glass tub, skylit shower/steam room, clerestory windows, wrapping cabinetry, and fully pocketing glass doors opening to the private balcony – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Master bedroom with built-in fireplace and small bar within custom cabinetry, and large sliding doors opening fully to the balcony and canyon view – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects.

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Dining area with live-edge table foregrounding the kitchen island in Calacatta marble and bronze trim; large pocketing glass doors fully open to courtyard and backyard – Rustic Canyon Residence by Conner & Perry Architects

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Threshold view from the backyard looking into the dining room at Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, with sunken living room beyond, outdoor seating area, built-in fireplace, and small bar nook in the far wall – seamless indoor-outdoor organic architecture by Conner & Perry Architects, Los Angeles

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

View from the backyard into the open sunken living room, dining room, and kitchen at Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, with large pocketing glass doors fully recessed into walls revealing the central courtyard beyond – seamless indoor-outdoor organic architecture by Conner & Perry Architects, Los Angeles

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Exterior view from the backyard looking up at the two-story Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, stepping up to the elevated wood deck with expansive lower-level openings to living room, dining, and kitchen; continuous upper balcony with large operable windows to master bedroom and bath beyond – organic architecture by Conner & Perry Architects, Los Angeles

Photographer: Taiyo Watanabe

Hand-drawn colored pencil schematic rendering by architect Duncan Nicholson of the Rustic Canyon Residence front entry in Pacific Palisades, featuring warm wood siding and verdigris green copper eaves – original design vision continued by Conner & Perry Architects, Los Angeles