Is This The Best Modern House in California?

🚨 UPDATE 13th January 2025 - The Saddle Peak house has miraculously survived the LA Palisades Fires. We have been in touch with Goktug and received footage of the aftermath. In some areas, the burnt brush is just a few feet away. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the California fires and the repercussions. - We visit Goktug Sarioz in Saddle Peak House in Topanga, California. Goktug is the founder & creative director of a creative studio based in Los Angeles. He has worked on blockbuster franchises and TV shows worldwide; creating trailers and marketing for major studios, brands, and broadcast networks. Designed by Michael Sant, Saddle Peak House is a secluded retreat in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It offers a sublime and timeless place within the wild part of Southern California that has existed for generations but which very few have experienced. The site includes a main house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a detached studio over the carport. In the main house there are two bedrooms with a shared deck facing the rock and the pool. The living room, dining room and kitchen fill out the other wing of the plan with views of the Pacific to one side, and the pool, rock and studio to the other. The living room and kitchen also have adjacent decks that overlook the hills and ocean. The house explores several contrasting relationships – heavy vs. light, transparent vs. opaque, rooted vs. floating – that combine to create a sense of balance and encourage an immersed experience of nature. The house is quite modest in terms of interior square footage but the experience of the mountains and the sea is almost overwhelming. The house blurs the boundaries between inside and out with giant sliding doors opening onto three decks and allowing the mountain breezes to pass through. Let us know what you think of this fantastic house in the comments below! 📷 Thumbnail photo by Joe Fletcher. 👉SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/everhouseco/?... 👉Produced by Everhouse using: Primary Camera - https://amzn.to/3S3YfD6 Secondary Camera - https://amzn.to/3TRQ4vf Camera Gimbal - https://amzn.to/48znLWi 4K Monitor & Recorder - https://amzn.to/3W00ERh Drone - https://amzn.to/3H657tx #Architecture #HouseTour #InteriorDesign #minimal #california 0:00 Intro 0:17 Location & Layout 0:51 Discovering the House 01:51 A Dream Come True 02:15 About Goktug Sarioz 02:47 Natural Lighting 03:09 Size & Details 03:34 Reduced Materials 03:49 Floating vs Rooted Architecture 04:11 Garapa Brazilian Wood 04:21 Contrasting Essential Elements 04:39 'Quiet Architecture' to Think 05:18 Driving Santa Monica Mountains 06:04 Architecturally Capturing Nature 06:41 Cross Ventilation & Sea Breeze 07:01 Pool & Deck 07:21 Worth Waiting For 👉Everhouse celebrates extraordinary home design by talking to the people behind them, understanding how they help others live in more thoughtful and beautiful ways. Instagram   / everhouse.co   Facebook   / everhouse.co   Spofity https://shorturl.at/fyxQB Website https://everhouse.co Note: This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, we may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.