1550 Casale Road, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Perched on a promontory in the Riviera, one of Pacific Palisades' most coveted enclaves, this newer architectural residence captures the true character of its European namesake: light, air, and a horizon that never stops moving. The hillside setting delivers what the neighborhood is famous for and what few homes actually achieve, with nearly every room fronting the rolling Santa Monica Mountains as they spill into the Pacific. The house was designed around a single idea, that a home should feel like a permanent vacation. Nowhere is that clearer than on the main living level, where living room, dining area, and kitchen flow together beneath soaring ceilings and open through a disappearing wall of glass to a level grassy yard and an infinity pool that reads as though it pours straight into the ocean. Indoors and out become one room, and the yard becomes an extension of the living space rather than something to look at from behind a window. Evenings here are the reason people buy in the...