Resting on a gently sloping site overlooking the Santa Monica Mountains, the Jai House is a study of the interaction between building and landscape. The project celebrates architecture through removal, stripping away visual and spatial excess, revealing an authenticity of construction and craft. 

The building is designed to blur the boundary between landscape and structure. The primary level which houses the main public spaces is conceived as a linear bar which acts as a buffer to Mulholland Highway. This level engages the earth at one end and floats above the landscape at the other opening up completely to the views and canyon beyond. The primary level houses the living, dining, kitchen, two bedrooms, yoga studio and outdoor rooms. Extending the interaction between inside/outside is a 75-foot lap pool that slices through the building and the public spaces. The pool and deck are an extension of the living room.

The upper volume, which is at a 90 degree angle to the primary level, houses the master bedroom suite that frames the view towards the Santa Monica Mountains. The bathroom area is open to the master bedroom.