A 1950’s mid-century gem in the heart of Brentwood, Los Angeles, this project started with a strong objective to uncover the details in the historic design and pay homage to design hero’s of the era. Originally designed by Joseph Muller in 1959, an architect who prominently practiced in the booming development of mid-century Palm Springs resort buildings, the project was more than just a development for a booming community growing in West Los Angeles, it was a thesis on the advantages of modern communal dwellings of the future. With its lush interconnected garden and sprawling footprint, the development reflected the mood of the era; people coming to LA to form utopian communities set in nature. As Lyra Kilston outlines in her book, Sun Seekers, around the turn of the century, the California sun became a call to move west and specifically to Los Angeles, or as some advertisements called it, “The Sanitorium of the World,” to seek healing from ailments.