This 1963 Pierre Koenig home atop the hills in Pacific Palisades, California, comes with ocean views right above Santa Monica Bay.
Architect Pierre Koenig designed this Mid Century Modern home in 1963, and it remains largely the same since. The home is currently still owned by the family that originally commissioned the house. Now, the property is being sold by one of the daughters who grew up in the 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 2,407 square feet home.
Known as the Beagles House, the home sits on a hillside in Pacific Palisades. While this creates an ideal oceanfront view, it also means the home sits in a landslide-prone area. Knowing the landslide risk, Koenig designed the home with eight caissons, or watertight retaining structures, which anchors the home to the hillside rock and prevents the home, and the hillside it sits on, from collapsing in a slide. In 1964, that’s just what happened. The home withstood a substantial landslide while the surrounding buildings did not.
The Beagles House is rare among Pierre Koenig-designed homes for its stucco siding. Koenig included it at the homeowners’ insistence, but most of his other homes have steel decking.
The fireplace flue extends from the open living room on the lower level up the open stairway at the center of the house.
The design takes full advantage of the ocean view whenever possible. An outdoor patio off the kitchen extends the dining area outside for classic indoor-outdoor Mid Century Modern living. Also note the Formica and period-authentic finishes.
For more California home architecture, see The Perfect Palette in a 1957 Twin Palms Home. To learn more about architect Pierre Koenig, check out this article about his style and vision.
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