Be the first to live in this architect-designed Hollywood home

Andrew Liang, founder of the award-winning LA firm LAB+ Architects, has designed a distinctive four-bed hillside home over the city, currently listed with an added bonus: it’s never been occupied.

Acquiring the Los Feliz Oaks location provided Liang with the opportunity to develop an original design in architectural concrete. From conception to completion, he devoted 10 years to the project, which now sits comfortably within – and takes advantage of – its elevated setting. At 260 square metres, it incorporates wide banks of high-performance glazing and customised walnut elements over several levels.

The unifying element is a passive-cooling glass-walled atrium travelling up through the core, which channels light and ventilation throughout the build. Board-formed concrete and slatted walnut provide textural finishes to the designated spaces, helped further by convex Japanese tilework. Travertine floors give way to terrazzo in the bathrooms, where the various materials work together harmoniously.

A veteran architect with 25 years in the business, Laing built a smart, state-of-the-art heating and cooling system that also monitors interior air quality, humidity and dew point. An 8kW rooftop solar installation generates the bulk of electricity and feeds unused power back to the grid in exchange for credit. Insulation comes from rain-screen exterior cladding around the upper levels.

The Los Angeles property sits on an 850-square-metre site with sweeping views of the canyon and the iconic Hollywood sign. It is currently listed with Modern California House and William Baker of The Agency for $4,500,000.