The home is located in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Trousdale, a community of upscale dwellings perched at the highest point of Beverly Hills that is rich in midcentury-modernist history.The original development, known as Trousdale Estates, dates back to the 1950s when celebrities, including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, built custom homes there.

Though there was an existing house on the site, which was constructed in 1967, the Lucas design team decided to forego a remodel and instead rebuild the entire structure from scratch.A complete overhaul meant that no architectural detail was too big or small for what eventually became a two-bedroom, four-bathroom residence. Ceilings were raised,combed limestone walls were added, and an infinity pool was installed to go right up to the living room window.

The living room underscores the designer’s bespoke approach, which translated into rich materiality.A flame-sprayed nickel wall was installed to run from the exterior to the interior of the living room where a curved Vladimir Kagan sofa,Ado Chale coffee table, and lounge chairs from Ralph Pucci sit atop a custom wool and silk rug from Fedora Design.

And perhaps not surprisingly, a number of the artworks were commissioned, including a piece by American artist and designer David Wiseman.The artist created a light sculpture that hangs above a sunken TV lounge in the living room.“The trees on the property became the inspiration for the sculpture,”David Lucas says.Wiseman casted acorns from the tree and used them as a detail in the sculpture, which allows the branches to have the scale and proportion of the existing forestry.