We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams…” W.Wonka The concept of this home began as a reinterpretation of traditional homes in the Highland Park neighborhood, with materials and techniques that were available in 1918, the steel, glass, and Meranti wood structure is all handcrafted. Window-walls are all handmade, utilizing the standards of the era, including the hinges, which are all cast bronze. Based on the Italian’s construction of the steel frames for their race cars using hundreds of small steel members to create a frame which was incredibly strong and light. The thin-member structure disappears from your conscience as it is experienced. This conceptual home is part homage to the 1920’s Italian Alfa Romeo in its construction, and color, “Rossa Corsa.” Standing like a sentinel over the private botanical garden, this Highgate home is all about moving through space. Horizontally and vertically the effort is to deconstruct the aspect of home. The driveway is lined with Catalina Island Cherry, toyon and a spectacular Blue-grey Arizona Cypress, creating a bird shelter, and sited for privacy. Cobbled pathways of this Shangri La, an heirloom garden, host to a Deodor Cedar procured from the Huntington Gardens, gracing the front bed of mountain mahogany, sages and numerous species of natives, and fruit trees create a verdant, cool oasis in the heart of LA, a balanced ecosystem of over a dozen species of birds, bees, lizards, and butterflies. This space is truly living art.