"Perched 39 floors above LA, with spectacular views of the local country club and Pacific Ocean beyond it, this Beverly Hills Penthouse by The Scale Collective prioritizes sanctuary over spectacle through deliberate material choices. Beauty entrepreneur Darya Pishevar cited Pierre Paulin's Pumpkin Chair as an early reference - a telling detail that moved the project away from typical high-rise polish toward something more grounded."
"Where glass towers typically amplify their verticality through reflective surfaces and cool tones, this interior pulls in the opposite direction with shearling, hair-on-hide, boucle, and mohair - fibers that absorb light and sound while softening edges. The walnut and oak joinery introduces structural warmth without the heaviness of traditional paneling. This layering technique creates an ethereal quality, though the effect depends less on airiness than on how these materials modulate the intense California light beaming through floor-to-ceiling windows."
The penthouse occupies a high-rise perch with views of a country club and the Pacific Ocean and favors sanctuary over spectacle through careful materiality. A reference to Pierre Paulin’s Pumpkin Chair guided a shift away from typical high-rise gloss toward grounded, tactile choices. The design centers on two vintage pieces—the Little Petra Chair in shearling and the Marenco Sofa—anchoring scale and proportion. A palette of shearling, hair-on-hide, boucle, and mohair absorbs light and sound while walnut and oak joinery add structural warmth without heavy paneling. Neutral Farrow & Ball tones and bespoke showroom collaborations calibrate proportions to modulate intense California light.
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