This Beverly Hills home created by Builders Concepts West with interiors by Mueller Design, Inc. is designed to make jaws drop with its ultra-chic style. The home has a contemporary look with lots of marble, stainless steel and glass. The hillside location offers views over all of Los Angeles. This home boasts some of the most impressive modern fireplaces we have ever seen.
The home includes a steel-and-glass staircase, floor-to-ceiling windows and an asymmetrical pool. It is listed at $10.2 million. After the jump, more gorgeous design including what looks like a Chihuly chandelier over the staircase.
50 Dream Baths
High End at Home.
When considering a bathing space, homeowners Rich Ross and Adam Sanderson believe luxury shouldn’t be left to five-star hotels. “I love the idea of being taken care of in a bathroom,” Rich says, “so we really wanted to be able to luxuriate in a spalike environment in our own home.”
The room takes advantage of high ceilings to use a vertical perspective that increases the sense of spaciousness. A towering shower enclosure features a rain showerhead in the ceiling and metallic leaf figures inset between the tiles. Nearby, a discrete partition creates a separate, unobtrusive toilet space.
“Two fundamental things are found in most high-end hotel bathrooms: a glassed-in shower cube and a toilet area that is private, in a removed partition,” Rich says. “We did both of these things.”
The vertical, rectangular features are softened by undulating, curving details. A freestanding Victorian-inspired tub offers a languid counterbalance to the shower’s hard edges. The rounded details and elevated basins of the vanity echo the elliptical curves of the tub and mute a soaring, stately medicine cabinet.
SPACE: The Racquet Club
When it comes to iconic playgrounds of the rich and famous, The Racquet Club of Palm Springs was one of the city’s first and foremost.
Founded in 1933 by actors Ralph Bellamy and Charlie Farrell, it quickly became one of the first luxury desert hot spots and has historically welcomed a veritable who’s who of celebrities and politicos looking to enjoy a good time in the desert sun.
For decades, the Racquet Club welcomed some of the most famous VIPs in the world including Bob Hope, Spencer Tracy, Jayne Mansfield, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra and both John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy, to name just a few. And according to legend, it was while sunbathing at the club that a young Marilyn Monroe was first discovered by talent scout William Morris. But as with many such icons, the club’s star slowly began to fade. Until now.
SPACE: Los Angeles
Mueller Designs
Old World, modern, homes, interiors, yachts… Michael Mueller is having the design of his life.
Look no further than the name: Mueller Design Incorporated. Michael Mueller designs. Modern and old world interiors. Houses and landscapes. Residential and mixed-use developments. Yachts. “They’re a lot of fun!” he exclaims. It’s what he likes, and he’s an expert. He works on both coasts, directing staff in Los Angeles, Palm Springs and New York City. How does he do it all? By designing a life that he loves, of course.
For Mueller, “the property always dictates the layout of the house. You have to look at the direction of the sun, the slope of the land, the shape of it all.” It took Mueller a couple of attempts to figure out the lay of his own land. A self-described “lower middle-class white boy from a small town in Missouri,” he set out to get a college education. “Becoming a doctor seemed like the definition of success,” he recalls. Midway through an oncology rotation in Houston, he determined that he hated it...
SPACE - Architecture
Mike Mueller approaches each of his projects as a blank canvas—whether it is an old-world or modern motif, a luxurious private yacht or a landscape project—to create a distinct style in design. Working under the winds of Frank Gehry and Associates and Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture, he has the credentials of a seasoned and noted regional designer. Named the “Most Influential Designer” from Western Interiors and Architectural Digest, Mueller provides attention to detail to his sophisticated and refined living environments.
A recent project includes a modern breakfast room. He designed the table using a cerused oak base and a stainless-steel tabletop. He included chairs from Dakota Jackson, wall coverings from Donghia and Diva Lighting. “The room is all about texture,” Mueller says. He played on the hemp and steel surfaces to invite guests to feel each consistency. “The lighting provides a light, white hue that shimmers in the room with the morning sun.”
LUXE Magazine
Beverly Crest is the dream house of architect/designer Michael Mueller-well, one of them, at least.
The versatile designer divides his allegiance equally among contemporary, mid-century modern and Old World décor. In fact, he has homes in each style in the three cities where he has an office—Los Angeles, New York and Palm Springs.
“I’m not just a one-note architect and designer,” Mueller muses. “I like to live different ways. I think it’s romantic. It keeps me on my toes, and I never get bored with it.”
Beverly Crest was commissioned by three real-estate speculators who had commandeered a prime piece of hillside land with outstanding views. When Mueller saw the Beverly Hills site, he agreed to design the contemporary home on three conditions: The project had to be high end, he has to have a blank check for materials, and he has to be able to furnish the 8,500-square-foot home completely, “down to the vases and silverware.”
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