Is This The Best Modern House in California? (House Tour)

We visit Goktug Sarioz in Saddle Peak House in Topanga, California. Goktug is the founder & creative director of a creative studio based in Los Angeles. He has worked on blockbuster franchises and TV shows worldwide; creating trailers and marketing for major studios, brands, and broadcast networks.

Designed by Michael Sant, Saddle Peak House is a secluded retreat in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It offers a sublime and timeless place within the wild part of Southern California that has existed for generations but which very few have experienced. The site includes a main house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a detached studio over the carport.

In the main house there are two bedrooms with a shared deck facing the rock and the pool. The living room, dining room and kitchen fill out the other wing of the plan with views of the Pacific to one side, and the pool, rock and studio to the other. The living room and kitchen also have adjacent decks that overlook the hills and ocean.

The house explores several contrasting relationships – heavy vs. light, transparent vs. opaque, rooted vs. floating – that combine to create a sense of balance and encourage an immersed experience of nature.

The house is quite modest in terms of interior square footage but the experience of the mountains and the sea is almost overwhelming. The house blurs the boundaries between inside and out with giant sliding doors opening onto three decks and allowing the mountain breezes to pass through.

Let us know what you think of this fantastic house in the comments below!

📷 Thumbnail photo by Joe Fletcher.

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0:00 Intro
0:17 Location & Layout
0:51 Discovering the House
01:51 A Dream Come True
02:15 About Goktug Sarioz
02:47 Natural Lighting
03:09 Size & Details
03:34 Reduced Materials
03:49 Floating vs Rooted Architecture
04:11 Garapa Brazilian Wood
04:21 Contrasting Essential Elements
04:39 'Quiet Architecture' to Think
05:18 Driving Santa Monica Mountains
06:04 Architecturally Capturing Nature
06:41 Cross Ventilation & Sea Breeze
07:01 Pool & Deck
07:21 Worth Waiting For

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[lizasoliman]

equally as beautiful as the architecture; the owner's appreciation ♥️

[wc]

This man appreciates everything about this house, nice to see someone so humble.

[adkid]

One of the most beautifully design house I've seen in 10 years, its sophisticated and yet provides a simplicity

[ull]

I can see why he fell in love with it, very serene.

[RyanJohnsonD]

@3:50ff beautiful craftsmanship in blending the concrete and steel.

[annebolduc]

That is what Architecture should do, make us fall in love with it, make us better, calmer, more grateful.

[PaulaDTozer]

I love his delight in his home, that’s awesome!

[AllThingsArchitecture]

The attention to detail and the use of materials makes this house unique. Michael managed to nestle the building perfectly in the landscape while also seemingly paying homage to the LA Case Study Houses of the 1940s and 50s.

[SuperDubess]

Beautiful house….beautiful Porsche. 1972 version maybe. Classic green. Love it.

[davidsheppard]

You are incredibly fortunate to live in such a fantastic property. I am envious.

[carlosalvarez]

What a beautiful place. And really like the owner attitude and admiration, “I am the custodian of the house”

[AlexT]

This wooden texture on concrete... I just fell in love with it

[themrgumbatron]

love the story; the pursuit, relentlessness and persistence of the current owner to be a custodian of such a beautiful home.

[oliverlondon]

What a fantastic house. Congratulations to owning this beauty

[michaela.]

Very nice, designed by a true architect

[bartkuykens]

This is beautiful!! What a dream place.

[michelfortier]

Man after my own heart-cool house and cool vehicles. Love the air-cooled Porsche. The house is so calming. Great place to relax and leave the world behind. Looks like a well-fitting leather glove.

[Chris_]

A space that grounds you and makes you feel deeply connected to it. 💯

[Designarchi]

A little detail I love, there are no roof pipe vents or anything penetrating the flat roof. That shows an attention to details

[claudiamann]

So glad that he could finally this beautiful home. Thank you so much for sharing.