52 DIGS.NET
| 9.17.2021
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OCATED ON THE eastern edge of Mar Vista, in a very
central yet tucked away area with mature trees lining the
streets, the personal house of Clive Wilkinson — pres-
ident and design director of Clive Wilkinson Architects
— was surprisingly an easy find. "I simply searched for a
hillside site in West Los Angeles," he remembers. "I think
ours was the first property I looked at."
Organized in three levels, the 3,718-square-foot property
comprises five bedrooms and was initially designed and built (on
a 7,500-square-foot lot) before Wilkinson met his wife Elisabeth.
"I thought it would be a space for myself and my children and
perhaps a caregiver," he confesses. "It has evolved incredibly
well into a space that includes my wife and her daughter, and
it has met the needs of our new family perfectly. It allowed us
space to spread out during the pandemic and the views gave us
an invaluable sense of expansiveness."
From the street, inhabitants and visitors are invited to
descend into the front entry terrace before being drawn
upstairs to the full-width balcony, which provides an excep-
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