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he 17th Street walk street in Manhattan
Beach, perhaps more than any other walk street in
town, evokes the jewel-like coastal beauty of the
Mediterranean. Set on a smoothly ascending hill-
side dotted with luxe landscaped residences, the
higher you climb, the more generous are the swaths
of the Pacific Ocean that are revealed. Among its
highest and most advantageous point you'll find a fine Modern-
ist home with singular, welcome design elements, completed in
2011 and designed by Abramson Architects.
"We're always looking to create warm, inviting architecture
that is still crisp and architectural, if you will," says architect
Trevor Abramson. "We always try to get a nice balance between
the forms, the shape and the materials to achieve that." His firm,
Abramson Architects, a winner of the prestigious American Archi-
tecture Awards® in 2020 for their Palisades House, handled
the full scope of work in the 17th Street home. In addition to
Abramson, firm partner David Pascu, who heads the residential
studio, was also intimately involved in the design of the home,
and Dan Burns was in charge of interior design.
Approximately 3600 square feet, the the 3-bedroom and
4-bathroom home's central motif is one of linear, almost severe
lines composed in luxurious, organic materials—first introduced
by a sophisticated play of color-drenched mahogany, tumbled
limestone and smooth-trowel stucco on the exterior. Open the
hearty front door, crafted in steel and grainy walnut, and step
into the foyer—a cathedral-like space stretching upward past
multiple levels where the exacting lines of the staircase run from
ceilings to walls and floors in neat precision. "In all of the archi-
tectural homes I've listed this is one of the most unique," says
real estate agent Lauren Forbes. "It's very modern, yet it's trans-
formed and softened by the way the sunlight, the Pacific Ocean
and the walk street environment stream into the living spaces.
The design brings all that nature indoors."
