Van Tilburg Residence

Malibu, CA

Client:

Johannes & Jo Anne Van Tilburg

Lot Area:

4 Acres

Area:

3,800 sf

Completed:

1976

Designing one’s own home is a unique opportunity for an architect to realize their personal philosophy.  Johannes Van Tilburg, FAIA sited his ideas on a Malibu hillside in the form of a multi-faceted building framing scenes of both the mountains and the sea.

Conceived as monumental sculpture within nature, the house has evolved over the 46 that the homeowners have lived there.  During the intervening years, they have remodeled the residence to accommodate a growing art collection and Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg’s extensive archaeological library.

The home continues to present a modern, stately image with angular volumes echoing the mountain setting.