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Halvard/Index

Index of work(12)

2019 — 2025
California coast & desert

Twelve built works across three typologies. Houses for living slowly, places of rest for travellers, and small rooms for culture.

01 Saltgrass House Malibu, CAResidential412 m² 2025 02 Arroyo Bathhouse Ojai, CAHospitality860 m² 2024 03 Kiln Pavilion Palm Springs, CACultural240 m² 2024 04 Lantern House Topanga, CAResidential298 m² 2023 05 Casa Palmera Palm Desert, CAHospitality3,900 m² 2023 06 Bluffline Residence Carmel-by-the-Sea, CAResidential365 m² 2022 07 Tideline Arts Centre Long Beach, CACultural1,850 m² 2022 08 Courtyard House Ojai, CAResidential226 m² 2021 09 Low Tide Beach Club Malibu, CAHospitality1,120 m² 2021 10 Cliffside Archive La Jolla, CACultural1,340 m² 2020 11 Pool House Montecito, CAResidential184 m² 2020 12 Canyon Studio Topanga, CAResidential142 m² 2019
Timber and dark-clad house at dusk beside a large tree

Saltgrass House

01

Malibu, CA · Residential · 2025
Stone bathtub against a textured plaster wall with a palm

Arroyo Bathhouse

02

Ojai, CA · Hospitality · 2024
Curving terracotta facade against a blue sky

Kiln Pavilion

03

Palm Springs, CA · Cultural · 2024
Black-clad house with tall lit windows at dusk

Lantern House

04

Topanga, CA · Residential · 2023
White courtyard hotel with palms reflected in a pool at dusk

Casa Palmera

05

Palm Desert, CA · Hospitality · 2023
Low white house among succulents above the ocean

Bluffline Residence

06

Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA · Residential · 2022
Sweeping banded facade curving against the sky

Tideline Arts Centre

07

Long Beach, CA · Cultural · 2022
White cubic house with a pine tree and lawn

Courtyard House

08

Ojai, CA · Residential · 2021
Timber deck with loungers facing the sea

Low Tide Beach Club

09

Malibu, CA · Hospitality · 2021
Stacked white volumes against a pale sky

Cliffside Archive

10

La Jolla, CA · Cultural · 2020
White concrete house with timber soffit above a pool

Pool House

11

Montecito, CA · Residential · 2020
Timber-screened studio and dark volume at night

Canyon Studio

12

Topanga, CA · Residential · 2019

No projects in this typology.

Note — Halvard Studio is fictional. Project names, figures and dates are invented for this concept; photographs are stock images from Unsplash and do not depict the projects described.

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