This is the amazing landscaping of concrete hill house design by Johnston Marklee & ASSOCIATES situated in the Pacific Palisades. This house located at downhill slope with panoramic views of Santa Monica Canyon. The design of the house utilizes the restriction of hillside and zoning ordinance to create a spatial and structural opportunity – adopting the zoning envelope as a building form. The dynamic form minimizes distinction between roof and wall planes while maximizing interior and exterior. Visit the architect’s website to get more information.-via

LSarc Architects has designed a modern house with panoramic views of the city of San Francisco called Laidley Street Residence. The street level entry opens to a sculpture court where an open, steel and concrete stairway leads to a terrace and the formal front door. This house also completed with Japanese Garden. Read the description from the architects after the images.

Description of Laidley Street Residence
“…this new home in San Francisco is conceived as a series of interlocking forms, stepping up the hill and out of the earth to become a …