Addresses used to be enough. A street, a number, a canyon. Then the houses grew more singular, and the street stopped describing them.
So the best homes in Los Angeles now arrive with names, the way yachts and racehorses always have. A name tells you what a house believes about itself.
Names that describe the view
Vantage, on Stradella Road in Bel Air, is named for exactly what it offers: panoramic water, canyon, and city views. The Outlook, high above Brentwood, does the same in fewer letters.
Names that describe the land
Oliveto Vale takes its name from the olive trees on its Bel Air ridgeline. Glassridge describes a house of glass set along one of Bel Air's most prominent ridges, drawing on the work of Tadao Ando.
Names that describe a feeling
The Haven sits above Franklin Canyon Park as a private retreat. Essence, on Donhill Drive in Beverly Hills, was conceived as a warm organic contemporary. Villa Serenique, on Tigertail Road, took four years to make and wears its calm in its name.
And one that is simply a story
Five Fathoms sounds like the sea, and that is the point: a name is the first line of the story a house tells.
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