Tour a Serene Beverly Hills Home Designed to Maximize the California Sunlight
Crafted by architect and artist Suchi Reddy, the atmospheric space was a collaboration with a longtime client
By the laws of geography and nuance, no two homes can be the same. Consider coastal residences in New York City (a brownstone in Manhattan’s Upper West Side) and Los Angeles (a bungalow-style home in Long Beach), for example, and it’s obvious that architecture assumes different forms in different locations. Yet with fundamentals such as proportion, space, texture, and light, the nature of that lived experience can seem very similar, no matter a dwelling’s location. It was in this mindset that architect and artist Suchi Reddy of Reddymade felt confident creating bicoastal dwellings with one of her favorite clients.
“I was recommended by a colleague, and from that began designing apartments for him in New York City,” Reddy explains of the origin story with her client of 15 years. Once he relocated to the West Coast for work, he tapped Reddy once more for the job of designing his new Beverly Hills home. Over time, however, he needed to accommodate his growing family. And so, after selling the first LA abode, he bought a new one. Again, the location was Beverly Hills. And again, the designer was Suchi Reddy.
Because the homeowner needed to find something quickly, there wasn’t the luxury of time. “He discovered a good property that was malleable enough to be molded into the perfect home,” Reddy explains. The hope of any client is a noninvasive renovation. But once the project revealed itself, they both realized a good amount of change would be required, both in terms of architecture and interiors. This meant creating a convivial flow throughout the house, tethering many fragmented spaces into a unified whole. What might have overwhelmed a lesser designer was Reddy’s sweet spot.
By education, Reddy is an architect, while in practice she is a designer. These seemingly disparate skillsets are actually where she finds her inspiration. “I’ve never been able to separate the inside [of a home] from the outside,” Reddy explains. “If you really break it down, so much of the interior will depend on where the windows are [located], the size of the windows, and the time of day the sunlight will shine through and hit the walls.” All of this, she explains, plays a pivotal role in how a space must feel, and how the colors, paintings, and furniture must match an ambiance driven by the residence’s exterior features.
The two-year design process, much of it coordinated around the homeowner’s demanding professional schedule, took place during the middle of the pandemic. Yet the fact that Reddy had previously worked so closely with the client on earlier projects meant there was a great deal of good faith built into the relationship. “Right off the bat I knew what he liked and didn’t like, which saved us a lot of time,” Reddy explains. “I always knew my client had a great eye for design, but what impressed me most was the evolution of his taste. Because he travels so much for work, I could see his aesthetics expanding. It made the whole process more than simply enjoyable—it made it engaging.”
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Reddy and the client discussed at length how the house needed to feel comfortable, quiet, and how, for example, angular turns had to somehow appear soft. “The crux of it all was how to make a home that was built with many angles still feel serene,” says Reddy. “This became the perpetual question that permeated through almost every design decision we made.”
That clarity of thinking doesn’t mean that everything went swimmingly throughout the process. “Dealing with the pre-existing architecture that we knew could not be touched posed a real challenge for us,” admits Reddy. “But it also presented chances to creatively solve issues by way of natural lighting. We closely studied the times of the day that certain rooms received the most sunlight and used that as our compass. How does a brick wall look early in the morning in one part of the home versus a lighter toned sofa at noon, or a Isamu Noguchi pendant at dusk?”
If Reddy sounds like an Impressionist painter, it’s for good reason—painting is part of her creative process. “I always begin my projects with a series of sketches that evolve into paintings,” Reddy notes. “Any given home is like a canvas that needs fossilized moments to create calmness, flow, and authenticity. That’s the main point—to use whatever abilities I have in devising a space where the homeowner and their family can really be themselves.”
1/10Throughout the house, Suchi Reddy had to be mindful of how sounds would reverberate. “We worked hard on dampening any potential for acoustic distractions, which included many soft surfaces, or even in some instances, plaid walls,” she says. The warm family room consists of a rug from Flitterman, a Mex Cube sofa from Cassina, and Philip Linen Drum pendants by Alder & Ore from Lumens.
2/10A look at the kitchen, which includes counter stools from One Kings Lane, and box pendant lighting from Bone Simple.ADVERTISEMENT
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Art: © Nadav Kander. Courtesy Flowers & Howard Greenberg Gallery3/10The living room is composed on a Mulholland rug from Amber Interiors and features a Tavolino coffee table via Molteni & C and an Akari 100D pendant by Isamu Noguchi from Surrounding.
4/10The primary bedroom is made up of Clyde carpeting from Barry Carpet, vintage John Stuart end tables from 1stDibs, and bedding, pillows, as well as a duvet from Yves Delorme.
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5/10The serene primary bathroom features Willamette clear fluted glass from Rejuvenation, as well as an Afuera vinyl rug from Flitterman.
6/10A children’s room consists of a custom rug from Toby Revis Studio, a Loma platform bed from Ben Soleimani, and a teak floating desk by G.V. Gasvig from Iridium Interiors.
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7/10The basement theater includes Devyn sectional seating from Sixpenny, Snap sconces from Chelsom, and L Series coffee tables from Stahl Band.
Art: Matthew Porter/M+B, Los Angeles8/10The billiard room, which includes a billiard table from James Perse, was originally a banal hallway that Reddy redesigned into an entertainment space.
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9/10The landscape architecture, which was completed by Fiore Landscape Design, blends beautifully with an extendable brick dining table from Niche Beverly and Garota outdoor pendants by Bover via Lumens.
Art: Tom Hammick © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London10/10“If I had to choose, the dining room would be my favorite room in the home,” explains Reddy. “The arched ceiling was already there, so we had to react to that, and everything evolved from this single origin, which, in my opinion, transformed into a stunning yet bucolic environment.” Reddy was able to accomplish this ambiance by way of a painting by Tom Hammick via Lyndsey Ingram, a custom cross base pedestal table from Petersen Antiques, wall texture from Kamp Studios, and candles by Brian Thoreen from Masa Galeria in Mexico City.
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