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Los Angeles Beach House with Turquoise Glass Like Blocks of Jello

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What looks like square cubes of blue jello catches the eye in this beach house from Los Angeles-based Studio 9 One 2.

The turquoise glass blocks are not really solid cubes of jello, or even solid cubes of glass, of course, but they have been shaped in such a way as to give that impression.

The transparency of these ‘wet’ glass ‘cubes’ is periodically interspersed with the solidity of warm dry tactile wood for a study in contrasts.

The Ettley Residence is an urban home sited just a few short blocks up from the beach, but in a city setting.

The turquoise glass forges a connection to the nearby Pacific Ocean.

One of the glass cubes forms a walkable glassed-in porch outside the master bedroom.

Underneath its glass floor, broad beams securely support its glass porch.

At night, the curtains are drawn creating an inner sanctum space within.

By recessing the bedroom behind the glassed in cube, it has privacy despite being so close to the street.

The living room is on the upper floor above the bedroom, to take advantage of the views – both out and down.

A square of thick turquoise glass (beyond the dining table) offers a view down through the glass porch of the master bedroom to the bamboo garden.

The stairs up to this living space – that is typically found on the upper level of beach houses in Los Angeles – are also encased in glass, making for a sculptural experience for guests, who appear to be walking up air.

Once up there, the upper level of the sophisticated modern home offers Los Angeles glamor in its views out across the water.

And the upper level kitchen offers a citified study in black and white offset with stainless steel and a glimpse of the Pacific.