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"   VIEW MORE PHOTOS&amp;amp;gt; Sean Brosmith has contemporary design in his blood. His father, Bert, a prominent modernist architect based on the East Coast, instilled in him a deep appreciation for simple lines and open, uncluttered spaces. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been surrounded by mid-20th-century design my whole life,&amp;quot; says Sean, who founded his own industrial design company, Zorbit Resources, in Los Angeles. &amp;quot;I have a passion for it.&amp;quot; In 2003, when he and his wife, Hsiu-Yen, discovered the perfect parcel of land at the top of Mulholland scenic highway (a ridge line that separates the Los Angeles basin and the San Fernando Valley), the first thing he did was call local architect Zoltan Pali to help him plot a modern masterpiece. &amp;quot;Sean and Hsiu-Yen had a very clear idea of what they wanted,&amp;quot; says Pali, who devised the concept for the Brosmiths&amp;#039; new 4,200-square-foot hilltop home in just one weekend. &amp;quot;We had been living in a house with four stories and had grown really tired of all those stairs,&amp;quot; says Sean. The couple, who have two small children, knew that the flat, one-acre site would allow them to spread out into a single-story layout better suited to their casual lifestyle and contemporary tastes. Completed in 2004, Pali&amp;#039;s design features four boxy pods of varying size and function lined up on either side of a long central hallway. One pod contains the master suite and office; a second serves as the kids&amp;#039; bed-rooms; the third holds the guest suite, laundry, and powder room; and the last offers a large common living area. That main pavilion is the heart of the house, with a living room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast area, and family room. &amp;quot;There are no walls dividing the rooms, so it has an incredible feeling of openness,&amp;quot; Sean says. Maximizing views of the San Fernando Valley, as well as air and light within the house, was a priority. Several rooms have large banks of windows, and the dining room&amp;#039;s glass pocket doors slide into the walls, exposing courtyards on either side. &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re great places for the kids to play, and we get the merging of indoor and out-door spaces that we wanted,&amp;quot; Sean says. For the exterior cladding, Sean and Pali searched for an alternative to the ubiquitous Southern California stucco. &amp;quot;We looked at plastic and metal,&amp;quot; says Sean, &amp;quot;but settled on a teak plywood, which is typically used for yachts.&amp;quot; They sealed the 3 1/2-by-8-foot panels with a clear, marine-grade oil finish called Penefin. &amp;quot;It has to be reapplied every two years,&amp;quot; says Pali, &amp;quot;but on a one-level house it&amp;#039;s only about a day&amp;#039;s worth of work.&amp;quot;  Sean&amp;#039;s new modern home is bound to become a classic, just as his father&amp;#039;s designs have. &amp;quot;I like the low-key, under-stated, enduring qualities of the house,&amp;quot; says Pali. &amp;quot;It plays nicely with the land, and the teak will age and become beautiful, like a handsome, old leather briefcase.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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