Culver Compound - Master Plan

Currently in Design Development

Project Overview

Every meaningful renovation begins with the same question: what is this place actually trying to be? At this Culver City property — a modest 1,100 square foot home on a generous lot with multiple outbuildings — that question took time to answer. The owners knew something wasn't working. The spaces felt improvised rather than intentional, accumulated over time without a unifying vision. What they needed wasn't just a renovation. They needed a plan.

Working closely with the clients, Oliver Power Studio developed a comprehensive master plan for the entire property — main house, outdoor spaces, ADU, studio, pool, and gardens — designed as a single cohesive environment rather than a series of disconnected improvements. The goal was a home that feels calm, purposeful, and effortlessly suited to how the owners actually live: cooking, hosting, working, and spending time outdoors.

The design vocabulary is consistent throughout — cream smooth stucco, dark green trim, black steel window frames, warm wood accents, and natural stone. Inside and out, every space speaks the same language.

Schematic design, design development, 3D modeling, visualization, and project management by Oliver Power Studio.

Architectural Designer

Oliver Power Studio

Architectural blueprint of a house with outdoor yard, patio, garden, and pool areas.

Vision

The master plan organizes the property around a clear hierarchy of spaces

A modern kitchen with white cabinets, black countertops, large windows letting in natural light, a white farmhouse sink, a stainless steel stove, a refrigerator, and a wooden dining table with chairs. Exposed wooden beams are on the ceiling.

The main house is reimagined with a new kitchen and open living plan and updated bathrooms — spaces rationalized for daily life and built around the owners' love of cooking and hosting.

The outdoor entertaining area extends the rear of the house outward — a covered pergola structure with outdoor kitchen and dining for twelve, stepping down to a fire pit lounge at garden level.

Outdoor patio with wooden dining table and chairs, built-in grill, overlooking a backyard with trees, small pool, and neighboring houses with gabled roofs.

The pool and rear garden anchor the back of the property — a clean rectangular pool with spa, surrounded by lawn, olive trees, raised garden beds, and gravel paths.

A backyard with outdoor patio furniture, two wooden planters with green bushes, a swimming pool, and a house with a balcony and large windows, surrounded by trees and bushes.

A backyard with a small swimming pool, green grass, plants, and trees. There are two white buildings with black framed windows and doors, and a small fenced garden area with outdoor furniture. The sky is bright with scattered clouds.

The ADU is redesigned as a proper guest suite — bedroom, bathroom, and kitchenette — so guests can stay comfortably without disrupting the household.

Modern living room with large black-framed glass doors leading outside, a kitchen with beige cabinets and a wooden countertop, a glass-top coffee table, and a gray sofa.

Interior of a house with a living area, kitchen, and laundry space, including a sofa, round coffee table, cabinets, washer and dryer, sink, and windows.

Floor plan of a small apartment with a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom.

The front garden is transformed from an underused driveway into an arrival sequence — hedged for privacy, with a stone fountain as the focal point.

Front view of a white house with black-framed windows and a black door, surrounded by lush green trees and flowering plants, with a stone pathway and a small water fountain in the garden.

View of a garden patio with a stone water fountain, surrounded by purple and green plants, with green trees and a blue sky in the background, seen from an open porch.

The studio becomes a dedicated workspace with floor-to-ceiling French doors opening to the pool garden, purpose-built for focused creative work.

Line drawing of a backyard scene with a small house, large trees, bushes, a patio table with chairs, and a garden shed.

Interior view of a room with large glass doors and a window, wooden desk, black office chair, and view of green trees and a swimming pool outside.