Los Angeles-based architecture practice Brooks + Scarpa has completed a structure dubbed “The Cove” for the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, nestled among the picturesque Santa Monica Mountains in California.

The facility creates an outdoor recreational space that evokes the carefree and lively spirit of the Golden State’s south.

The project brings a greater diversity of uses to the hotel complex, including seating, dining and bathing areas, and renovates the existing greenhouse, which is intended to serve as a relaxation area, giving guests a cosy atmosphere in which to relax and find idyllic time, with a personality that matches the surroundings.

Brooks + Scarpa’s design evokes, through colours such as cobalt blue, orange or greens that complement the woods and fresh white metals, the character and personality of the Californian coast. While a large curved and folded canopy of steel and aluminium, “The Cove” recalls and resembles the curvature of the waves.

With an extensive program dedicated to leisure thanks to complementary spaces such as one of the largest luxury pools in California, an outdoor grill, a complete commercial area, a greenhouse, luxurious private daybeds and lounge seating on terraces, “The Cove” generates a new experience of urban relaxation for guests.

"The Cove" Four Seasons by Brooks + Scarpa. Photograph by Lawrence Scarpa

"The Cove" Four Seasons by Brooks + Scarpa. Photograph by Lawrence Scarpa.

Project description by Brooks + Scarpa

Situated on more than 8,000 sqm (2-acres) of the sprawling  48,500 sqm (12-acre) Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, The Cove is an outdoor space that evokes the carefree and lively spirit of Southern California. As one of California’s largest luxury pool concepts, The Cove features  a steel-clad outdoor bar and grill with a full commercial kitchen, IT space, private showers and bathrooms, three whirlpool spas, a grand pool, terraced lounge seating, luxe private daybeds, swaying hammocks flanked by towering date palm trees, a raised bocce ball court, a working greenhouse for private wellness experiences and an outdoor restaurant and bar. It also includes the re-imagination of the existing greenhouse into a organic dining experience. The nearly € 18.100.000 (USD 20 million) pool, restaurant and bar project set among the picturesque Santa Monica Mountains.

"The Cove" evokes the character and personality of the glistening coastline. Colours such as cobalt blue, turquoise, burnt orange and greens compliment teak woods and fresh white metals, while the vaulted white and aluminum steel canopy, an architectural  fixture of The Cove, resembles the curvature of a rhythmic ocean wave. As the sun sets on The Cove, tiki torches and a forty-foot-long fire wall illuminate the space at golden hour, adding to the warm glow and ambient setting.

“The Cove Pool, Kitchen & Bar will change the way guests experience our best-in-class urban retreat Hotel. 
It is our hope that when guests journey to us, they find an idyllic life, full of character and personality – a warm and welcoming environment to relax and celebrate in a one-of-a-kind SoCal setting.”

Robert Cima, Regional Vice President and General Manager.

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Lead Designer.- Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA.
Principal in Charge.- Angela Brooks, FAIA. 
Micaela Danko, Jennifer Doublet, Wendy Guerrero, Jeffrey Huber, FAIA Iliya Muzychuk, Chinh Nguyen, Fui Srivikorn, Mineli Pedrossian, Calder Scarpa, Yimin Wu, Arty Vartanyan.

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Structural Engineer.- JLA Associates.
MEP Engineering.- Gausman and Moore.
Interiors.- EDG and Looney.
Lighting.- Lucifer with Luminense.
Landscape Architect.- PLAN(t).

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The Marshall Group.

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8,093.71 sqm.

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2024.

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Westlake Village, CA, USA.

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€ 18,100,000 (20 million USD)

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Brooks + Scarpa is a collective of architects, designers and creative thinkers dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Honored with the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt National Design Award, the firm is a multi-disciplinary practice.

Founded in 1991 as Pugh + Scarpa, the firm changed its name in 2010 to reflect the current leadership under Angela Brooks, FAIA and Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA. Today, Brooks + Scarpa is a 25 person interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments.

With more than one hundred significant national and international awards and thousands of publications awards include; the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, National and State of California American Institute of Architects Firm Award, The Lifetime Achievement Award from AIA California Council and Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Record Houses, Architectural Record Interiors, The World Habitat Award and The Rudy Brunner Prize. 

The firm’s work has been exhibited worldwide including venues such as The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The National Building Museum, Portland Museum of Art, the Gwanju Bienale and has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Published on: September 5, 2024
Cite: "Celebration of a free spirit. "The Cove" Four Seasons by Brooks + Scarpa" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/celebration-free-spirit-cove-four-seasons-brooks-scarpa> ISSN 1139-6415
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