Moss Beach

Moss Beach, California
Along California’s Moss Beach coastline, this 4,800-square-foot home engages the meeting point of grasslands and sea. Long horizontal lines and a restrained profile root the structure to its bluff, while cedar, galvanized steel, and plaster are left to weather naturally in the salt air.

Interior Design
Pearson Design Group Interiors

Builder
Verdura Construction

Photography
Adam Potts

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A sculptural wood screen shields the inland approach, revealing a sequence of living areas that open to the coastal preserve. Inside, architectural detailing carries through to the interiors, where natural finishes—Blue Nobili limestone, rift white oak, and Bianco quartzite—connect the palette to the shoreline. Every surface, from fossil-flecked counters to ocean-facing decks, reinforces the home’s direct relationship to the Pacific.

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LARRY PEARSON

Larry Pearson
Founding Principal

University of California, Santa Cruz

Larry Pearson loves to ask questions. His favorite ones start with the same word: “How.” How do we define yet integrate space: space for solitude, space for family, space for friends? How do we tie the lines of architecture to this natural backdrop? How can we authentically connect humans with design—physically, visually, socially, and emotionally?

For more than three decades, these are the design puzzles Larry has worked to solve, one structure at a time, each a unique answer in itself. Influenced by his clients’ dreams; his travels in the US, Asia, and Europe; and a palpable fascination with regional materials and settings, Larry thirsts to create bespoke designs that enrich human patterns of life…or even create new ones.

The natural migration from room to room, the uninterrupted flow from inside to outside, the internal human shifts from “world” to “home”—those are the elements Larry always seeks to elevate, enhance, and ease through design.