Malibu Glass Box House:

Mr. Campen explained that terrazzo was chosen for both its performance and its design capacity to achieve a clean, monolithic finish that reinforces the home’s midcentury modern aesthetic. “Using terrazzo versus concrete or another fire-resistant material was an aesthetic choice, but it made sense—as opposed to wood,” he said. “It’s durable, beautiful, and solid like concrete, but there’s more to it—so much flexibility in what you can make with it—it makes a lot of sense.”

The Bonded cementitious system includes a half-inch topping over a sand-cement underbed, which adds stability and helps compensate for unevenness in the substrate, yielding a total thickness of roughly two inches. Its cementitious composition provides a noncombustible, smoke-free surface and tolerates moisture, making it well-suited to fire-prone regions.

Developers and interior designers Eric Choi and Philippe Naouri of Maison d’Artiste—known for high-end restorations of Los Angeles homes once owned by Hollywood icons—brought their signature polish to the project.