The site for this house in Topanga Canyon is remote with vast views of the hillside and ocean beyond. The wild canyon inspires the landscape design here, which is rugged and feels untamed, yet is rationally composed. Concrete pavers surround the pool, with ornamental grasses filling the gaps and overflowing their defined area to blur the pavers’ edges. The rectilinear elements of the pavers and the pool are softened and absorbed into the surrounding landscape, allowing the house to relate to and compliment the canyon surroundings.