PCDGPacific Coast Design Group
Planning · Malibu · Palisades Fire Rebuild

Castlewood Residence

A single-story glass pavilion designed to replace the home this family lost in January 2025 — drawn to the like-for-like line, engineered in concrete and steel, and now moving through plan check.

The residence, as designed — a 76-foot pavilion over the hillside
Chapter 01 — Starting Again

Drawn on the footprint of what was lost

On the survey, the home that stood here is recorded as a dashed outline — the burnout profile of January 2025. The new residence holds that footprint almost exactly: 2,446 square feet against the 2,267 that stood, a 7.9% increase that keeps the entire project inside the like-for-like rebuild lane and its expedited review. One story, seventy-six feet of glass along the hillside, a cantilevered deck, three bedrooms and an office on a single level — drawn by Luis Tena Design, engineered in concrete and steel by Workpoint Engineering, and now moving through plan check. Same lot, same garage — kept and repaired — and a home designed for the way this family lives now.

Where the project stands

The construction set is in plan check — architectural, structural, and fire review running in parallel. As a like-for-like fire rebuild, the project rides the expedited lane; we stage pre-construction now so the build can start the week permits land. Progress will be documented here, the way we do for North Almar.

Plan Check
Current phase
2,446 SF
Like-for-like · +7.9%
1 Story
Concrete + steel · Type V-B

The project, plainly

StatusPlanning — in plan check
LocationMalibu — 2025 Palisades fire area
Size2,446 sq ft + 684 sq ft deck
Program3 bedrooms · 2.5 baths · office
Lot0.28 acres, hillside
Architectural StyleModern single-story pavilion
Construction TypeLike-for-like fire rebuild
ArchitectLuis Tena Design, Venice
Structural EngineerWorkpoint Engineering
BuilderPacific Coast Design Group — CSLB #1144150 · #1003008

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