Los Angeles Backyard

Tucked into the hillside contours of Los Angeles, M.B. Backyard reimagines the private exterior space as a sculptural landscape of calm. This is not just an outdoor area—it’s an immersive composition of form, light, and texture, where nature flows through design like water over stone.

At its heart is a monolithic waterfall feature—bold yet quiet—where water falls into a shallow basin, inviting pause, reflection, and rhythm. Surfaces are layered with warm travertine, earthy plaster, and smoked wood, grounding the design in raw elegance. Every line feels drawn by hand, yet calculated to the millimeter.

Spaces unfold gradually: a raised dining platform that seems to hover above the earth, soft perimeter lighting that traces each edge like a whisper, and curated plantings that embrace without overwhelming. The result is both architectural and atmospheric—a space designed not just to be seen, but felt.

M.B. Backyard is a meditation on restraint. A space where silence speaks, and simplicity becomes powerful. Scala’s vision here was not to fill the outdoors—but to frame it. To let light, water, and material do the talking.