High above the rolling greens of the Los Angeles Country Club, on the 39th floor of a glass-clad tower overlooking Beverly Hills and Century City, The Scale Collective reimagined a blank penthouse shell into a sanctuary suspended between sky and city. For homeowner and beauty entrepreneur Darya Pishevar—newly arrived from the East Coast—the brief was clear: serene yet expressive, feminine yet modern, a space equally suited to solitude and soirée.
Led by Sara Alexander, the Bay Area–based firm anchored the interiors in a layered, ethereal palette—oak and walnut, shearling and mohair, linen and bouclé—echoing the cloud-level vistas beyond. In the living room, walls in Benjamin Moore’s Alabaster meet the tactile sweep of the Rock Steady Mural by Drop It Modern, conjuring the depth of plaster without structural intervention. The low-slung Marenco Sofa by Arflex, sourced through The Future Perfect, establishes a horizon line that keeps sightlines open to the panorama, while the shearling-clad Little Petra Chair nods to Darya’s admiration for Pierre Paulin and his sculptural softness.
A rare 20.01 Armchair by HAOS, acquired via Studio Twentyseven—one of only three in leather—anchors the seating vignette like a collectible sculpture. Around it orbit the Jia Coffee Table by Atelier de Troupe, a Murici Side Table by Stahl & Band, and the understated Fin Side Table by Ethnicraft. Overhead, bespoke Lariat Pendants by Apparatus, engineered to respond to limited electrical points, cast a warm, calibrated glow across a Brooks Credenza by Crofthouse and a tribal rug by Mehraban. Art punctuates the neutrality: Robert Kingston’s What We Thought We Knew (Dolby Chadwick Gallery), Miranda Forrester’s I’ve Been Waiting for You, and a white sculpture by Roger Coll introduce chromatic tension.
In the dining area, a Paddle Table and C Back Chairs by Cuff Studio sit beneath further Apparatus pendants, flanked by an antique bar cart from 1stDibs. The kitchen, painted in Farrow & Ball’s Dimity, pairs Gubi Beetle Chairs by DWR with vessels by Katayone Adeli from Garde and Nelio Riga’s Voodoo Punks from Galleria Varsi.
The primary bedroom is the project’s emotional core. The Famke Mural by Drop It Modern envelops a Martens Canopy Bed by RH, dressed in Belgian Linen in Sand, and framed by Aston Nightstands. A Dornstab Floor Lamp by Kalmar Werkstätten converses with Michael Anastassiades’ Tip of the Tongue table lamp, while a Helix sconce by Windy Chien traces a sculptural line above a silk Mehraban rug. In the adjoining bath, Yoshitomo Nara’s Real One presides quietly above a wooden stool by Dan John Anderson.
Throughout its 2,600 square feet, the penthouse balances Los Angeles ease with a Parisian inflection—Southern California light filtered through European craft. Photographed by Michael Clifford (kitchen and bath by Roman Sharafutdinov), the residence affirms Alexander’s ethos: that true luxury lies not in excess, but in the calibrated harmony of form, art, and atmosphere.
