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Built-ins · Beverly Hills, CA

An asymmetric shelving wall over teak, designed with the client.

White shelves in an irregular pattern float over a figured teak plywood wall. The layout was taped at full size before anything was built.

Detail of asymmetric white shelves styled over figured teak backing

Location

Beverly Hills, CA

Year

2023

Scope

Custom shelving wall, teak backing

Materials

Teak plywood, white shelving

The challenge

A long, empty wall in a bright room. The client asked for a shelving wall that would read as a piece of art, with an irregular pattern and warm wood behind it.

The process

Asymmetric shelving layout taped at full size on the wall

01

Tape

The shelf pattern is taped on the wall at full size.

Installing the teak plywood backing for the shelving wall

02

Backing

Teak plywood panels are fitted across the wall.

Teak plywood backing wall before the shelves go up

03

Ready

The teak wall, ready for the shelves.

The result

A shelving wall that works as storage and as art.

Asymmetric shelving layout taped at full size on the wall

Tape layout

White asymmetric shelves over a teak plywood wall in Beverly Hills

Finished

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