Tour this contemporary Sunset Strip home, a vision that took _By.Alexander 14 years to complete

This contemporary residence is nestled above the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles – a tranquil hideaway to escape from the city. The home belongs to Grammy-winning British music producer _By.Alexander (aka Alex Grant), who worked closely with architect Paul McClean to create his dream sensory oasis.

Tour _By.Alexander's $85m Sunset Strip home

The musician, who has worked with artists such as Jay-Z, Rihanna, U2, Dr Dre, 070 Shake, and many others, is based in New York but built his West Coast home during his years living in LA. The project took 14 years to complete and stretches across 24,000 sq ft, which includes a 6,125 sq ft guesthouse.

A sense of luxury prevails, highlighted by the design’s extreme attention to detail. Grant explains that creating the house was much like making an album: ‘The more we dug into this project, the more I became obsessed with developing my own sense of design and how I wanted it to feel. Though the house is expansive, I wanted to create intimate spaces for me and my friends to be able to let our hair down and enjoy time together,’ says the music producer.

Sharing this vision, McClean sought to find the perfect balance between spatial simplicity and the dramatic openness of the surrounding vistas. Focusing on crafting a flowing living experience that blurs the lines between indoors and outdoors, the architect used glass, steel and stone to establish a dialogue with the residence’s hillside context. The design’s use of honest materials and the light-filled interiors underline a sense of clarity that was important to its authors.

The residence spans five levels. A black steel frame provides visual contrast against the structure’s white limestone base. However, it is what is on the inside that makes this house a truly bespoke, highly experiential home. At its core, a hemlock wood-wrapped spa spreads across an entire floor, containing hot and cold plunge pools, massage suites and a dry sauna cabin. Wrap-around pools and a rooftop hot tub complete the offering.

Post-relaxation, residents and their guests can indulge in an abundance of amenities, from a two-lane bowling alley to a half basketball court, a private theatre, and a nightclub overlooking a glass-walled automotive showroom. The staircase includes a four-storey digital art wall, while a glass car elevator seemingly floats through all levels, culminating in the subterranean gallery.

As if working on an $85 million project wasn’t enough to keep Grant busy, the producer was inspired by his architectural endeavours to launch 66 Greene, a new conceptual retail store, music venue, and editorial studio situated in SoHo, New York. The venue aims to create a meeting place and hub for the city’s creative scene, including emerging designers, artists, musicians, and photographers. In addition to this exciting venture, Grant is also turning his hand to fragrance, with a spring 2026 release in the pipeline.

‘Designing this space with Paul unlocked a new medium for me, creatively,’ says Grant. ‘Through this project, I learned SketchUp to model certain spaces to my liking and ended up unlocking my design aesthetic. We met every challenge with a more fabulous solution, and, like every creative project, time was the ultimate luxury, and I knew the result had to be exactly as I saw it in my head – I think we achieved something truly amazing.’

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