When Actor Charlie Carver first reached out to Designer John Sharp to reimagine his overgrown Silverlake backyard, the two aligned over the idea of Coastal Northern California meets Rustic New World.

Studio John Sharp created a three-tiered lush escape with places to gather, dine, lounge and wander. Charlie played a vital role in collaborating on the botanical story that compelled him personally from childhood memories, travels, and new inspiration.


The completed exterior renovation reads as a gentle oasis and evokes a sense of sophisticated wonder, both considered and natural.


Featured in the Hollywood Reporter, 2020.

Charlie Carver’s Silverlake Oasis

Underneath John Lautner’s 1962 architectural spacecraft, unique hand-sourced dreamy  botanicals are sprouting -  layering  down the side of the canyon in an assortment of  shady ancient leaf specimens to full-sun desert cactus and agave rarities. Mythologically placed to unfold with time,  each plant family is designed to  hatch into massive, whimsical sculptures framing the house to the earth. Custom-designed art  installations inspire conceptualized story-telling of lost planets and primitive  shapes jutting up from the solid ground.

John Lautner’s Garcia House