EK Residence sits on a gently sloping site in Brentwood, West Los Angeles, designed by Vincent Van Duysen for fashion designer Jenni Kayne. The house is a single-story structure whose wings are arranged around a central courtyard, which serves as both the organizational hub of the plan and the primary gathering space. The layout is calibrated to the family's specific way of life, distributing rooms and functions to suit the household rather than following a conventional residential typology.

The facade references Belgian brickwork techniques, an unusual choice for the California context that gives the house a material weight and specificity distinct from its neighbors. The exterior reads as enclosed and solid where it faces the street, while the interior opens fully to the landscape: large 10-foot sliding glass panels in the living room can be retracted entirely, dissolving the boundary between the room and the grove of coast live oaks beyond. The living room ceiling is taller than the rest of the house to take in the full height of the canopy. A long bench runs along the base of the glazing, its line extending the horizon of the landscape into the interior.

The material palette inside is consistent with Van Duysen's practice: solid wood floors, timber ceilings, textured plastered walls, and dark bronze accents on window profiles, fireplaces, and hardware. French limestone appears throughout as a complementary material. The arrangement of volumes creates tectonic variation across the plan, with an office set at a taller height than the surrounding rooms, reached by a spiral staircase. A recreation area with horse stables, a pool, and a pool house occupies a lower pad on the site, framed by 2 stands of sycamores.

The interiors were decorated in collaboration between Van Duysen, Jenni Kayne, and Molly Isaksen Interiors. Natural and tactile materials, antique furniture, and works of art from Kayne's collection are placed throughout, each selected for the specific room rather than applied as a uniform layer.