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Below the hillside, The Local Project finds Toro Canyon's guest retreat

Ron Radziner walks through a Montecito project that embeds guest accommodation and a gym in the slope, with a cabana above the pool.

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The Local Project Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Architect Buries a Home in a Hillside So the Neighbours Can't See It (House Tour)

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1:40The clients requested a pool house, guesthouse and gym, with spaces embedded into the hill.
2:46Local Montecito sandstone connects the contemporary architecture to its regional setting.
4:19The central pool links the cabana, guest spaces and lower-level gym.
5:13Concrete, travertine and wood distinguish the project's interior spaces.
6:06Radziner explains green roofs, solar panels and earth-sheltered insulation.
6:48The elevated pool cabana is Radziner's favorite space in the project.

The pool connects everything. At Toro Canyon House, guest accommodation, a gym and a cabana are arranged around the water, while much of the building disappears into a Montecito hillside.

The Local Project's only new upload this week, "Architect Buries a Home in a Hillside So the Neighbours Can't See It (House Tour)", has reached roughly 118,000 views. Ron Radziner, co-founder and design partner at Marmol Radziner, explains a brief that called for recreational and guest spaces rather than a conventional standalone home.

Local sandstone gives the structures their earthbound character. Concrete floors and travertine continue the material palette inside, but the elevated cabana changes the mood with wood flooring and views toward Santa Barbara and the Pacific. Radziner calls it his favorite space. He also explains how green roofs, solar panels and the surrounding earth contribute to the project's thermal performance.

Viewers are picking up on the relationship between building and landscape, with stonework a recurring subject. One also asks for a behind-the-scenes look at the channel's filming, singling out camera movement and lighting. For an architecture channel, that's a nicely specific compliment: attention to the house, and to how it's shown.

The channel added about 10,000 subscribers over seven days, although daily views are running a little below their usual level. Its weekly audience was close to Cleanwithbea's among similarly sized home and building channels.

Toro Canyon is currently the busiest upload, followed by SAOTA's cliffside Montauk house with interiors by Rafael de Cárdenas. Further back, Ralston Architects' Oak Tree House keeps drawing views with a different way of accommodating a landscape: preserving mature trees and framing the Hudson Valley from its rooms.

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The Local Project not only presents amazing homes, but you do it so amazingly well. I would love to see a BTS of one of your shoots. This one (and many others) would be a masterclass; the camera movement, the lighting, the overall production. Bravo.
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What fascinating about this is how much it blends into the local landscape there. You haven't just build a house there, you've become the part of it!
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The guest house is my dream house.
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Beautiful nature and building. The long grass in this light is so calming.
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The stonework is really incredible❤
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Easily my favorite designer featured on the channel. More from him please!
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Nailed. I love the warmth, the colour, it feels cozy and inviting. Great architect.
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