Elysium Cliff Residence — A sculptural concrete and glass villa on a dramatic ocean cliff at golden hour
EST. 2018 • ST. LOUIS & BEYOND

Architecture
that endures.

Joshua Lillywhite creates buildings and ideas that feel inevitable — rooted in place, guided by craft, and quietly radical.

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A PHILOSOPHY OF PLACE

We do not impose
form upon the land.
We listen until
it tells us what
it wants to become.

Every project begins with deep observation — of light, wind, history, and the quiet intelligence of a site. The result is architecture that feels discovered rather than designed.

SELECTED WORKS

Recent Projects

Elysium Cliff Residence
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA • 2024

Elysium Cliff

A cantilevered sanctuary of board-formed concrete and glass that appears to hover above the Pacific.

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Oasis Atacama Residence
ATACAMA, CHILE • 2023

Oasis Atacama

A rammed-earth courtyard house that creates its own microclimate in the driest desert on earth.

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The Timber Vault
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI • 2022

The Timber Vault

Adaptive reuse of a 1920s heavy timber warehouse into a luminous private gallery and residence.

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