Italian stone,
for Bel Air estates.
Jumbo Calacatta, Viola, Taj Mahal and the Antolini selections that Bel Air builds are drawn to — sized for great rooms, double-island kitchens and ceiling-height bath walls. The yard sits below the hill in West LA, and we coordinate slab handling and rigging with the GC before the truck is loaded.
On Bel Air
Bel Air briefs run large — gated estates behind long drives, where the stone has to hold rooms with eighteen-foot ceilings and the logistics matter as much as the slab.
Estate work above Stone Canyon and along Bellagio and Nimes pulls from the jumbo end of our inventory — oversized Calacatta and Statuario blocks, Viola for entry and bar walls, and the durable quartzites for kitchens that have to perform. Because Bel Air sites are tight, steep, and access-controlled, we plan the handling early: slab dimensions confirmed against the elevator or stair path, rigging arranged with the fabricator, and delivery windows set with site security. The slab decision and the logistics decision happen in the same conversation.
In Practice
How the work
tends to go.
- The slabs Bel Air tends to choose
- Jumbo Calacatta — Borghini and Gold in oversized blocks — for great-room fireplaces and double-island kitchens. Statuario when the room wants a quieter field at scale. Viola and the Antolini Black Label pieces for entries and bar walls that have to register from across a large room. Taj Mahal and Cristallo quartzite where a working kitchen needs the durability without giving up movement.
- On size and handling
- Bel Air installations are where slab dimensions become a structural question. We confirm block size against the actual access path — gate width, driveway grade, stair turns, elevator dimensions — before a slab is committed. For ceiling-height bookmatched walls we hold sequential blocks; for oversized islands we confirm the slab will make the turn into the room. None of it is improvised on delivery day.
- How the estate team walks the yard
- A Bel Air appointment usually brings the designer, the architect, and the GC together — because the stone, the structure, and the schedule are one decision. We pull the shortlist, lean it in natural light, and flag bookmatched pairs. Holds are honest: the slab is set aside, photographed for the file, and removed from circulation until the next decision date.
- When the brief is a replacement match
- For renovations of established Bel Air homes, matching original stone is harder than starting fresh. We keep quarry references and historic photographs on file for the Calacatta, Statuario and Vagli families, and coordinate with the Antolini office in Verona on quarry pulls when an existing piece has to be matched rather than approximated.
For Bel Air
The stone families specified most often for 90077 estates, at the scale the rooms require.
- Calacatta
Borghini, Gold, Monet and Vagli in jumbo blocks — for great-room walls, double islands and ceiling-height baths.
- Taj Mahal
Warm quartzite with marble looks and everyday durability — the working-kitchen choice for estates that entertain.
- Viola
Italian violet marble for entries, bar walls and powder rooms where the room has to be the conversation.
- Antolini Black Label
The rarest blocks, direct from Verona — the pieces other Los Angeles yards cannot source, at estate scale.
Logistics
From West LA to Bel Air
The yard at 2303 South Sepulveda is roughly fifteen to twenty minutes from the Bel Air gates depending on Sunset and the canyon roads. Slab pickups by the fabricator are by appointment. Estate deliveries are coordinated with site supervision and security in place — we confirm access, grade and rigging before the truck leaves the yard, and we do not drop and leave on a private residence. Designer, architect and homeowner visits are Monday through Friday by appointment.
2303 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles · ~15–20 min from Bel Air