A serene locale on a secluded cul-de-sac off Montecito‘s prestigious Pichaco Lane, just minutes from the Upper Village in what’s known as the Golden Quadrangle, likely would be enough to lure a potential home buyer on a typical day. Add in the fact that a newly built modernist-style property crafted by celebrated contemporary Mexican architect Manuel Cervantes now anchors the site, and that significantly ups the ante.

Completed this year by Plus Development on nearly an acre of flat land that previously held a 1970s house, the striking stone and flat-roof structure on Stone Meadow Lane has only just become available, asking a smidge under $20 million. Tyrone McKillen of Plus Real Estate holds the listing.

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Five bedrooms and seven bathrooms can be found in 6,000 square feet across a single level featuring minimalist yet warm interiors decorated by Corinne Mathern Studio. Artistic hand-carved furnishings and organic materials ranging from linen to rattan are complemented by European oak floors, lime-washed plaster walls, skylights for ample natural light, and French doors providing seamless indoor-outdoor environs.

Out front, a graveled motor court borders a colonnade entryway and an attached two-car garage tucked off to the side. Towering glass and timber doors open to reveal views all the way through to a central courtyard hosting a swimming pool with a Baja shelf and spa, a fire pit, sun lounges, an alfresco dining patio, and grassy lawns laced with olive trees and lush gardens beyond.

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Back inside, glazed passages link each wing of the sprawling spread, with the main pavilion featuring a living room sporting a floor-to-ceiling fireplace and asymmetrical built-in shelving, a dining area flanked by a wet bar, a sleek kitchen with a spacious travertine eat-in island and top-tier Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, along with a trio of en suite bedrooms.

One of two private wings is dedicated to the primary suite, which comes with a fireside sitting area, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath spotlighted by a floating vanity with dual sinks and a deep freestanding soaking tub atop a veined pink marble inlay. The other wing, meanwhile, accommodates a guest bedroom and an office.

“My belief in Manuel Cervantes’ work and Plus’ commitment to building artful homes is that this house will, in time, sit alongside the early Spanish and estate homes that define our town so beautifully,” Mathern says on her website, “while introducing a new architectural dialect-one that I hope will help guide future development in Santa Barbara in a more thoughtful way.”

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