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Oakland House

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:31:01 +0000

Rimrock Ranch House

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:28:42 +0000

Belvedere Residence

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:02:23 +0000

The primarily vertical organization of this house takes advantage of its steeply sloped site on the southern coast of Belvedere, an island in San Francisco Bay. The four-story facade facing the water commands views across the bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge. The house’s compact organization ensures mutual privacy between it and its adjoining neighbors, and allows for dense vegetation. By Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects.

itHouse

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:50:22 +0000

The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site in order to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product. Conceived as a small house with glass walls and open floor plan, the itHouse maximizes the relationship of the occupant to the surrounding landscape while minimizing the impact to delicate site conditions.

Orr House

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:11:52 +0000

Swatt Architects designed this addition and remodel to a 1970’s stacco clad two-story home.

Openhouse

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:13:11 +0000

Designed by XTEN Architecture. Set in a visible hillside area above Sunset Boulevard, the Openhouse appears as a simple folded line with recessed glass planes, a strong sculptural form at the scale of the site. The minimalist logic of the architecture is transformed by direct and indirect connections to nature. With the glass walls completely open the house becomes a platform defined by an abstract roof plane, a palette of natural materials, hillside, gardens and the views.