A single family home built on a sloping site under a dense canopy of coastal oak trees. Rigorous local planning requirements and an existing foundation system were leveraged to create a straight-forward appearance that masks spatial complexity and dynamic form. Harnessing the possibilities of normative...
A residential addition to a single family house in West Los Angeles that includes a new kitchen, master suite, living room, and entertainment center. The integration of the addition with the existing bungalow was accomplished through form and movement. A new cubic volume adjacent to...
A residence in rural Ohio located on a gently sloping hill overlooking farmland and forest. Relocating a historic barn timber-frame structure and adapting it to contemporary living. Weaving the curvilinear field geometries of the landscape into the rigorous rectilinear structures of human habitation. Clustering discrete volumes...
A Master Bedroom and Garage addition to a archetypical suburban ëranchí style home outside of Seattle. A morphology based on natural light and the manipulation of existing patterns, materials and spatial types. After initial identification and analysis of normative systems in place (non-specific), a pattern was...
A single family home located on a secluded, hilly site adjacent to the dense forest of a community preserve. Three basic forms organized with the rigorous geometry of cubes in a series. The simplicity of three basic material palettes and scales of space brought together...
A renovation and addition to a single family home on tree-filled suburban site. A new Entrance and study as well as remodeled Kitchen and Master Bathroom. A cube is inserted to mark entrance, creating space for a new study above while a larger, glazed cube form...
A new residential interior in a historic brick structure in San Francisco. Cleaned and restored existing materials and surfaces frame the modern interior. Living activities organized around a delineation of static and dynamic conditions. Entrance, Bath and Kitchen carefully positioned as fixed nodes of activity....
A residential deck extension in a suburb east of Los Angeles. Two cubic volumes expand at two corners to allow access to the backyard and open up to views of the San Gabriel Mountains. Three expressions of a projected oval create elements that mediate interior...
A residential renovation in East Los Angeles County. New curvilinear geometries open up and synthesize expanded entrance, great room, and outdoor living spaces. Two cupolas capture and gently diffuse direct light over the reading nook and hallway. In the kitchen, an inverted roofline lends a sense...