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Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Description: In early 1994, the architects began work on the project and while in construction (demolition, grading and foundations) the owner, due to circumstances beyond his control, halted all construction of the project. Seven years later the owner returned to the architects and asked them to complete the partially constructed house. Due to code changes, city ordinances and a wide variety of obstacles it was determined that the house was unable to be completed as originally designed.
After much consideration the client asked the architect if it were possible to alter/remodel the partially constructed house, which was a remodel/addition to a 1970’s ranch style house, into a project that fit into current zoning and structural codes. The owner also requested that the house’s footprint and partially constructed foundations remain to avoid the need for further entitlements and delays on an already long overdue and difficult hillside site.
The architects’ main challenge was how to alter the design that reflected an outdated philosophical approach to architecture that was nearly a decade old. How could the house be re-conceived reflecting the architect and client’s maturity on a ten-year-old footprint?
The answer was to remove almost all of the previously proposed existing interior walls and transform the existing footprint into a pavilion-like structure that allows the site to in a sense “pass through the house”. This allowed the client to take better advantage of a limited and restricted building area while capturing extraordinary panoramic views of the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood Hills. Large 22-foot high custom sliding glass doors allow the interior and exterior to become one. Even the studio is separated from the house and connected only by an exterior bridge. Private spaces are treated as loft-like spaces capturing volume and views while maintaining privacy.
Limestone floors extend from inside to outside and into the lap pool that runs the entire length of the house creating a horizon line at the edge of the view. Other natural materials such as board formed concrete, copper, steel and cherry provides softness to the objects that seem to float within the interior volume. By placing objects and materials "outside the frame," a new frame of reference deepens our sense of perception. Art does not reproduce what we see; rather it makes us see.
BiLDEN
The entire house was gutted while retaining the perimeter concrete block walls and the basic footprint. The existing entry courtyard was enclosed to create an expanded family room/kitchen. A smaller entry courtyard was created beneath the canopy of the new cantilevered roof and a dramatic view of the pines and sky can be seen through the oculus. /
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Inspiration for a contemporary exterior home remodel in New York
Inspiration for a contemporary exterior home remodel in New York
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B.O.B. - Beyond Ordinary Boundaries Architecture
Inspiration for a contemporary two-story mixed siding exterior home remodel in Richmond
Sponsored
Westerville, OH
T. Walton Carr, Architects
Franklin County's Preferred Architectural Firm | Best of Houzz Winner
Richard Drummond Davis Architects
Inspiration for a large timeless beige two-story stone exterior home remodel in Dallas with a hip roof
Havencrest Homes
Exterior brick
limestone windows
limestone patio railing
columns
circular driveway
porte cachere
Example of a mid-sized classic brown three-story stone exterior home design in Indianapolis
Example of a mid-sized classic brown three-story stone exterior home design in Indianapolis
Cebula Design
Mike Rixon Photography
Example of a large ornate beige three-story mixed siding exterior home design in Boston with a shingle roof
Example of a large ornate beige three-story mixed siding exterior home design in Boston with a shingle roof
Richard Bubnowski Design LLC
photo: Richard Bubnowski Design LLC
Mid-sized craftsman brown two-story wood exterior home idea in New York with a shingle roof
Mid-sized craftsman brown two-story wood exterior home idea in New York with a shingle roof
Sponsored
Columbus, OH
Hope Restoration & General Contracting
Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations
Tazz Lighting, Inc.
Martin Mann Photography
Mediterranean beige two-story exterior home idea in San Diego
Mediterranean beige two-story exterior home idea in San Diego
McCall Design LLC
Stephen Cridland Photography
Example of a large classic gray two-story wood exterior home design in Portland
Example of a large classic gray two-story wood exterior home design in Portland
SCHULTZ ARCHITECTURE CORPORATION
Three garage doors with overhanging second story space supported by wood outriggers. Design by San Diego architect Ted Schultz.
Firm: Schultz Architecture Corporation
Architect: Ted Schultz
San Diego, California
Exterior Home Ideas
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Westerville, OH
T. Walton Carr, Architects
Franklin County's Preferred Architectural Firm | Best of Houzz Winner
Workshop Estates
Minimalist white two-story brick and board and batten exterior home photo in Denver with a shingle roof and a black roof
Geoff Chick & Associates
Example of a large beach style white three-story exterior home design in Other with a metal roof
Vetter Architects
A tea pot, being a vessel, is defined by the space it contains, it is not the tea pot that is important, but the space.
Crispin Sartwell
Located on a lake outside of Milwaukee, the Vessel House is the culmination of an intense 5 year collaboration with our client and multiple local craftsmen focused on the creation of a modern analogue to the Usonian Home.
As with most residential work, this home is a direct reflection of it’s owner, a highly educated art collector with a passion for music, fine furniture, and architecture. His interest in authenticity drove the material selections such as masonry, copper, and white oak, as well as the need for traditional methods of construction.
The initial diagram of the house involved a collection of embedded walls that emerge from the site and create spaces between them, which are covered with a series of floating rooves. The windows provide natural light on three sides of the house as a band of clerestories, transforming to a floor to ceiling ribbon of glass on the lakeside.
The Vessel House functions as a gallery for the owner’s art, motorcycles, Tiffany lamps, and vintage musical instruments – offering spaces to exhibit, store, and listen. These gallery nodes overlap with the typical house program of kitchen, dining, living, and bedroom, creating dynamic zones of transition and rooms that serve dual purposes allowing guests to relax in a museum setting.
Through it’s materiality, connection to nature, and open planning, the Vessel House continues many of the Usonian principles Wright advocated for.
Overview
Oconomowoc, WI
Completion Date
August 2015
Services
Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture
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