This photo shows the installation process of Trex RainEscape on the deck. The homeowner didn't want to have any rainwater trickle through the boards of a deck and on to the patio below, as it does with standard decking. The installation of Trex RainEscape makes the patio area below a usable space even in rainy weather.

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

This interior remodeling project captures a room under active construction featuring new vertical wood framing studs and exposed ceiling joists. Debris and red brick fragments line the open exterior wall while plastic sheeting covers the window opening during the renovation process.

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Our client approached us while he was in the process of purchasing his ½ lot detached unit in Hermosa Beach. He was drawn to a design / build approach because although he has great design taste, as a busy professional he didn’t have the time or energy to manage every detail involved in a home remodel. The property had been used as a rental unit and was in need of TLC. By bringing us onto the project during the purchase we were able to help assess the true condition of the home. Built in 1976, the 894 sq. ft. home had extensive termite and dry rot damage from years of neglect. The project required us to reframe the home from the inside out. To design a space that your client will love you really need to spend time getting to know them. Our client enjoys entertaining small groups. He has a custom turntable and considers himself a mixologist. We opened up the space, space-planning for his custom turntable, to make it ideal for entertaining. The wood floor is reclaimed wood from manufacturing facilities. The reframing work also allowed us to make the roof a deck with an ocean view. The home is now a blend of the latest design trends and vintage elements and our client couldn’t be happier! View the 'before' and 'after' images of this project at: http://www.houzz.com/discussions/4189186/bachelors-whole-house-remodel-in-hermosa-beach-ca-part-1 http://www.houzz.com/discussions/4203075/m=23/bachelors-whole-house-remodel-in-hermosa-beach-ca-part-2 http://www.houzz.com/discussions/4216693/m=23/bachelors-whole-house-remodel-in-hermosa-beach-ca-part-3 Features: subway tile, reclaimed wood floors, quartz countertops, bamboo wood cabinetry, Ebony finish cabinets in kitchen

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

This bathroom under construction features a newly installed white acrylic shower surround and base combined with unfinished drywall walls. The floor showcases warm brown wood-look luxury vinyl plank flooring with distinct grain patterns, highlighting the ongoing renovation process in a residential space.

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

This open concept living space under construction features exposed wood support posts, unpainted drywall with visible taping, and large windows bringing in natural light. Recessed ceiling lights are installed across the drywall ceiling, highlighting the expansive room layout and structural renovation process.

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

Beautiful Rear-porch/ deck addition designed by Joe Harris at Measure Architects. This porch was constructed in close proximity to a heritage tree which required extensive planning, permitting, and care during the construction process to keep the tree healthy. While installing the foundation, our team practiced hydro/air excavation and hand-dug once the roots were exposed to protect the tree. Great work team!

The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design