Guest and children's bedrooms open onto a protected courtyard in the rear. (Photography: Miranda Brackett)
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Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Matthew Millman
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The heart of the house is a double-height great room encompassing family living, dining and kitchen. The palette throughout the house juxtaposes white plaster, natural grey poured concrete, and dark wood cabinets. Custom design elements include a long white rectangular kitchen workspace with a top that slides back to become a counter. © Matthew Millman

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Matthew Millman
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Materials such as Concrete, Rheinzink and Texas Limestone come together at the sculptural entrance. © Matthew Millman
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The heart of the house is a double-height great room encompassing family living, dining and kitchen. Featuring floor-to-ceiling glass pivot doors and expansive glazing, the dining room at this modern home is airy and light. The palette throughout the house juxtaposes white plaster, natural grey poured concrete, and dark wood cabinets. Custom design elements include a long white rectangular kitchen workspace with a top that slides back to become a counter. © Matthew Millman

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Stephen Schauer
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In contrast to the grounded brick volumes, the second floor is clad in stainless steel panels and oversized aluminum-framed windows. The lightness and openness of the second floor is nestled among the oak-tree canopies of the site. (Photography by: Matthew Millman)

The modern architecture in this mostly one-story plan takes advantage of the large site and creates strong connections to the outdoors with large expanses of glass interspersed with limestone masses. © Matthew Millman

Featuring floor-to-ceiling glass pivot doors and expansive glazing, the living room at this modern home is airy and light. © Matthew Millman
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The heart of the house is a double-height great room encompassing family living, dining and kitchen. Featuring floor-to-ceiling glass pivot doors and expansive glazing, the dining room at this modern home is airy and light. © Matthew Millman

The entry sequence was choreographed to create a sense of retreating into a private realm, leaving the cars and working world of Los Angeles behind. (Photography by Jeremy Bitterman.)

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Matthew Millman
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In modern architecture, summer heat and heavy rainfall are often managed with deep roof overhangs and slatted sunscreens shielding glazed surfaces as in this contemporary house. © Matthew Millman

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Matthew Millman
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Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects; Photo Credit: Matthew Millman
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Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac in a private southern California beach community, this house occupies a site with spectacular vistas of the Pacific Ocean. The compound is entered along a fifty-foot long sustainable-growth hardwood (ipe) wall. (Photography: Roger Davies)