When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they enlisted Cantoni design consultant Mercedes Williams to create one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-ansley-residence/ Photo by Chris Nelms

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Example of a large transitional white two-story wood exterior home design in Austin

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they enlisted Cantoni design consultant Mercedes Williams to create one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-ansley-residence/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they enlisted Cantoni design consultant Mercedes Williams to create one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-ansley-residence/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they enlisted Cantoni design consultant Mercedes Williams to create one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-ansley-residence/ Photo by Chris Nelms

Mid-sized trendy white two-story wood flat roof photo in Los Angeles

Inspiration for a rustic open concept living room remodel in Orange County with white walls and a stone fireplace

At Betz we pride ourselves in rising to any design challenge whether it's a small yard, steep slope or conservation concerns. Although diminutive in size, this inviting 'plunge pool' makes a big impression with its dramatic zero-edge wall and top-of-slope location. Finished in white Armourcoat with a blue quartz fleck, it features both an underwater bench and semi-circular steps decoratively edged in tile. Wiarton flagstone decking and coping define the attractive seating area. (13 x 27, custom shape)

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they enlisted Cantoni design consultant Mercedes Williams to create one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-ansley-residence/ Photo by Chris Nelms

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1950s exterior home photo in Seattle

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016

When luxury high-rise development 1065 Midtown, wanted to showcase urban living at its best, they tapped Cantoni design consultant Pamela Sattelry to design one of the property’s latest designer models. Read the full story here: http://cantoni.com/interior-design-services/projects/1065-midtown-the-piedmont-penthouse/ Photo by Chris Nelms

Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016

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