Integrity from Marvin Windows and Doors open this tiny house up to a larger-than-life ocean view.
Inspiration for a small contemporary light wood floor great room remodel in Portland Maine with blue walls and no fireplace

This client wanted a functional outdoor entertaining space yet was faced with grading and drainage issues. After extensive drainage systems and the installation of a series of masonry and engineered retaining walls, the slopes were grading allowing for a wonderful series of entertainment spaces to be built. Project was complete in 4 weeks.

Transitional wooden straight mixed material railing staircase photo with wooden risers

Photo credit: Scott McDonald @ Hedrich Blessing 7RR-Ecohome: The design objective was to build a house for a couple recently married who both had kids from previous marriages. How to bridge two families together? The design looks forward in terms of how people live today. The home is an experiment in transparency and solid form; removing borders and edges from outside to inside the house, and to really depict “flowing and endless space”. The house floor plan is derived by pushing and pulling the house’s form to maximize the backyard and minimize the public front yard while welcoming the sun in key rooms by rotating the house 45-degrees to true north. The angular form of the house is a result of the family’s program, the zoning rules, the lot’s attributes, and the sun’s path. We wanted to construct a house that is smart and efficient in terms of construction and energy, both in terms of the building and the user. We could tell a story of how the house is built in terms of the constructability, structure and enclosure, with a nod to Japanese wood construction in the method in which the siding is installed and the exposed interior beams are placed in the double height space. We engineered the house to be smart which not only looks modern but acts modern; every aspect of user control is simplified to a digital touch button, whether lights, shades, blinds, HVAC, communication, audio, video, or security. We developed a planning module based on a 6-foot square room size and a 6-foot wide connector called an interstitial space for hallways, bathrooms, stairs and mechanical, which keeps the rooms pure and uncluttered. The house is 6,200 SF of livable space, plus garage and basement gallery for a total of 9,200 SF. A large formal foyer celebrates the entry and opens up to the living, dining, kitchen and family rooms all focused on the rear garden. The east side of the second floor is the Master wing and a center bridge connects it to the kid’s wing on the west. Second floor terraces and sunscreens provide views and shade in this suburban setting. The playful mathematical grid of the house in the x, y and z axis also extends into the layout of the trees and hard-scapes, all centered on a suburban one-acre lot. Many green attributes were designed into the home; Ipe wood sunscreens and window shades block out unwanted solar gain in summer, but allow winter sun in. Patio door and operable windows provide ample opportunity for natural ventilation throughout the open floor plan. Minimal windows on east and west sides to reduce heat loss in winter and unwanted gains in summer. Open floor plan and large window expanse reduces lighting demands and maximizes available daylight. Skylights provide natural light to the basement rooms. Durable, low-maintenance exterior materials include stone, ipe wood siding and decking, and concrete roof pavers. Design is based on a 2' planning grid to minimize construction waste. Basement foundation walls and slab are highly insulated. FSC-certified walnut wood flooring was used. Light colored concrete roof pavers to reduce cooling loads by as much as 15%. 2x6 framing allows for more insulation and energy savings. Super efficient windows have low-E argon gas filled units, and thermally insulated aluminum frames. Permeable brick and stone pavers reduce the site’s storm-water runoff. Countertops use recycled composite materials. Energy-Star rated furnaces and smart thermostats are located throughout the house to minimize duct runs and avoid energy loss. Energy-Star rated boiler that heats up both radiant floors and domestic hot water. Low-flow toilets and plumbing fixtures are used to conserve water usage. No VOC finish options and direct venting fireplaces maintain a high interior air quality. Smart home system controls lighting, HVAC, and shades to better manage energy use. Plumbing runs through interior walls reducing possibilities of heat loss and freezing problems. A large food pantry was placed next to kitchen to reduce trips to the grocery store. Home office reduces need for automobile transit and associated CO2 footprint. Plan allows for aging in place, with guest suite than can become the master suite, with no need to move as family members mature.

Client asked for conceptual landscape/hardscape design/install including decking, brick pavers and fire pit destination. She later asked to install a custom, engineered, 19 foot retractable door system as well.

Example of a transitional wooden straight mixed material railing staircase design with wooden risers

Client asked for conceptual landscape/hardscape design/install including decking, brick pavers and fire pit destination. She later asked to install a custom, engineered, 19 foot retractable door system as well.

Beautiful Azek with timber tech "evolutions" rail system using Cable-rail. Rear deck is 25' x 8' out from home. There are no posts and beams below. All was engineered with cantilevered joists. Building permit with city of Seattle. On side yard exit from kitchen is a small deck/landing with stairs complete with cable-rail system.

The owners of this property had been away from the Bay Area for many years, and looked forward to returning to an elegant mid-century modern house. The one they bought was anything but that. Faced with a “remuddled” kitchen from one decade, a haphazard bedroom / family room addition from another, and an otherwise disjointed and generally run-down mid-century modern house, the owners asked Klopf Architecture and Envision Landscape Studio to re-imagine this house and property as a unified, flowing, sophisticated, warm, modern indoor / outdoor living space for a family of five. Opening up the spaces internally and from inside to out was the first order of business. The formerly disjointed eat-in kitchen with 7 foot high ceilings were opened up to the living room, re-oriented, and replaced with a spacious cook's kitchen complete with a row of skylights bringing light into the space. Adjacent the living room wall was completely opened up with La Cantina folding door system, connecting the interior living space to a new wood deck that acts as a continuation of the wood floor. People can flow from kitchen to the living / dining room and the deck seamlessly, making the main entertainment space feel at once unified and complete, and at the same time open and limitless. Klopf opened up the bedroom with a large sliding panel, and turned what was once a large walk-in closet into an office area, again with a large sliding panel. The master bathroom has high windows all along one wall to bring in light, and a large wet room area for the shower and tub. The dark, solid roof structure over the patio was replaced with an open trellis that allows plenty of light, brightening the new deck area as well as the interior of the house. All the materials of the house were replaced, apart from the framing and the ceiling boards. This allowed Klopf to unify the materials from space to space, running the same wood flooring throughout, using the same paint colors, and generally creating a consistent look from room to room. Located in Lafayette, CA this remodeled single-family house is 3,363 square foot, 4 bedroom, and 3.5 bathroom. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Jackie Detamore, and Jeffrey Prose Landscape Design: Envision Landscape Studio Structural Engineer: Brian Dotson Consulting Engineers Contractor: Kasten Builders Photography ©2015 Mariko Reed Staging: The Design Shop Location: Lafayette, CA Year completed: 2014

Client asked for conceptual landscape/hardscape design/install including decking, brick pavers and fire pit destination. She later asked to install a custom, engineered, 19 foot retractable door system as well.

Example of a huge minimalist gender-neutral light wood floor and beige floor walk-in closet design in Miami with glass-front cabinets and white cabinets

This Wolf Gourmet Coffee System will brew delicious coffees flawlessly, and it glides out of the cabinet for easy refilling.
Example of a beach style laminate floor and multicolored floor kitchen design in Houston with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances

Family room - family room idea in DC Metro

This bi-fold track system allows you to cover sliding doors easily , while having access to the handle to slide the door open.

Beautiful Azek with timber tech "evolutions" rail system using Cable-rail. Rear deck is 25' x 8' out from home. There are no posts and beams below. All was engineered with cantilevered joists. Building permit with city of Seattle. On side yard exit from kitchen is a small deck/landing with stairs complete with cable-rail system.

Board and Batten wainscoting with Kohler Bancroft oil rubbed bronze accessories Floor is Ege Terra 12x24 porcelain tile in Ivory. Wall color is heather Nancy Benson

full overlay quarter sawn White Oak cabinetry to match the rest of the kitchen shown in a previous post. The drawers and doors are fabricated with ship lap detail and a 30” subzero refrigerator and freezer drawer built in.

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Engineered for surface repair, Decorative Concrete Overlays can create the look of bricks.