Twin Houses by Predock_Frane Architects
Twin Houses is design by Predock_Frane Architects. It located in in Los Angeles, California.This typological hybrid “corrected” certain shortcomings in the hillside prototype. The main courtyard and adjacent courtyard/recesses pierce the entire volume of the house creating light shafts to rooms typically “buried” in the hillside and further expanding direct access to grounded exterior spaces. Materially the exteriors of the houses are clad in 12? wide cedar plank. The windows and the interiors of the courtyards are smooth, white, light reflective surfaces to further transmit light deep into the house.
Sustainable California House by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
Sustainable architecture is the future of home design. This California house designed by a sustainable architecture firm, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, encapsulates cool, contemporary living in its modern design with attention equally doles out to aesthetics and environmental sustainability. The pond also serves to cool warm air before it enters the house through the floor-to-ceiling windows. A concrete floor absorbs and stores the sun’s heat, which passively regulates the cooler night-time temperatures.
Norwich Residence by Clive Wilkinson Architects
Architect : Clive Wilkinson Architects
Project Name: Norwich Residence
Client: Clive Wilkinson
Project Location: 551 Norwich Dr, West Hollywood, California 90048
Project Duration: November 2004 – May 2007
Floor Area: 3,300 sq. ft.
The house was designed by and for the architect on an inner urban lot in West Hollywood, California. In an effort to reduce the house to a set of essential ideas, responses to existing conditions began to set the pattern of the house. On entering the front gate, a visitor can see the full depth of the site – from the olive grove, through the glazed living room, to the rear yard and swimming pool – which enlarges the scale of the house. The living room is compressed in height, but opens to the two-story kitchen/dining room. The house addresses contemporary California living. There is one unified social space – the heart of the house – comprising living, dining and kitchen. Video projection is also used in the living room. There is a raw expression of structure throughout the house – ceilings are exposed diagonal wood sheathing with a sprayed insulation roof on top. Walls are white drywall. [via]
Small Concrete House by Public Architects
Public Architects has done a lot with a little in their design of this small concrete house. What Baltazar House lacks in square footage, it makes up for in innovation and style. This concrete house in La Jolla, California. PLease visit Public Architects website for more information.
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