Small Moves House / Mitsuori Architects
The Small Moves House project began with them asking us an important question – are the minor changes we want to make sufficient for this to be an architectural project?
The Small Moves House project began with them asking us an important question – are the minor changes we want to make sufficient for this to be an architectural project?
Nestled in a quiet neighborhood just outside the city centre, Botfield Residence connects inhabitants with the outdoors, and exudes style and comfort for modern living.
Located two blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach, this single-family residence is in one of the safest and most sought after cities in Los Angeles. The property is a new build on a pedestrian-only street, where a tight-knit neighborhood shares the block as if it were one big front yard.
A large extension with a small budget that more than doubled the size of the existing home. Perforate larch cladding allows the building to transform at night.
Klopf designed a full gut remodel and major addition to bring the house into the 21st century and provide the living area needed for the client’s family.
Our clients, an active, year-round Higgins Beach couple with multiple children, owned a home at the end of the neighborhood on a quiet, dead-end street toward the woods, a rather unique lot for Higgins Beach.
JARtB House reconnects the abandoned notion that Art and Architecture are separate, techne. Part House and part Art Gallery, the synthesis of the two typologies are redefined into a singular expression. A new hybrid is institutionalized.
KRM House is a pavilion-style weekend house informed by the ancient Latvian farmstead – the viensēta. The extravagance-free holiday home encourages a mindful awareness of place and time.