Complete Renovation and Rebuild of a 1951 Vintage Beach Home
Located steps from the Pacific Ocean in the Portuguese Beach Club neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, this project is a complete renovation and rebuild of a 1951 vintage beach home.
Located steps from the Pacific Ocean in the Portuguese Beach Club neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, this project is a complete renovation and rebuild of a 1951 vintage beach home.
The team at Abramson Architects took cues from residential strategy in order to articulate the client’s ideal of a space that is humanizing, connected, and intelligent. Organized into “neighborhoods,” the workspace allows for individual and team control of the environment.
The Kansas Ave Residence is layered with custom fabricated, warm walnut millwork deliberately set against the cool of the poured concrete floors and board-formed concrete door pocket.
The design of this home arose out of a series of site challenges and constraints. The one-acre property and existing home sat within a protected area of the Santa Monica Mountains.
A humble path seductively leads to a filtered stonewall with a mysterious presence. There are no windows and no reference to any grand entrance. Rather, a dense and naturally grown vegetated surroundings filtering the Agahnia house, to its almost disappearance.
The undeveloped 5-acre property is located on the north side of Ginger Rogers Road, between Landy Lane and Via Josefina, in Rancho Mirage, California.
Nestled among a heritage redwood tree and mature oaks in a quiet suburban neighborhood, this Menlo Park modern house was designed around a series of outdoor experiences.
The Swig Company also wanted to reposition the building’s identity to leverage its prime location, renaming it 444 Castro.