On a dramatic mountain site high above the Napa Valley, we approached the project with a reverence for this particular protected land, and a strong prioritization of its multiple sensory experiences.
The Kahua Kuili residence was conceived as a modern interpretation of a classic Hawaiian summer camp. The project site is located at the base of the island’s large cinder cone, Pu’u Kuili, and offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean and Kua Bay as well as mountain views to Hualalai.
The goal of the design for the main house was to complete the Fish Creek compound where multiple generations of the architect’s extended family could gather and experience the wonders of the site, while also serving as an intimate home for two.
Features of the riparian site were thick cottonwood and conifer tree cover and a man-made pond and irrigation channel flowing from the Snake River from which the property takes its name, Owl Ditch Ranch.
The Portola Valley Barn is a dynamic space, separate from an existing main residence, designed for large-scale entertaining as well as relaxation. Reminiscent of the tin-roofed, weathered rural vernacular of the picturesque surroundings, the compound comprises three primary structures connected by interstitial entryways containing a kitchen and powder room.
This Los Gatos modern home, which also involved extensive remodeling of the existing modern residence located high above Silicon Valley, was inspired by dominant images and textures from the site: boulders, bark, and leaves.
San Anselmo Residence is a new 4,500sf modern house. After years of seeking the perfect site to build their retirement home, the couple settled on a knoll overlooking Mount Tamalpais.
When Charles and Ralph found this house made of red cedar and glass, for rent on the hills of San Francisco, a work of the architect Donn Emmons, who had designed it in 1951, they immediately knew they wanted to live there. They have set up their vintage furniture, perfectly matched to the time during
The RCR House is located in Montana, USA, and was designed by Carney Logan Burke Architects in 2016. The art collector clients for RCR house relocated to this rural setting where they desired a house that capitalized on the characteristics of the extraordinary site
Designer: Jay Jeffers – The Studio Architect: Handel Architects Project: Urban Loft Location: San Francisco, United States Photographer: Matthew Millman Urban Loft is an interior design project completed by Jay Jeffers in San Francisco, US. Project description: A subterranean loft space in Hot Hayes Valley brought exciting opportunities for design. It needed to look great from
Two Faced House is a renovation project completed by Butler Armsden Architects in San Francisco. Project description: Friends and family encouraged our clients to trade their house in for a larger one in their Pacific Heights neighborhood. They chose instead to hire us to give new life to the home they had lived in as
The site, a meadow dotted with magnificent oaks, gently slopes down to a spring fed pond creating an unusually lush landscape. The owners requested that the house be designed for outdoor/indoor summer living.
