Westridge House, Portola Valley, California / Richard Beard Architects
Backed by the dramatic landscapes of California’s scenic Portola Valley, the Westridge house embraces its natural setting with an elevated take on the rural vernacular.
Backed by the dramatic landscapes of California’s scenic Portola Valley, the Westridge house embraces its natural setting with an elevated take on the rural vernacular.
The Nest house extends on this side. The building protrudes from the slope of the hill, fully adapted to the contours of the terrain. On the western side, it is almost underground.
Conceived as a place for relaxation and retreat the intention was to provide for only the essentials: a place to cook, sleep, reflect and bathe.
In the design of the Jaffa apartment, an engineering effort was invested to connect the spaces in scope to create a flow between them.
The Jaffa house was designed for a young couple and their two children, who have already lived in the home for many years and knew how to identify every corner inside while identifying the home’s every need for improvement.
The design seeks a comfortable minimalism that combines the modern with the classic following the guidelines of sustainability and a healthy design. White tones predominate the space to achieve greater luminosity. Less is more is our philosophy, that is why the space is configured with four architectural details rigorously conceived.
The purpose of this project is a single family house. The program is developed in two levels – social spaces on the lower floor, two bedrooms and a bathroom on the upper floor.
The house appears on Santo Tirso’s outskirts, in a clear transition to the more rural surroundings of the city, although flanked by the busy National Route 105, which connects Porto to GuimarĂ£es.