This modern house was designed for a couple with no children, but many visitors.  RECOGNITION

The modern residence was constructed on an  narrow bowl-shaped that had little privacy and some flooding. Careful thought regarding views, sources of daylight and privacy was the rule during the design phase.  The house is also "Green", meeting the LEED and Build-It-Green standards.

A large cantilevered balcony on the south-west side serves as the primary sunny outdoor area with views towards the bay. The cantilever also helps protect the roots of  a large 100'-0" redwood by keeping the foundation well away from the roots. 

By design, the steel pipe columns and trellis-work create an "architectural forest" that creates a special "outdoor room" with an "architectural tree canopy" overhead.

Interior stair acts a natural ventilation shaft up to a operable skylight.  Two bridges, one over the other, zoom across the 35'-0" high space.

Unsuspecting Visitors discover the vertical space upon entering the house--no clues exist from the outside.

The stairs of white oak; the railings are champagne-colored powder-coating.

For Other Modern Hillside homes, see:

Golden Gate House

Buena Vista House

Broadway Terrace House

(above)  By design, the steel pipe columns and trellis-work create an "architectural forest" that creates a special "outdoor room" with an "architectural tree canopy" overhead.  The antecedents of this outdoor room can be found in Wurster's outdoor "room with no name", Esherick's outdoor rooms, as well as the Entry Trellis in K. F. Schinkel's "Court Gardener's house, Potsdam, Germany, 1830.

Exterior Materials:

Walls: green exterior cement plaster

Trellis: Brown Press. Treated Wood

Cantilevered Balconies: stained wood siding

Split Face Conc. Block at garage level