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MULTI-FAMILY
Suburban Village

COMMERCIAL
Assembled Light
Dining Energies
Experienced Comfort
Organic Modern
Permanent Change
Play / Work
Technology Transformed
Working Geometry

FURNITURE
Functional Muse

PRODUCT DESIGN
Dancing Walls

CONCEPTS
Day Dreams
Many Masks
Open Enclosure
Puzzle Parts

 

CONTEMPORARY CRAFTSMAN

Private Residence
Santa Monica California

The building combines handcrafted wood construction with current requirements for earthquake stability. In collaboration with Jeffrey Mills, wood elements were assembled in patterns to define spaces, functional elements, and visual character.

Materials and finishes are continuous from the exterior through to the interior; distinctions of “rough” and “finish”, “inside” and ”outside”, are removed in favor of a greater harmony.

CHALLENGE A family wished to combine the humility of time-honored craft traditions with a modern sense of open space, Structural integrity was to be combined with spatial warmth and an intimacy supportive of daily life and theater arts activities.

SOLUTION A “modern bungalow” or sophisticated cabin, created from a continuous puzzle of pre-fabricated exposed wooden structureal pieces and metal fittings.

   
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