The Stein Residence is positioned on a ridge in Orinda, California. At first a just one-storey ranch home with very low ceilings, small rooms, a disjointed flooring strategy and quite number of windows the residence did not get gain of the panoramic vista of the Bucolic hillsides and valleys, nor did it have the open up ground program that the householders desired. Now the house owners have a modern day 2-storey open system household that will take full benefit of the sights many thanks to the excessive makeover by Swatt Miers Architects.
The residence was taken down to its primary footprint and the existing foundations in which reused where ever achievable to help hold the development fees down. The footprint was lengthy and slim, traveling from east to west so the architects redesigned the property in a linear path together the north edge ending with an entry court docket at the front door that is about on heart with the east/west axis.
The walkway that qualified prospects to the principal entry is included with a deep, open up welled stucco clad trellis which provides the pathway a perception of enclosure without having loosing the added benefits of normal daylight.
The entry splits the home’s dwelling places into two distinct wings that are linked by a double quantity dwelling/dining space.
The trellis extends above a smaller landscaped back garden region and a h2o function complete with waterfall.
The home opens straight into the residing home with the dining room on a single side and a stairwell on the other. Totally exposed to the panoramic sights, walls of glazings slide and stack into the wall for a seamless changeover to the terrace and swimming pool location.
The dining region can take edge of the double quantity house by featuring a mesmerizing chandelier of cascading mild globes.
the kitchen area table pendant references the dining space chandelier with its just one huge minimalist white world.
Aside from opening up to the terrace, the kitchen area has its possess front property entrance. This west wing also has the household home upcoming to the kitchen and the master suite and terrace upstairs.
The ensuite within the learn suite is as massive and roomy as the relaxation of the rooms and capabilities a absolutely free standing soaker tub following to a huge and spacious wander in shower.
The terrace off of the grasp suite projects out to the facet of the residence, wrapped in the very same white stucco as the entry trellis.
Down below the terrace a walkway sales opportunities from the front of the house to the back again as it wraps close to the household room.
The family room is positioned in the corner of the household and as this kind of has the ideal sights of the home with its two partitions of glazings.
Whilst the family area has the greatest sights in the home, nothing at all compares to the views from the swimming pool and terrace area.
To entire the out of doors living region, the architects provided a fireplace-pit with seating just previous the swimming pool.
The east wing of Stein Home consists of the garage, guest suite, business office and wine cellar o the ground stage, and the 3 children’s bedrooms upstairs.
Swatt Miers Architects
Photography by Russell Abraham
