Designed for a San Francisco couple and their six children with ages ranging from high school to college, the project is located on a 20-acre site with ocean and mountain views, about five miles inland from the Pacific Ocean.
Talking to 27-year-old architect Jayna Cooper about the house she designed and built for herself on busy La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, you’d think it all came about through luck and happenstance. But, as someone smart once said, luck is no accident.
The Galley House emerged out of the context of studying patterns of the evolving typological landscape in Toronto, and the desire over the past century to maintain natural light within spaces affected by an urban block-type progressively becoming more dense and refined.
Studios and Retreats: Banyan Drive Tree House Tea Houses Waipolu Gallery and Studio Project Specs Waipolu Gallery and Studio Oahu, Hawaii Bohlin Cywinski Jackson << Return to article the People Architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Wilkes-Barre | Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | Seattle | San Francisco Wilkes-Barre t: 570.825.8756 / f: 570.825.3744 Pittsburgh t: 412.765.3890 / f: 412.765.2209 Philadelphia t: 215.790.5900 / f: 215.790.5901 Seattle t: 206.256.0862 / f: 206.256.0864 San Francisco t: 415.989.2100 / f: 415.989.2101 Peter Q. Bohlin FAIA, Principal for Design Robert E. Miller AIA, Principal-in-Charge Christian Evans AIA, Associate, Project Manager Campie Drobnack Ellis AIA LEED AP, Project
By day, as a plastic surgeon in Orange County, California, Edward Domanskis corrects and fixes imperfections and flaws provided by, or inflicted on, nature.
No wood. No clutter. Everything white. Oh, and completely soundproof. These were some of the program requirements Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, received from his client, Robert Pollack, when he took on the project of designing a Chicago townhouse for him.
Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Project X Almere, The Netherlands Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten << Return to article the People Client: René van Zuuk & Marjo Körner Architect: Ren' Van Zuuk Architekten Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Office: René van Zuuk Architekten b.v., Almere / NL Design: René van Zuuk Structural Engineer: Van de Laar, Eindhoven / NL Photographer(s): Christian Richters the Products Walls: Rockwool; Alvon; Rigips; Calduran; Cembonit Floors: Unidek Roof: Dow Corning; Hertalan Ventilation: Stork Plumbing: Duravit