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Project Details
The treehouse project is a model of site-specific infill set in a hillside urban neighborhood. The new residence shares a 50-by-160-foot parallelogram-shaped lot with an existing front house. An existing 10-foot tall retaining wall runs the width of the property.
Cut off from the rest of the property by the retaining wall, the rear third of the lot had lay fallow. A mature Chinese elm tree stands at the southerly base of the retaining wall. While tailored to the programmatic requirements of the client, his wife and their two young daughters, the project design is primarily a response to specific site conditions.
The existing front house was originally a gable-roofed painted wood and iron stucco box built in the 1950’s. An extensive renovation and second-story addition by the architect refined the original house while maintaining its traditional form and ubiquitous palette of materials.
In contrast, the design of the rear house refers to the mid-twentiet... more
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