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    Eunice Street Remodel: Project Profile

    Real Estate Agents Matt Vance and Peter Ashbaugh discovered a rare mid-century modern home in North Berkeley and recognized its potential.  The house had been…

    AIA East Bay September 24, 2018

    Mariani Lodge, Rebuilding in Yolo County: Project Profile

    The Mariani’s Napa County home was one of thousands destroyed in the early morning hours of Oct 9, 2017, as the Atlas Fire consumed +50,000…

    AIA East Bay September 10, 2018

    Capitol Villas By BKBC Architects: Project Profile

    Downtown Fremont will soon get its first dose of what’s been sprouting up in commercial districts throughout the Bay Area – a true mixed-use development…

    AIA East Bay August 8, 2018

    JumpstartMD Medical Clinic: Project Profile

    JumpstartMD, Northern California’s leading medically supervised weight-loss and wellness practice, opened its flagship center at One Embarcadero, San Francisco’s premier office and retail space and…

    AIA East Bay July 5, 2018

    1960s Rancher Remodel: Project Profile

    This remodel project was an upgrade to a 1960’s rancher in Orinda, designed by Kattenburg Architects. The goal was to replace the small, enclosed original…

    AIA East Bay June 5, 2018

    San Benito High School Visual Arts and Performing Arts: Project Profile

    The design and construction of the new San Benito High School Visual Arts and Performing Arts (VAPA) building started with a school district’s interest in…

    AIA East Bay April 30, 2018

    Siprosa School Nairobi: Project Profile

    The award-winning Siprosa School Nairobi designed by Sidell Pakravan, provides global progressive education in spaces that negotiate between classrooms, flexible spaces, and outdoor learning environments.…

    AIA East Bay April 3, 2018

    Canyon Road Bridge House, Santa Fe: Project Profile

    Negotiating a rolling wooded site overlaid with both historic review and terrain management constraints, a portion of this house, designed by Arkin Tilt Architects, bridges…

    AIA East Bay March 6, 2018

    Valley Health Center Downtown San Jose: Project Profile

    Situated at a transit gateway to downtown San Jose, the Valley Health Center designed by Ratcliff connects three vicinities that have lacked medical services.  The…

    AIA East Bay February 14, 2018

    Lafayette Backyard: Project Profile

    The owner of this Lafayette property wanted to demolish the existing backyard structures and completely redesign the yard. They wanted to include a new garage,…

    AIA East Bay February 14, 2018
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    The owner of this Lafayette property wanted to demolish the existing backyard structures and completely redesign the yard. They wanted to include a new garage, outdoor kitchen, lounge, patio, swimming pool with a waterfall, cabaña and fireplace covered with a mechanical, louvered trellis. They wanted the new work to complement their existing craftsman style house, while remaining a calm and clean-lined design. Since this was a landscape-heavy project, I brought in Joseph Huettl, the landscape architect, and collaborated with him to establish the site layout and detailing. Each structure had different levels of detailing. The garage was a stripped-down version of the existing hip-roofed house and the fireplace/kitchen/lounge trellis and cabaña had flat roofs, which were expressed with modernist detailing. The buildings were laid out so the outdoor fireplace and lounge were adjacent to the house. The garage was placed further from the house, and the pool and cabaña were furthest. This created a pattern of alternating traditional and modern structures in a comfortable progression away from the house. A major problem arose when we found that since the garage required a double-width car access, it pushed the kitchen/lounge structure to the center of the house, blocking the view of the yard. We solved this by allowing a 10ft. wide driveway to pass the house and garage to a motor court which accessed the garage from the rear. This freed the space between the house and garage for the kitchen/lounge area, allowing views of the pool from the house. We stained he wood structures to match the existing house colors. The wall which screens the motor court behind the garage and carries the fountain, was built of stone to match the house, and the patios were rendered in limestone matching existing paving. This unified the project into strong visual continuum. Andre Ptaszynski, AIA, Architect Joseph Huettl, Landscape Architect Asha Engineers, Structural Engineer Midas Construction, Builder Envision Landscape Studio, Landscape Construction Riviera Pools, Pool Construction Joseph Huettl, Photography