Los Angeles, CA, United States
bittonidesignstudio
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
Los Angeles-based
bittonidesignstudio has recently completed the evansHOUSE, located in the modernist landmark community of
Crestwood Hills. This small modernist community, which is part of greater Los Angeles has now become an architecturally controlled neighborhood that was originally planned by architects A. Quincy Jones and Whitney R. Smith. This particular project is a remodel and addition to an existing 1957 Benton + Park home which is situated high above the city with views of the entire
LA basin.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
The project was framed around taking something ‘modern’ and making it more contemporary. The existing spatial condition of the house was clearly divided between public(lower level) and private(upper level) as well as fixed within a completely horizontal orientation. The major move was to carve out a double high space above the kitchen in order to animate the section vertically and allow for more social interaction.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
While the idea of indoor/outdoor living is typically taken for granted in
Southern California, the altitude of the site allowed for an atmospheric connection rather than a connection to the landscape. As the clouds change color and are in constant motion along the coastline, the house and its materials were thought of as a canvas to be manipulated by the sky.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Eric Staudenmaier Photography |
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| first floor plan--drawing Courtesy of bittonidesignstudio |
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| second floor plan--drawing Courtesy of bittonidesignstudio |
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| section diagram--drawing Courtesy of bittonidesignstudio |
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| axo--drawing Courtesy of bittonidesignstudio |
The people
Architect: bittonidesignstudio
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Project Team: Mark Bittoni, Ross Jeffries, Salomé Reeves
Client: Private
Structural Engineer: C.W. Howe & Associates
Area: 185.8 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier Photography
via:archdaily
