サンフランシスコにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁、外階段) の写真

オレンジカウンティにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁) の写真

The Yin-Yang House is a net-zero energy single-family home in a quiet Venice, CA neighborhood. The design objective was to create a space for a large and growing family with several children, which would create a calm, relaxed and organized environment that emphasizes public family space. The home also serves as a place to entertain, and a welcoming space for teenagers as they seek social space with friends. The home is organized around a series of courtyards and other outdoor spaces that integrate with the interior of the house. Facing the street the house appears to be solid. However, behind the steel entry door is a courtyard, which reveals the indoor-outdoor nature of the house behind the solid exterior. From the entry courtyard, the entire space to the rear garden wall can be seen; the first clue of the home’s spatial connection between inside and out. These spaces are designed for entertainment, and the 40 foot sliding glass door to the living room enhances the harmonic relationship of the main room, allowing the owners to host many guests without the feeling of being overburdened. The tensions of the house’s exterior are subtly underscored by a 12-inch steel band that hews close to, but sometimes rises above or falls below the floor line of the second floor – a continuous loop moving inside and out like a pen that is never lifted from the page, but reinforces the intent to spatially weave together the indoors with the outside as a single space. Scale manipulation also plays a formal role in the design of the structure. From the rear, the house appears to be a single-story volume. The large master bedroom window and the outdoor steps are scaled to support this illusion. It is only when the steps are animated with people that one realizes the true scale of the house is two stories. The kitchen is the heart of the house, with an open working area that allows the owner, an accomplished chef, to converse with friends while cooking. Bedrooms are intentionally designed to be very small and simple; allowing for larger public spaces, emphasizing the family over individual domains. The breakfast room looks across an outdoor courtyard to the guest room/kids playroom, establishing a visual connection while defining the separation of uses. The children can play outdoors while under adult supervision from the dining area or the office, or do homework in the office while adults occupy the adjacent outdoor or indoor space. Many of the materials used, including the bamboo interior, composite stone and tile countertops and bathroom finishes are recycled, and reinforce the environmental DNA of the house, which also has a green roof. Blown-in cellulose insulation, radiant heating and a host of other sustainable features aids in the performance of the building’s heating and cooling. The active systems in the home include a 12 KW solar photovoltaic panel system, the largest such residential system available on the market. The solar panels also provide shade from the sun, preventing the house from becoming overheated. The owners have been in the home for over nine months and have yet to receive a power bill.

Amber Frederiksen
マイアミにあるビーチスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

ミネアポリスにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (ビニールサイディング) の写真

ジーロングにある高級なコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (コンクリート繊維板サイディング) の写真

Craftsman renovation and extension
ロサンゼルスにある高級な中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (ウッドシングル張り) の写真

Arlington Cape Cod completely gutted, renovated, and added on to.
ワシントンD.C.にある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、混合材屋根、縦張り) の写真

ボルチモアにあるラグジュアリーなビーチスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

シアトルにある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな切妻屋根の家 (混合材サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁、デュープレックス) の写真

アトランタにあるトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Black vinyl board and batten style siding was installed around the entire exterior, accented with cedar wood tones on the garage door, dormer window, and the posts on the front porch. The dark, modern look was continued with the use of black soffit, fascia, windows, and stone.

ロサンゼルスにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁) の写真

ポートランドにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (ビニールサイディング) の写真

This gem of a house was built in the 1950s, when its neighborhood undoubtedly felt remote. The university footprint has expanded in the 70 years since, however, and today this home sits on prime real estate—easy biking and reasonable walking distance to campus. When it went up for sale in 2017, it was largely unaltered. Our clients purchased it to renovate and resell, and while we all knew we'd need to add square footage to make it profitable, we also wanted to respect the neighborhood and the house’s own history. Swedes have a word that means “just the right amount”: lagom. It is a guiding philosophy for us at SYH, and especially applied in this renovation. Part of the soul of this house was about living in just the right amount of space. Super sizing wasn’t a thing in 1950s America. So, the solution emerged: keep the original rectangle, but add an L off the back. With no owner to design with and for, SYH created a layout to appeal to the masses. All public spaces are the back of the home--the new addition that extends into the property’s expansive backyard. A den and four smallish bedrooms are atypically located in the front of the house, in the original 1500 square feet. Lagom is behind that choice: conserve space in the rooms where you spend most of your time with your eyes shut. Put money and square footage toward the spaces in which you mostly have your eyes open. In the studio, we started calling this project the Mullet Ranch—business up front, party in the back. The front has a sleek but quiet effect, mimicking its original low-profile architecture street-side. It’s very Hoosier of us to keep appearances modest, we think. But get around to the back, and surprise! lofted ceilings and walls of windows. Gorgeous.

This tile mural is framed by decorative painting; weatherproof art for this exterior courtyard.
他の地域にあるサンタフェスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング) の写真

Carbon Beach Terrace Located in Malibu, California Designed by Architect, Douglas W. Burdge of Burdge & Associates Architects Interior Design: Kirkor Suri Built by Robb Daniels of FHB Hearthstone Photographed by: MK Sadler

シアトルにある中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、マルチカラーの外壁) の写真

他の地域にあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング) の写真