The Atherton House is a family compound for a professional couple in the tech industry, and their two teenage children. After living in Singapore, then Hong Kong, and building homes there, they looked forward to continuing their search for a new place to start a life and set down roots. The site is located on Atherton Avenue on a flat, 1 acre lot. The neighboring lots are of a similar size, and are filled with mature planting and gardens. The brief on this site was to create a house that would comfortably accommodate the busy lives of each of the family members, as well as provide opportunities for wonder and awe. Views on the site are internal. Our goal was to create an indoor- outdoor home that embraced the benign California climate. The building was conceived as a classic “H” plan with two wings attached by a double height entertaining space. The “H” shape allows for alcoves of the yard to be embraced by the mass of the building, creating different types of exterior space. The two wings of the home provide some sense of enclosure and privacy along the side property lines. The south wing contains three bedroom suites at the second level, as well as laundry. At the first level there is a guest suite facing east, powder room and a Library facing west. The north wing is entirely given over to the Primary suite at the top level, including the main bedroom, dressing and bathroom. The bedroom opens out to a roof terrace to the west, overlooking a pool and courtyard below. At the ground floor, the north wing contains the family room, kitchen and dining room. The family room and dining room each have pocketing sliding glass doors that dissolve the boundary between inside and outside. Connecting the wings is a double high living space meant to be comfortable, delightful and awe-inspiring. A custom fabricated two story circular stair of steel and glass connects the upper level to the main level, and down to the basement “lounge” below. An acrylic and steel bridge begins near one end of the stair landing and flies 40 feet to the children’s bedroom wing. People going about their day moving through the stair and bridge become both observed and observer. The front (EAST) wall is the all important receiving place for guests and family alike. There the interplay between yin and yang, weathering steel and the mature olive tree, empower the entrance. Most other materials are white and pure. The mechanical systems are efficiently combined hydronic heating and cooling, with no forced air required.

The bookcases and mantle are painted white. Fireplace surround is engineered stone, the bookcases have a painted wood top.
他の地域にある高級な中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、セラミックタイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、グレーの床) の写真

Brantley Photography
マイアミにあるお手頃価格の広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、テレビなし、グレーの床、セラミックタイルの床、横長型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

Angie Kruger
ゴールドコーストにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなビーチスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、グレーの床) の写真

中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな応接間 (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、白い床、石材の暖炉まわり) の写真

Cedar Cove Modern benefits from its integration into the landscape. The house is set back from Lake Webster to preserve an existing stand of broadleaf trees that filter the low western sun that sets over the lake. Its split-level design follows the gentle grade of the surrounding slope. The L-shape of the house forms a protected garden entryway in the area of the house facing away from the lake while a two-story stone wall marks the entry and continues through the width of the house, leading the eye to a rear terrace. This terrace has a spectacular view aided by the structure’s smart positioning in relationship to Lake Webster. The interior spaces are also organized to prioritize views of the lake. The living room looks out over the stone terrace at the rear of the house. The bisecting stone wall forms the fireplace in the living room and visually separates the two-story bedroom wing from the active spaces of the house. The screen porch, a staple of our modern house designs, flanks the terrace. Viewed from the lake, the house accentuates the contours of the land, while the clerestory window above the living room emits a soft glow through the canopy of preserved trees.

Interior design by Vikki Leftwich, furniture from Villa Vici
ニューオリンズにあるラグジュアリーな中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、白い床) の写真

土間玄関に面する板の間、家族玄関と2階への階段が見えます。土間には小さなテーブルセットを置いて来客に対応したり、冬は薪ストーブでの料理をしながら土間で食事したりできます。
他の地域にある小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、塗装フローリング、薪ストーブ、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、グレーの床、表し梁、茶色いソファ、白い天井) の写真

コーンウォールにある中くらいなシャビーシック調のおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、白い床) の写真

お手頃価格の中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ライブラリー、白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、据え置き型テレビ、白い床) の写真

マイアミにある広いトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (セラミックタイルの床、石材の暖炉まわり、グレーの床、三角天井、板張り壁) の写真

Graham Holland
ロンドンにある中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなLDK (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、テレビなし、白い床) の写真

フェニックスにある広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (ベージュの壁、セラミックタイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、壁掛け型テレビ、グレーの床) の写真

Modern living room with dual facing sofa...Enjoy a book in front of a fireplace or watch your favorite movie and feel like you have two "special places" in one room. Perfect also for entertaining.

Contemporary interior architecture can be assessed in terms of its own aesthetics. The new technology and finishes puts all of us on our mettle to find ultimate expression of function and beauty.

パリにある高級な広いトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (白い壁、塗装フローリング、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、白い床) の写真

18' tall living room with coffered ceiling and fireplace
他の地域にあるラグジュアリーな巨大なモダンスタイルのおしゃれなリビング (グレーの壁、セラミックタイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、グレーの床、格子天井、パネル壁) の写真

Photo credit: Greg Grupenhof; Whole-house renovation to existing Indian Hill home. Prior to the renovation, the Scaninavian-modern interiors felt cold and cavernous. In order to make this home work for a family, we brought the spaces down to a more livable scale and used natural materials like wood and stone to make the home warm and welcoming.

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リビング (標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、セラミックタイルの床、白い床) の写真