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Pacific Modern
Coastal modernism. Cool blues, redwood accents, generous white.
house-tour
Tern Point House: A Walk Through
A walk through a family house on a windy point: the plan room by room, the materials palette, and the choices that make it feel calm in all weathers.
fog
Designing With Fog
Fog is not a flaw in the site. It softens the light, quiets the view and changes the colour of everything. How to design a house that is better for it.
structure
Notes on a Cantilevered House
A house that reaches out over a bluff looks effortless. The weight, the counterbalance and the arguments with the engineer that make a ten-foot overhang stay up.
materials
Redwood and Salt Air
Timber on the coast does not stay the colour you chose. What salt, wind and sun do to redwood siding over ten years, and how we design so that change is welcome.