Pub. 3 2015 Directory

29 architectural and landscape elements, woven together to reinforce one another. The architecture defines planes, setting hard edges that act as foils to the landscape elements. In turn, the plantings provide shade and frame views. The house is structured around these three outdoor rooms and is organized from public to private as one moves from the street towards the back of the property. The front yard, which would traditionally be given over in suburbia to landscape buffer, is turned into social space for casual dining with a fruit and herb garden. This street-side kitchen garden receives morning light and is defined by a low concrete and wood wall. An interior courtyard is carved out of the center of the wedge and is shaded by a metal trellis that hovers above as an airy enclosure. Large openings in the wall blur the distinction between indoors and out, seamlessly integrating the interior court with the living room and study. At the rear of the site is a sculpture garden and work yard, protected from the harsh afternoon sun by a casual bosque of olive trees.