“A Very Gay” Fritz Haeg House in Los Angeles Gets a Refresh But Keeps It Weird
A renovation by the home’s new owners meant maintaining its one-of-a-kind shape, turning a terrarium into a solarium, and keeping the urinal.
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At street level, the outline of Pete Galli and Stephanie Wolff’s Silver Lake, California, home is deceptively unassuming, just a single story of redwood siding under a gabled roof. The view from the backyard, however, paints a remarkably different picture, with three stories descending a precipitous hill. They appear to sit inside a box of white stucco with two enormous holes cut out. Inside, however, the rooms are an immersion in wildly unexpected colors, textures, and impeccable views.
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Janelle Zara
Janelle Zara is a freelance art, architecture, and design writer with a thorough understanding of the Internet.
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