Details

The colored ventilation system interacts with sunlight and projects a spectacle of color, light, and shadow onto some of the interior's wood beams.

Cutouts in the shape and scale of olive tree branches on the site mark the pale green-painted metal siding of the tiny home.

A neat, timber-framed niche at the entrance allows occupants to take their shoes off and keep them in the mud room across the hallway before proceeding to the house’s main spaces.

The bedroom features built-in wardrobes.

The floor plan of No Footprint House outlines the two bedroom, two bathroom layout of the 1600 square foot home.

The sliding wall on the upper floor has a miniature doorway for Sacha the cat; the second opening contains his litter box.

Along the long hallway leading to the open lofted area, a large niche acts as a study/guest bedroom when a series of Hafele folding door panels reveal a desk that folds down into a modern Murphy bed.

Marvin demonstrates the cat ladder. The pendant is the Roly Roscoe light in textured black by Offdn.

During the top-down overhaul, the team created a floor-to-ceiling, modular, and adjustable birch-ply storage wall—perfect for displaying books, photos, and memorabilia.

Some of the stone on the facade was broken by hand for textural contrast and utility. "Rough cuts perpendicular to the building face cause incident shadows, hence cooling the face and creating an ever-changing rhythm of shadows and light," describe the architects.

An outdoor poolside shower and toilet.

Throughout, Erik and Bill repeated and “wrapped” materials, like the birch plywood near the front entrance, which extends from the bench to the coat rack.

Oak timber recessed ‘boxes’ are used as bookshelves, wine storage, and display cabinets.

A “hidden” door to the laundry room lies along the walnut wall on one side of the hallway.

INT2 architecture used a variety of different materials to delineate spaces throughout the apartment.

The renovation sacrificed some of the upstairs floor space to a create a mezzanine.

The kitchen is located just a step down from the living space.