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Casa 2I4E - P+0 arquitectura

The drafty windows on the south facade all had to go. “That alone cost more than my previous house,” says Simon. “The heritage people wanted the glass to have the same shine and coloration.”

The challenge of renovating an iconic midcentury house is surely a daunting one for any architect, but apply this formula to a Richard Neutra house, and the responsibility rises exponentially. This was the situation for Los Angeles–based architect Peter Grueneisen, founder and principal of Los Angeles–based Nonzero Architecture, who inherited the task of taking on significant updates to an already-altered Neutra—the 1949 Freedman House in Pacific Palisades, California.

Casa Gaz stands out from its neighbors with its facade clad in vertical timber.

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Architect Peter Anderson explains that “the floating nature of the design would not have been possible with conventional onsite framing techniques, nor any of the currently marketed modular home designs.” Using a heavy structural steel frame, engineered wood spline beam system, and structural insulated panels, the architects created a truly unique hybrid structural system and, in the end, a home.

He worked around existing oak and eucalyptus trees for the new building, and retained the vernacular of an original barn, at right, where Frankel hosts concerts. Check out MVRDV's Balancing Barn.

A 24-by24-foot Cor-ten-clad pavilion tops the three-story addition.

The Triangle House, 2006.

The Triangle House was completed in 2006, and its natural materials and geometric form equally embrace the surrounding forests and ocean.

Upstairs, tenants and friends gather outside sculptor Chris Puzio’s apartment.

Johnsen oriented the building vertically to minimize the amount of grading and landscaping necessary for construction.

Making use of the hilltop location, each window was planned to frame interesting vistas or to find the best sight lines around adjoining buildings.

The screened-in porch.

A side view of the house and of Salmela’s signature architectural feature: the “unchimney.” All windows are from Loewen.