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Wood screens blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Wood screens blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor spaces.
This home's prefabricated components were all made in Marmol Radziner’s home-building factory near Los Angeles, and trucked over to the one-and-a-half-acre site.
This home's prefabricated components were all made in Marmol Radziner’s home-building factory near Los Angeles, and trucked over to the one-and-a-half-acre site.
New concrete stairs, interspersed with Ipe decking, visually connect with the house.
New concrete stairs, interspersed with Ipe decking, visually connect with the house.
The architects created an entry vestibule by reorienting the front door.
The architects created an entry vestibule by reorienting the front door.
A green roof and terrace are accessible from the top-floor kitchen.
A green roof and terrace are accessible from the top-floor kitchen.
For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”
For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”
The custom Casita 850 build at dusk.
The custom Casita 850 build at dusk.
A wooden pergola shades the entrance to the home.
A wooden pergola shades the entrance to the home.
A view of the outdoor walkway that connects the patio to the master bedroom. The exterior is clad in traditional stucco and tongue-and-groove vertical cedar siding.
A view of the outdoor walkway that connects the patio to the master bedroom. The exterior is clad in traditional stucco and tongue-and-groove vertical cedar siding.
The side patio, adjacent to the kitchen, offers additional outdoor living space with casual seating and an integrated concrete bench.
The side patio, adjacent to the kitchen, offers additional outdoor living space with casual seating and an integrated concrete bench.
Hood Cliff Retreat (Wittman Estes)
Hood Cliff Retreat (Wittman Estes)
Hood Cliff Retreat (Wittman Estes)
Hood Cliff Retreat (Wittman Estes)
Just off this kitchen is this gorgeous "edible garden" making garden-to-table dining a reality in your very own home.
Just off this kitchen is this gorgeous "edible garden" making garden-to-table dining a reality in your very own home.
Wall sconces and greenery add to the ambiance.
Wall sconces and greenery add to the ambiance.
The space is perfect for enjoying an indoor/outdoor lifestyle.
The space is perfect for enjoying an indoor/outdoor lifestyle.
A recent renovation updated the atrium with new concrete.
A recent renovation updated the atrium with new concrete.
Blue-painted cedar siding wraps around the 169-square-foot Backyard Reading Retreat. The smaller wooden shed hidden in the rear houses a prefab dry sauna.
Blue-painted cedar siding wraps around the 169-square-foot Backyard Reading Retreat. The smaller wooden shed hidden in the rear houses a prefab dry sauna.
The first thing landscape designer Laura Cooper asked Devis and Purdy was to recall childhood gardens and outdoor play. In that spirit, she designed their backyard, integrating the high ground with the low just outside the “kids’ wing.” The resulting series of outdoor rooms on this quarter-acre is full of memory and play.
The first thing landscape designer Laura Cooper asked Devis and Purdy was to recall childhood gardens and outdoor play. In that spirit, she designed their backyard, integrating the high ground with the low just outside the “kids’ wing.” The resulting series of outdoor rooms on this quarter-acre is full of memory and play.

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