An extended deck was another customization, as well as a pivoting door system.
Trails lead around a pond on the south side of the home.
When it rains, water spilling off the roofs creates reflecting pools.
When it rains, the water is captured from the rooftops, stored in tanks, and expressed as reflecting pools in the courtyard.
<span style="font-family: Theinhardt, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">"Rainwater is the driving the form of the building,
“The living room ceiling brought the whole project together,” designer Ben Warwas explains. “It was a win-win because we also got a whole new facade in the back.”
A covered lounge area at the back of the garden—complete with fire—offers an all-weather space to enjoy being outside.
The tree in the central courtyard rises up through the center of the home, with its top branches visible from the first floor to create a vertical connection through the spaces that echoes the dynamic stairs.
The volume of the first floor overhangs the entrance by three meters, covering the semi-public garden. “The overhead volume makes you feel quite small,” says Eduardo Ugalde from All Arquitectura. “Then, when you open the door and turn to the right, you discover a large open space.”
A new deck made of garapa, a sustainable, rot-resistant tropical wood, has a woodburning hot tub from Goodland.
The shingle-like wood pieces,
The gap between the back wall of the pavilion and the roof is perfectly sized to capture winter sun and summer shade.
"Living in your own native Oak grove feels like living in a natural park, and yet the property is conveniently just minutes to downtown Malibu,