The home’s HenryBuilt kitchen is a focal point. The yellow hues of its cabinetry are softened by white oak finishes on the floors and the kitchen island.
The home’s HenryBuilt kitchen is a focal point. The yellow hues of its cabinetry are softened by white oak finishes on the floors and the kitchen island.
House O, designed by Jun Igarashi, forgoes hallways and interior doors in favor of casually interconnected rooms.
House O, designed by Jun Igarashi, forgoes hallways and interior doors in favor of casually interconnected rooms.
The Coles and their children love hitting the beach, just four blocks away.
The Coles and their children love hitting the beach, just four blocks away.
A sitting area in the front yard encourages neighbors to stop by for a chat.
A sitting area in the front yard encourages neighbors to stop by for a chat.
The master bedroom enjoys ocean views, with plantings providing a sense of lushness and a touch of privacy screening.
The master bedroom enjoys ocean views, with plantings providing a sense of lushness and a touch of privacy screening.
The staircase steps straight through the facade’s metal grid, establishing a connection between the home’s interior and exterior.
The staircase steps straight through the facade’s metal grid, establishing a connection between the home’s interior and exterior.
Sleeping nooks that look like the grooves in a block of cheese.
Sleeping nooks that look like the grooves in a block of cheese.
A passage between the walls for hide and seek.
A passage between the walls for hide and seek.
The exterior of Site Shack is covered in steel panels that are bolted to the framing. Look closely and you won’t see any visible fasteners, as Powers Construction’s welder was fastidious, creating a seamless shell with just steel and glass.
The exterior of Site Shack is covered in steel panels that are bolted to the framing. Look closely and you won’t see any visible fasteners, as Powers Construction’s welder was fastidious, creating a seamless shell with just steel and glass.
The addition’s two stories of cedar-framed sliding doors and window provide generous views of the house’s prized jacaranda tree. The addition’s polished concrete floor and white cladding extend into the garden, drawing occupants to the serene rear porch. There, they can relax on stools designed by Alvar Aalto and Charles Wilson while admiring the luscious greenery.
The addition’s two stories of cedar-framed sliding doors and window provide generous views of the house’s prized jacaranda tree. The addition’s polished concrete floor and white cladding extend into the garden, drawing occupants to the serene rear porch. There, they can relax on stools designed by Alvar Aalto and Charles Wilson while admiring the luscious greenery.
The interior is kept clean and pure, making it easy for the owner to live in, and creating a contrast with the "rough and shaggy
The interior is kept clean and pure, making it easy for the owner to live in, and creating a contrast with the "rough and shaggy
Situated on a sloped-site, each renovated space provides a unique perspective and vista to the dramatic natural surroundings. The office, with its stark modern furnishings and subtle artwork, allows the large window to serve as perhaps the most dramatic, singular frame to the foliage beyond.
Situated on a sloped-site, each renovated space provides a unique perspective and vista to the dramatic natural surroundings. The office, with its stark modern furnishings and subtle artwork, allows the large window to serve as perhaps the most dramatic, singular frame to the foliage beyond.

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