A Californian residence, constructed into the panorama has one of the hanging fireplaces we have seen

Excessive up within the Los Altos Hills, this new California residence by WOJR gives far-reaching views of the San Francisco Bay. Constructed atop the foundations for a ‘Spanish type’ home, the completed design by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based architects, is something however conventional. Dubbed the Home of Horns, the 8,500 sq. foot residence is organized throughout two flooring however contains a myriad of interlocking areas, with architectural components that attain out into the panorama.

The storage courtyard adjoins steps main as much as the home

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The entrance path to the House of Horns — The doorway path to the Home of Horns

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Home of Horns may conjure up one thing akin to a ranch, however the horns in query are influenced by musical devices, not cattle. In line with the architects, the home was meant to be ‘an assemblage of devices tuned to seize the cycles of the day, and of the seasons – the altering gentle, the expansion, decay, and progress of the foggy Bay panorama.’

The view from the main living space on the first floor — The view from the principle residing house on the primary flooring

The sculptural fireplace in the heart of the House of Horns — The sculptural fire within the coronary heart of the Home of Horns

The decrease stage is ready deep into the hillside, because of substantial new excavations that give the construction the looks of a single storey home. This stage extends out into the panorama with three distinctive round chambers that provide viewpoints and framing gadgets for the world past, shaping each the panorama and the sky.

The pool courtyard — (Picture credit score: Nick Dearden)

These courtyard areas are countersunk into the slope of the backyard, marked out by swirling ribbons of railings. The courtyards create kinds which might be mirrored within the skylights and design components scattered all through the principle home. These vary from the elliptical roof vaults on the primary flooring, which curve upwards above the principal residing areas to scoop gentle from a collection of high-level home windows and roof-lights, to the dense physicality of sculptural stone components discovered all through the home.

The vaulted wooden ceiling at first floor level — The vaulted wood ceiling at first flooring stage

The primary flooring is crucial a big open plan residing and eating space, with variations within the house created by the various topography of the roof. From outdoors, this provides the home a definite roofline and fenestration. Right here you’ll additionally discover the principle entrance, with the residing space punctuated by massive home windows onto the newly landscaped backyard, bracketed by bedrooms.

On one facet, are two equivalent ensuites, with the first bed room on the different finish of the home, Along with a beneficiant closet, there’s additionally a palatial marble-lined toilet, with a considerable tub carved from a darkish seam of the stone.

The stone bath in the primary bathroom — The stone tub within the major toilet

Some of the bespoke cabinetry in the primary bedroom suite — A few of the bespoke cabinetry within the major bed room suite

Giant marble components are a key characteristic of the property, from the ovoid, menhir-like column within the floor flooring pool house, to the fireside that marks the centre level of the home. Carved from blocks of Danby marble from Vermont, the architects describe these components as ‘initiatives inside a challenge.’

The view out from the media room on the lower floor — The view out from the media room on the decrease flooring

The view from the ground floor office to the courtyard beyond — The view from the bottom flooring workplace to the courtyard past

Alongside the pool, the bottom flooring additionally homes a bed room and workplace that share an exterior round courtyard, in addition to utility areas and a media room. Bespoke furnishings was made for the challenge by Kylle Sebree Studio, with a kitchen equipped by Henrybuilt. Quarra Stone supplied the stone objects, with the lavatory terrazzo and stone supplied by Marvelous Marble Design.

The sculpted stone column in the pool room — The sculpted stone column within the pool room

Of explicit curiosity is the restoration of the encircling gardens. Working with horticultural Jeff Kunkel of Greenstar, the panorama has been meticulously returned to a wild state, albeit one which’s been rigorously curated to mix with the kinds and much of the home, the views from the home windows and the vegetation surrounding the courtyards. ‘like the home, the panorama has many layers… It acts with the home as an artificial complete, a exactly tuned instrument to expertise the world round,’ says the architects.