SLEEPY HOLLOW, CA

The site is ten acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running through. The house bridges the ravine, spanning east to west as a singular 22’ wide two story rusted bar, measuring the landscape.

A stair leads up to the entry court. The living areas are the upper level and have continuous glass walls which look north to the spacious hills. The bedrooms below have glass walls that look south to an intimate theater in the landscape. The top bar is slipped to provide shade for the lower south facing one, and a deck on the north. Skylights balance the light above.

From above and below two opposite experiences of the landscape are focussed; broad and expansive from the upper level; defined and closed below.

Along the upper bridge are two open courts, one separating the garage and forming the entry, the other connecting the main house to the guesthouse and pool. A deck links these courts on the north, and connects to paths that lead into the landscape with walks up the hill.

Exterior walls are clad in corten steel plate; viewed from beyond, the rusty bar bridges the golden grass slopes.

The interior is a continuous white and light line. Service pods float in the bars of space. Full height sliding glass doors frame and open to the view and sound of the creek that animates the house.

The entire roof is a photovoltaic field that converts California sunshine into energy. Major materials are renewable and recyclable.

A blue pool branches off the bar and projects from the hill.

The site is ten acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running through. The house bridges the ravine, spanning east to west as a singular 22’ wide two story rusted bar, measuring the landscape.

A stair leads up to the entry court. The living areas are the upper level and have continuous glass walls which look north to the spacious hills. The bedrooms below have glass walls that look south to an intimate theater in the landscape. The top bar is slipped to provide shade for the lower south facing one, and a deck on the north. Skylights balance the light above.

From above and below two opposite experiences of the landscape are focussed; broad and expansive from the upper level; defined and closed below.

Along the upper bridge are two open courts, one separating the garage and forming the entry, the other connecting the main house to the guesthouse and pool. A deck links these courts on the north, and connects to paths that lead into the landscape with walks up the hill.

Exterior walls are clad in corten steel plate; viewed from beyond, the rusty bar bridges the golden grass slopes.

The interior is a continuous white and light line. Service pods float in the bars of space. Full height sliding glass doors frame and open to the view and sound of the creek that animates the house.

The entire roof is a photovoltaic field that converts California sunshine into energy. Major materials are renewable and recyclable.

A blue pool branches off the bar and projects from the hill.