good god, i must be going back to l.a. soon or something _ lot's of posts for los angeles lately. i'm so torn - la, nyc, la, nyc, toronto, la, nyc, montreal?, ooh, miami. then there is the rest of the world _ goodness, if i could travel the places we could go. so if you are in the city of angels, check out this hollywood hills modern beauty. it just floats, so gracefully like there is no science to it, like it was meant to be, enveloped in it's surroundings. letting the outside in from every side, profound and proud _ owning it's hillside......or:
'california hillside typology reinterpreted by dramatic opening on all sides to surroundings:
a narrow and sharply sloping site led to the creation of a house both integrated with the topography and open to city views below. retaining walls double function to extend the first floor living area into the hillside and to form garden terraces on two levels. ten and twenty meter steel spans allow for unrestricted access to the surroundings and frame uninterrupted views over los angeles. deep overhangs provide solar protection for double glazed walls that slide away to create continuous open spaces from interior to exterior, transforming the local hillside typology by allowing the house to be formed by the topography and opening directly to it in every direction.'
'california hillside typology reinterpreted by dramatic opening on all sides to surroundings:
a narrow and sharply sloping site led to the creation of a house both integrated with the topography and open to city views below. retaining walls double function to extend the first floor living area into the hillside and to form garden terraces on two levels. ten and twenty meter steel spans allow for unrestricted access to the surroundings and frame uninterrupted views over los angeles. deep overhangs provide solar protection for double glazed walls that slide away to create continuous open spaces from interior to exterior, transforming the local hillside typology by allowing the house to be formed by the topography and opening directly to it in every direction.'
when do we start packing? to move in, for good? you can be my neighbour, won't ya be? ;).
oh yeah this extraordinary bit of architecture was designed by xten architecture _ distinctive, modern, contemporary. stay tuned for more on them shortly - they rock it.