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Ziering Residence

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
 

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ARCHITECTS
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AREA
9000 ft²

YEAR
2012

MANUFACTURERS
Hansgrohe, Western Window Systems, Boffi, Bulthaup, Delta Light, Duravit, Fsb Franz Schneider Brakel, Usa, William Shady

LOCATION
Los Angeles, United States

CATEGORY
Houses

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A curved sweep of living spaces and a projecting wing of bedrooms embrace a panorama of ocean and mountains.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
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Located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, this residence overlooks the Pacific Ocean and has a backdrop of the Santa Monica mountains.

A curved sweep of living spaces and a projecting wing of bedrooms embrace a panorama of these unique ocean and mountain views.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
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Strict viewshed restrictions for maintaining views for neighboring residences resulted in a low slung profile that never exceeds more than fifteen feet.

The front façade follows the arc of the street and is further accentuated by a gently rising roof line that anchors the house to the specificity of its site.

The street façade of the Ziering Residence is clad in 1x2 Ipe wood rain screen to offer a quiet, unobtrusive face to the neighborhood with strategic slot windows that give glimpses of what lies beyond.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
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The front door and pivoting wall panels transform this façade when opened, presenting views of the interior, the courtyard and the ocean beyond.

The courtyard side of the house is an exercise in transparency. Sliding glass panels open up the entire house to the outdoors.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
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Sliding glass panels open up the entire house to the outdoors.

An open floor plan with the living, dining, parlor and kitchen laid out along a curve with the master suite turning the corner creates a sense of intimacy within the relatively generous accommodations.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
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Finally, the lower level has the family room and kid’s bedrooms, which present a contrasting world of calm and solitude with a sunken courtyard extending the private domain to the exterior.

What appeared as a closed world opens to reveal a picture of contemporary Southern Californian domesticity.

Ziering Residence
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Ziering Residence
Street Level Plan
Ziering Residence
Lower / Upper Level plan


Ziering Residence
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