ORINDA RESIDENCE
ARCHITECTS
Butler Armsden Architects
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Orinda, CA, United States
CATEGORY
Residential › Private House
When a couple approached Butler Armsden Architects with a vision for their recently purchased home in Orinda, the challenge lay in how to transform a late-70s building into the client’s vision for a modern nature retreat
Butler Armsden preserved the overall massing of the building, splitting the program into a main, public floor and a lower, more private floor, and worked to consolidate the clusters of windows on its facades into larger openings to frame the verdant surroundings.
Inside, the central tension was between creating a home whose spaces could be both large, for hosting guests, and small, for cozier, more intimate gatherings.
The home will serve as both an entertaining space and a peaceful retreat for many years to come.
