Orinda Residence

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

Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence

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.

Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence

The home will serve as both an entertaining space and a peaceful retreat for many years to come.


Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence
Orinda Residence