Schwartz and Architecture

Shou Sugi Ban House

Shou Sugi Ban House

SHOU SUGI BAN HOUSE

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STATUS
Built

BUDGET
$1M - 5M

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Los Gatos, CA, United States

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Enlarging an existing home that has an already strong and complete architectural character can be challenging.

Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House

Here, we anchor the existing one-story home with a new two-story independent volume, using it both as punctuation mark and counterpoint to the existing composition.

This project, which also involved extensive remodeling of the existing modern residence located high above Silicon Valley, was inspired by dominant images and textures from the site: boulders, bark, and leaves.

Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House

We clad the addition in traditional Japanese Shou Sugi Ban burnt cedar siding both to anchor home with site and to create the visual weight necessary to anchor the existing exuberantly-roofed horizontal building.

The original home was a joint venture between Min | Day as Design Architect and Burks Toma Architects as Architect of Record and was substantially completed in 1999.

Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House

In 2005, Min | Day added the swimming pool and related outdoor spaces. Schwartz and Architecture began work on the addition and substantial remodel of the interior in 2009, completed in 2015.


Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House


Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House
Shou Sugi Ban House

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