Vista Residence

Vista Residence
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Vista Residence 

Anacapa

ARCHITECTS
Anacapa

ARCHITECT
Dan Weber | Anapaca

PROJECT MANAGER
Jose Sanchez

INTERIOR DESIGNER
Bailey Peace

INTERIOR, LANDSCAPE, LIGHTING DESIGNER
Bailey Peace Design

BUILDER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Richard Scibird

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ashley & Vance Engineering

CABINETRY
Armony

PHOTOGRAPHS
Erin Feinblatt

AREA
2500 ft²

LOCATION
Montecito, United States

CATEGORY
Residential Architecture, Houses, Residential

Located in the hills of Montecito, California, a 2,500-square-foot, 1970s residence and combination guesthouse/home office presented the design team with the challenge of achieving a bold program with a modest budget.

Vista Residence
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Vista Residence
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Collaborating with the client, the designers reworked the home to invest it with a unique residential character and bring it up to date.

Focused on orienting the design around the property’s surrounding environment, the home now frames dramatic views of the surrounding Santa Ynez mountains through expansive glass openings.

Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt
Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt

Strategically, the remodel maintained the home’s existing footprint and structure, yet completely reimagined the interior floor plan, focusing on creating gathering spaces inside and out.

A fire pit between two wings of the home encourages outdoor living. The material palette was redeveloped to highlight the natural tones and textures of the surrounding natural environment.

Vista Residence
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Vista Residence
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Existing board-and-batten T1-11 wood siding was replaced with new charred shou sugi ban cedar cladding.

Concrete floors flow from inside to outside, and together with new anodized aluminum-and-glass sliding doors, reinforce connections to the landscape.

"The shou sugi ban works really well with the native California landscape," notes architect Dan Weber. "The oak trees’ canopy is dark forest green.

Vista Residence
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Vista Residence
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Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt

" To maintain the minimalist aesthetic, a new standing-seam metal roof now caps the home.

Interior surfaces, including carpets, vinyl flooring, and wood cladding, were changed to concrete and smooth gypsum siding, brightening the interior and modernizing the home.

Luxury is conveyed through clean, modern lines, and a minimalist aesthetic. Dropped ceilings were removed, exposing the wooden ceiling structure which is now painted white to create more expansive spaces.

Vista Residence
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Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt

Several small bedrooms were combined to make one primary suite, while the bathroom suite was enlarged, and interior partition walls were removed to make one huge space.

Each piece of furniture was handled like a fine sculpture, and materials, including the stone used on the countertops, possess a certain dignity.

Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt


Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt
Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt
Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt
Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt
Vista Residence
© Erin Feinblatt