09 / 12
2016
Shou Sugi Ban House was extended by Schwartz and Architecture for an existing modern house located high above Silicon Valley, was inspired by dominant images and textures from the site: boulders, bark, and leaves.
Architect: Schwartz and Architecture
Location: Los Gatos, CA, USA
Completed: 2015
Project's description: Enlarging an existing home that has an already strong and complete architectural character can be challenging. 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. 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.
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Shou Sugi Ban House by Schwartz and Architecture
09 / 12 / 2016 Shou Sugi Ban House was extended an existing modern house located high above Silicon Valley, was inspired by dominant images and textures from the site...
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