Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Owyang House: The ground floor level, shown in part here, includes ‘public’ spaces – kitchen, family, dining and living spaces .
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Tim Griffith
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
Swatt Miers Architects
Owyang House: Walls of glass connect the interior spaces to the beautiful new gardens.
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Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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The primary suite is located on the ground floor level. The upper level includes an office and guest bedrooms in two wings connected by a floating bridge with north-facing clerestory windows above.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
Swatt Miers Architects
Owyang House: Finishes, furnishings and equipment (FF&E) sources include Blomberg Windows, Bulthaup Kitchen, Gaggenau Appliances, B&B Italia, Poliform, Cassina and Minotti. Casework is by Porro and by Rimadesio. The Antonio Lupi lacquer vanity features an Antonio Lupi Breccia integrated washbasin in Flumood.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
Swatt Miers Architects
Owyang House: The project team for this 6,000 SF residence included Swatt Miers Architects, Denis Matson (Contractor), Thuilot Associates (Landscape), Provest Structural Engineering and Kim Cladas (Lighting Designer).
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Tim Griffith
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Owyang House: Accessed through new and carefully choreographed landscape paths and gardens, and relaxing outdoor areas, the new interior spaces feature an abundance of natural light.
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Tim Griffith
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: The site for this new 10,800 square foot home is a prized 2.3 acre level parcel, bordered by a year-round creek The plan is a simple “H” shape with an entry courtyard on the north side and a large covered lanai on the south side.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: A key design strategy involved re-using the footprint of a pre-existing home as the basis for the new design – in order to preserve the beautiful mature landscaping that surrounds the home on all sides. The result is a new home with a timeless quality, perfectly knitted to its beautiful site.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: Materials are warm and natural, including Western Red Cedar for siding, some interior walls and ceilings, and Travertine walls, flooring and terraces. Windows and doors were custom made from Douglas Fir, stained to match the cedar siding.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: Located in the center of the "H" shape, this grand two-story great room opens directly to the kitchen and family areas on the east side of the “H” and the home office and guest suite on the opposite side. Both wings are connected by a beautiful bridge that overlooks the great room.
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Russell Abraham
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Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: The expansive windows were sourced from Quantum Windows & Doors.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: The master suite (shown here) is located on the second floor, above the home office and guest suite, while the children’s wing is above the kitchen and family room.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: The master bath casework was by Rivendell. Henrybuilt was sourced for the closet system shown and the kitchen (not shown), which also features appliances from Gaggenau and Miele.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: Furniture was sourced from Minotti, Poliform, HR, DWR and BluDot. Wall coverings were sourced from Minted Wallpaper and Livette's Wallpaper,
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
Swatt Miers Architects
Happy Valley Residence: The viewing area for the pool is made from Cedar siding, Thermory decking and stucco painted with Benjamin Moore Aura Exterior 301 Glen Ridge Gold Low Lustre. In the distance, a children's play structure - made of logs, and designed jointly by the client, Swatt Miers Architects, the landscape architect and the landscape subcontractor - makes an artistic statement.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Happy Valley Residence: The project team included Swatt Miers Architects, W.B. Elmer & Co. (Contractor), Huettl Landscape Architecture, Yu Structural Engineering and Monterey Energy Group (Mechanical Engineering).
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Drury Court Residence: Architectural forms are sculpted into the hillside of the uniquely sited two-acre property high in the Oakland/Berkeley Hills. From its quiet, two-story eastern entrance facade and entry court, the residence unfolds into a bolder, three-story, sun-shaded western elevation, as the site slopes sharply to the west, offering stunning bay views, while abutting a regional park on the north and west side.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Drury Court Residence: The design enables all three levels to be accessed from existing grade, as the structure terraces down the hillside. All the trees on the site were preserved, and several wonderful Oak trees were integrated into the design—one of which becomes part of the upper-level bedroom balcony.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Drury Court Residence: A series of two- and three-story board-formed concrete core walls and columns were established to support 3 clear-span floor plates stepping down the hillside. These concrete elements have been scaled to achieve a harmonic counterpoint to the towering, mature Redwood grove bordering the property's southern edge.
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Russell Abraham
Swatt Miers Architects Serves Up California Cool with a Warm Modern Twist
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Drury Court Residence: The kitchen features Calcatta Macchia Vecchia Polished stone from DaVinci Marble and stained German Oak wood floor with Trail/Spessart Oak wood casework veneers from Poliform. The appliances from Gaggenau, Miele, Subzero and Wolf and the range is La Cornue.
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Russell Abraham
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