Article source: Martin Fenlon Architecture

This 1,480 sf. house has been built on a lot of only 2,400 sf. in an area known as Sunset Terrace in Laguna Beach, California. It is anchored to the site by a helical form that allows the surrounding space, seemingly compressed, to pass through it.

The house is comprised of a ground floor living level and garage with a bedroom level perched on top. After a lengthy variance process, an existing masonry garage was incorporated into the design when permission to reuse it was granted by the city. There are roof decks on the second level where it is set back at the front and rear yards in accordance with the zoning requirements.

Image Courtesy © John Linden

• Architects: Martin Fenlon Architecture
• Project: SUNSET TERRACE
• Location: Laguna Beach, California
• Photography: John Linden
• Structural Engineering: Martin Fenlon Architecture
• Area: 1,480 s.f.
• Project Year: 2014-2021

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Article source: EYRC Architects

Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac in a private southern California beach community, this house occupies a site with spectacular vistas of the Pacific Ocean. The compound is entered along a fifty-foot long sustainable-growth hardwood (ipe) wall.

The house is an expansive series of spaces underneath a giant floating horizontal plane which is supported on stone masses, wood walls, and slender steel columns.

Image Courtesy © Nico Marques

• Architects: EYRC Architects
• Project: Irvine Cove Residence
• Location: Laguna Beach, California
• Photography: Nico Marques

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