Article source: Predock_Frane Architects

This project is located in the Palisades, a hilly region between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains within an existing 1950’s housing development. The project consists of two twin houses sited adjacent to each other on a steep slope above a seasonal watershed. In this project we were interested in exploring the intersection of two classic California building typologies; the courtyard house and the hillside house. This intersection was then further complicated by the overlay of two unsynchronized jurisdictional height envelope parameters that very explicitly controlled the volumetric limits of the structures.

Exterior View (Images Courtesy Jason Predock)

• ARCHITECT: Predock_Frane Architects
• NAME OF PROJECT: Akron Twin Residences
• LOCATION: Pacific Palisades, California
• SIZE: Approximately 4,900 SF (455 square meters)
• CLIENT: Richard Loring
• IMAGES: Jason Predock

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