Boasting an urban location with the convenience of nearby shops and restaurants, the home is nestled into a lively and walkable community—and just a few blocks away, the soft, sandy shores of the expansive Pacific coastline.
Project name
Santa Monica Modern
Architecture firm
Walker Warner Architects
Location
Santa Monica, California, USA
Photography
Matthew Millman
Design team
Principal - Greg Warner. Senior Project Manager - Clark Sather. Architectural Staff - Sara Hidano-Cardinelli
Collaborators
O’Connor & Associates Art Advisors
Interior design
Stone Interiors
Landscape
Fiore Landscape Design
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
One of major design requests the client required was a home with lots of natural light. Achievable on the exterior façade, we also wanted to light the center portion of the house. A linear split (continuous linear skylight) was introduced down the buildings length to allow for natural light to seep into the center of the house.
Project name
Santa Monica Residence
Architecture firm
(fer) Studio – 1159 East Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood Ca 90302 310-672-4749 www.ferstudio.com [ Mercier Architects Inc., (fer) studio dba]
Location
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Principal architect
Founder/President: Christopher L. Mercier
Design team
Project Architect: Justin Williams & Matt Mojica. Team: Richard Soils, Elieen Tang
Interior design
Vinh Diep - www.diepinc.com , 525 North Sycamore Avenue, Unit 320
Civil engineer
OBANDO AND ASOCIATES, INC - http://www.obandoandassociates.com/ , 4640 Admiralty Way Suite 500, Marina Del Rey Ca 90282
Structural engineer
JOHN LABIB + ASSOCIATES - www.labibse.com , 209 E. El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, Ca 90245
Environmental & MEP
Design Build by General Contractor
Landscape
[PLACE] http://plac-e.com/, 324 Sunset Avenue Suite E, Venice, California, 90291
Visualization
(fer) Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Kibo Group, Inc - http://kibo.com , 256 26th St Ste 201, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Material
Wood Framing & Steel structure with concrete foundations. Façade – Veneer Face Brick, Smooth Stucco, Metal siding facia Panels, black stained Cedar siding. Interiors – Exposed painted Steel structure, painted gypsum board, walnut doors, frames and base boards, porcelain tile (1st floor) and ¾” walnut plank flooring (2nd floor)
Typology
Residential › Single Family House
An urban landscape inside a former airplane parts storage warehouse accommodates an eclectic series of uses for a Los Angeles area private school, while at the same time providing an inspirational series of intervening spaces to enrich the student experience.
Project name
Crossroads Arts and Athletics Facilities
Architecture firm
LOC Architects
Location
Santa Monica, California, USA
Principal architect
Poonam Sharma
Design team
Ali Jeevanjee, Tessa Forde
Structural engineer
Miyamoto International
Tools used
Revit, Enscape 3D
Construction
Douglass Design Build
Material
Concrete, marine plywood, polycarbonate
Client
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences
Typology
Educational › Warehouse Conversion
The new home increases in size and maintains scale by going vertical to seamlessly blend in with neighboring historic and eclectic homes. Montalba Architects completed construction on Founding Principal David Montalba’s personal residence thoughtfully designed around a vertical courtyard concept.
Project name
Vertical Courtyard House
Architecture firm
Montalba Architects
Location
Santa Monica, California, USA
Principal architect
David Montalba
Collaborators
M&M & Co. (Surveyor), Grover Hollingsworth and Associates (Soil)
Civil engineer
Wynn Engineering
Structural engineer
The Office of Gordon Polon
Environmental & MEP
PBS Engineers
Landscape
Elysian Landscapes
Lighting
Sean O’Connor Lighting
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Situated on a promontory jutting into the canyon below the hillside retreat boasts multiple vistas of the surrounding canyon and the Pacific Ocean beyond. However, local restrictions allowed for a single story above street level. Responding to these conditions, much of the home’s massing is located on a lower-level that daylights onto the downslope...
Project name
Sapire Residence
Architecture firm
Abramson Architects
Location
Pacific Palisades, United States
Principal architect
David Pascu, David@abramsonarchitects.com
Interior design
Clements Design, Kathleen Clements, info@clementsdesign.com
Civil engineer
ohn M. Cruikshank Consultants, John M. Cruikshank, jcruikshank@jmc-2.com
Structural engineer
Sigma Design, Hovik Khanjian, sigmadsgn@aol.com
Environmental & MEP
California Energy Designs, Gabriel Gagnon, gabriel2@californiaenergydesigns.com, VRG, Glen Vaughn, gvaughn@vrginc.net
Landscape
Pamela Burton & Co, Robin Carmichael, rcarmichael@pamelaburtonco.com
Lighting
Esquared Lighting Design, Erin Erdman, erin@esquaredlighting.com
Construction
AJ Engineering, Andrew Jagoda, ajagoda@sbcglobal.net
Material
French manor oak flooring, white oak shiplap wall cladding, oil rubbed bronze wall panels, painted steel, pebble and stone
Typology
Residential › House
