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Canyon Residence in Los Angeles
House, Workshop and Sculpture Studio Spaces, California, USA – design by Lehrer Architects
5 Sep 2016
Canyon Residence
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Design: Lehrer Architects
Canyon Residence or Net-Zero Villa

image: Michael B. Lehrer
Design Challenges:

The Owners? life passions heavily defined the building?s program and design. The wife?s love of gardening and her background as a landscape contractor provided the parameters for the new building?s integration with the new site conditions, and her connection to the existing landscape demanded the protection of several of the existing trees. The husband?s passions for stone sculpting and innovative technologies drove the requirements for his personal Workshop and Sculpture Studio spaces, as well as the utilization of many of the newest innovations in contemporary home construction.
image: Benny Chan Fotoworks
Relevance:

Lehrer Architects conceived the Canyon Residence as a timeless and comfortably elegant agrarian villa in a distinctly Modern tradition. The end result is a veritable ?Encyclopedia of the Modern Villa? that blurs all boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces, is a seamless play of transparencies and solids, and de-materializes structural mass through abundant natural light and glass. Horizontal and vertical view slots are integrated throughout the house, as a...