Architect Gerhard Heusch has completed a subterranean extension for his own 15-year-old home that sits atop pilotis over a hillside in California.
The home office space is an addition聽to the architect's Oak Pass Residence in Beverly Hills, which was originally completed in 2006.
The architect has designed his own home office extension
"I now have the most serene office commute that I could have ever imagined," said Heusch,聽who was born in Germany and started his eponymous LA studio in 1991. Heusch's main dwelling is a single-storey bar, elevated above a sloped site by a series of thick, steel columns.
A pool and a terrace sit under the house
Below the house is a paved parking area and garden, along with a slender lap pool. The residence is surrounded by grasses and oak trees.
When Heusch purchased the property two decades ago, his aim was to create a house that respected and embraced its natural context.
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