Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire.
Located in the hills just north of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, the house was designed for clients who had lost their prior home in the 2017 Tubbs Fire, which burned over 36,000 acres (14,569 hectares) and devastated the wine-making region.
Nielsen Schuh Architects wrapped the home in weathering steel
When the couple set out to rebuild, they picked a site near their prior home.
"Rather than rebuild on their original property, they found a neighbouring site, which was also burned, to help begin their lives anew," said local studio Nielsen Schuh Architects. The house was designed for clients who had lost their prior home in the 2017 Tubbs Fire
The new, 9.73-acre (3.9-hectare) property had formerly held a large, white-stucco house with a generous swimming pool, all of which had been decimated by the fire.
The building had rested atop a flat strip of land, overlooking the valley below.
House for a New Beginning overlooks the valley in the same spot as the old property
"This was the obvious place to build again, in order to minimise additional disturbance to the site and to take advantage of the relative privacy, distant views and the pool, which we planned to restore," the team said.
"We also saw an opportunity to build the new house in a way that was more in scale with the ...