Overlook Guest House / Schwartz and Architecture
Despite an extremely steep, almost undevelopable, wooded site, the Overlook Guest House strategically creates a new fully accessible indoor/outdoor dwelling unit that allows an aging family member to remain close by and at home.
© Matthew Millman
Architects: Schwartz and Architecture · Office Profile
Location: Los Gatos, CA, USA
Area: 775.0 ft2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Matthew Millman · Photographer Profile
Structural: iAssociates
Civil: MH Engineering
Civil Site Surveyor: LC Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering: Pacific Geotechnical Engineering
Landscape: Landfour
Mep: Soldata Energy Consulting
Lighting: Pritchard/Peck Lighting
© Matthew Millman
From the architect. Despite an extremely steep, almost undevelopable, wooded site, the Overlook Guest House strategically creates a new fully accessible indoor/outdoor dwelling unit that allows an aging family member to remain close by and at home.
© Matthew Millman
Designing a fully accessible new home for a mobility-impaired aging in-law on a steep and wooded hillside site requires a highly efficient and site sensitive footprint, already both hallmarks of good sustainable design.
Floor Plan
This 2-bedroom, 775 sq ft home employs a low-...
© Matthew Millman
Architects: Schwartz and Architecture · Office Profile
Location: Los Gatos, CA, USA
Area: 775.0 ft2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Matthew Millman · Photographer Profile
Structural: iAssociates
Civil: MH Engineering
Civil Site Surveyor: LC Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering: Pacific Geotechnical Engineering
Landscape: Landfour
Mep: Soldata Energy Consulting
Lighting: Pritchard/Peck Lighting
© Matthew Millman
From the architect. Despite an extremely steep, almost undevelopable, wooded site, the Overlook Guest House strategically creates a new fully accessible indoor/outdoor dwelling unit that allows an aging family member to remain close by and at home.
© Matthew Millman
Designing a fully accessible new home for a mobility-impaired aging in-law on a steep and wooded hillside site requires a highly efficient and site sensitive footprint, already both hallmarks of good sustainable design.
Floor Plan
This 2-bedroom, 775 sq ft home employs a low-...
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