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Sunrise Garden Pavilion in Sonoma, CA
Aug 18, 2020
Sunrise Garden Pavilion
Design: Feldman Architecture
Location: Sonoma County, California, USA – north of San Francisco

Conceived as a garden pavilion complimenting an existing contemporary guest house, Sunrise Garden Pavilion was designed to respond to its rugged, remote, and beautiful surroundings. The clients, a newly retired couple, have used the property and guest house as a weekend retreat for years. Admirers of Feldman Architecture’s work, they were interested in collaborating with the firm to build a sleek, modern cabin in the hills above the Sonoma Wine Country.
Both husband and wife have a strong appetency for cultivating the land. She is an avid gardener, passionate about sustaining and growing her own production garden while he enjoys maintaining the property, and discovering, post-retirement, the relaxing qualities of the Healdsburg hills. At its core, the inspiration for the home was creating a space for the homeowners to enjoy both the beauty around them and the charms of honest living.

In order to preserve the elegant quality of the desired ?glass house?, the structure of the home is expressed on the exterior. Round steel columns stretch upwards across two stories to support the sunshade and thin corrugated metal roof; balancing modern lines with delicate panes of glass.

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