Feldman Architecture creates hilltop house in California wine country

US studio Feldman Structure has created a Sonoma County dwelling referred to as The Phoenix, which replaces a fire-destroyed house and options out of doors areas for “calm moments of immersion” within the panorama.

Located atop a ridge within the small city of Healdsburg, the vacation home is afforded sweeping vistas of the area, together with Mount Saint Helena within the distance.

The picturesque views served as the start line for the brand new retreat, which consists of a fundamental dwelling and a guesthouse/pool home.

Designed for a “forward-thinking household” that prioritises being in nature, the home replaces an older dwelling destroyed in 2017 by a hearth possible brought on by an previous electrical system.

“Our purchasers have been keen to begin recent and enhance upon the shortcomings of the unique construction,” mentioned Feldman Structure, a San Francisco studio.

The group conceived a collection of elongated, stacked bars which might be positioned round out of doors areas.

The outside partitions are a mixture of light-toned fibre-cement panels and enormous expanses of glass. Inexperienced roofs assist combine the home into the pure panorama.

Inside there are brilliant rooms with earthy finishes and subdued colors. Vancouver-based Gaile Guevara Studio served as the inside designer.

The bottom degree encompasses the general public areas, together with an open kitchen and front room with sliding doorways and customized casework with a white oak veneer.

Hanging within the communal house, a swarm-like lighting sculpture by Studio Drift provides “a way of lighthearted motion” to the streamlined decor.

Upstairs are the non-public areas – a main bed room suite on one facet and two extra bedrooms on the opposite. The central portion holds a den, flanked by terraces.

The home has various open-air dwelling areas, every with a barely totally different perform and relationship to the location. The out of doors areas permit for internet hosting and entertaining, together with “calm moments of immersion within the surrounding panorama,” the group mentioned.

Within the rear, the home opens towards a slender terrace and an infinity pool. The swimming pool was previously positioned in a special a part of the property.

“The unique structure located the pool considerably downslope of the home, leading to a disconnect between indoor and out of doors dwelling areas,” the group mentioned.

Feldman Structure expands house in northern California’s wine area

“As a result of complexities of the steep web site, our design group confronted the difficult process of relocating the pool to enhance its relationship with each the house and the pool home.”

Located between the primary dwelling and guesthouse is a patio for eating and lounging. An overhead trellis permits for shade ranges to be adjusted – an necessary characteristic given the area’s scorching summer season days.

Adjoining to the shaded patio is a gravel space with an outside kitchen, full with a wood-fired pizza oven. Simply past is a backyard with raised vegetable beds, “encouraging a real farm-to-table life-style”.

“The brand new house sits surrounded by olive and fruit orchards, maximising all of the sprawling web site has to supply,” the group mentioned.

“The Phoenix is a contemporary house that intimately connects its occupants to the dramatic panorama.”

Different California initiatives by Feldman Structure embrace a renovated Seventies coastal house with picket surfaces and brightly lit rooms, and a residence overlooking Silicon Valley that’s designed to be a “house of serenity”.

The pictures is by Ema Peter.