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Make Yourself at Home

Design for Entertaining

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and Antonio Mingo make
dinner at their Chilean
mountain retreat designed
by Smiljan Radić.

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CONTENTS
features 50 58 66 76
Taking the It Takes a Repeat Friends and
Edge Off Neighborhood Performance Family
COVER PHOTO BY A tropical brutalist home An undaunted California Architect Smiljan Radić In British Columbia, an
Cristóbal Palma in São Paulo—with a couple go public to merges two designs artist, her husband, and
ABOVE stunning sunset view— advocate for their dream from the past into a bold their architect friend
Ras-a Studio makes makes space for art house, joined by scores retreat for the present build a lakeside residence
the most of a tight exhibitions and perfor- of supportive neighbors. on a Chilean mountain. for both entertaining
lot on a pedestrian- mances, as well as and quiet contemplation.
TEXT TEXT
only street in Hermosa for enjoying family life. Kelly Dawson Vanessa Bell TEXT
Beach, California.
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9 Editor’s Letter 21 Modern World 36 Smart 46 Focus

12 Community For our annual look at what's Air pollution is closer to home A house in the Catskills
new in kitchen and bath design, than you think—we look at has deftly placed windows
we gathered the best recently next-generation air purifiers that control natural light
released products for the meant to keep your house healthy. while maximizing views.
most frequently renovated rooms TEXT BY Jennifer Pattison Tuohy TEXT BY Julie Lasky
in the home. We also asked ILLUSTRATION BY R. Fresson PHOTOS BY Montse Zamorano
the experts—from a multi-
Michelin-starred chef to Goop's 38 My House 86 Backstory
beauty director—for tips on A family rolls up their sleeves In Lima, Peru, an eccentric,
making the most of these spaces. to expand an existing house contemporary interpretation
98 Sourcing into a multigenerational home. of Tudor Revival style
See it? Want it? Need it? Buy it! 32 Conversation TEXT BY Tracy Metz rises in the midst
Rem Koolhaas turns a critical PHOTOS BY Anke Leunissen of a historic olive grove.
100 One Last Thing eye toward the countryside in a TEXT BY Sarah Amelar
Architect Peter Gluck explains new exhibition. 42 Renovation PHOTOS BY Cristóbal Palma
how a gondolier's oarlock TEXT BY William Hanley A designer turns a former
PHOTO: PIPPA DRUMMOND ( 21)

steers his vision of design. ILLUSTRATION BY Sam Kerr tire warehouse in San
Francisco into a home that
also serves as an art
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 editor’s letter

Happy New Year from Dwell. After the holidays, you might
be more interested in hibernating than in hosting company,
but forget ambitious menus for dozens of guests and Insta-
gram-breaking table settings for a moment. In this issue,
we’re celebrating a more casual kind of entertaining and
some of my favorite types of events: Tuesday dinners with
a few friends, cocktail parties for no reason, impromptu
barbecues, and spontaneous living room dance parties—in
short, occasions with no occasion and the convivial spaces
that make them special.
The homes in this issue throw their doors wide open. A
British Columbia vacation house (p. 76) with many hand-
made details sleeps up to 20 while still reserving private
spaces for its owners. A home in Hermosa Beach, Califor-
nia (p. 58), opens up to its pedestrian-only street and the
neighbors who fought for its construction. A renovation in
San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood (p. 42) doubles as an
art gallery. A house in São Paulo (p. 50) treats guests who
come to watch the sunset to evening dance performances.
Even a remote house in the Chilean mountains (p. 66) by
acclaimed designer Smiljan Radić can accommodate plen-
ty of guests—if they’re up for the trek to get there—under
its dramatic A-frame structure.
Our annual look at what’s new in kitchen and bath design
(Modern World, p. 21) also considers how to effortlessly
entertain. It’s the law of party gravity: Everyone eventually
converges in the kitchen. We asked no less an authority
than multi-Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn how
to host people around your counter. And London cocktail
impresario Ryan Chetiyawardana tells us how to mix up
something special without being tethered to the shaker all
night. Along the way, we round up some of our favorite new
appliances for your party-ready kitchen and the best bar-
ware to make sure the experience of the cocktail extends
beyond the spirits. On the bath side, Brooklyn designer
Delia Kenza tells us how to make the humble powder room—
whose moment to shine is generally during parties—into a
showpiece rather than an afterthought. And Jean Godfrey-
June, beauty director at Goop, gives us tips for setting up
your self-care space, whether you’re prepping for an eve-
ning out or winding down at the end of the night.
“A good amount of hosting is displaying a bit of your
own personality,” says Chetiyawardana. The same applies
to well-designed homes. They meet the day-to-day needs

Great and embody the values of their owners, but they also invite
guests to share—at least temporarily—in the ways of liv-
PHOTO: WESLEY MANN

ing that they frame. At a moment when technology makes it

Invitations easy to be isolated, one measure of a home’s success is how

well it creates a community.

William Hanley, Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

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you can’t live without?
We’re going to need a bigger drawer.
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Pizza slicer, which I use for cutting The giant paella

pan I bought after
My personal-size
blender. I use it for
My tiny silicone
spatula. I use it for so
my kids’ pancakes. It’s also spending two blending wheat grass many things.
weeks in Spain on and water every Margaret Haberfield
good for grilled cheese sandwiches. vacation. morning and for
Jess Sulli via Facebook @Caluck smoothies once or
twice a day.
My cocktail shaker.
Stirring is simply not
I pressured my Jeff Aldrich good enough.
A large silicone My Lee Valley Tools Definitely the stand husband into @Mrs.herbie
fork and mini whisk garlic mincer. Works mixer. Takes up a lot jettisoning our apple Foot-pedal faucet
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scrambled eggs. up like a dream! key for the holidays. never forgiven me. @Biancacamacbell the Cuisinart
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an antiques market one of my cabinets. my hands and knees heavy and a pain, but everything but total the Salton crepe-
in Paris outside Les It’s just two strips of and dig to the back damn if those aren’t essentials to the maker, which makes
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having an argu- fails me! Nancy Poehlman- week before digging Geneviève Lépine
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customer and told could easily make Didn’t miss the stand Am I allowed two?
me just to take it. Can’t lie, it’s the Cannot live without rice in a pot on mixer or the food A mandoline and
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Pockets of greenery (opposite, top) looks a linear motif in the

and outdoor space out over a balcony second-floor stairwell
add dimension to garden and city views. (opposite, bottom).
a two-family home in Herringbone floors The lap pool (opposite,
downtown Tel Aviv. and a board-formed right) glistens with
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“ We gave the architect a hard time by being ourselves,

by being very stubborn.” Roi Shachnay Chen, resident

When Zahi Wasserstein Ronen found way to the basement. Wollman created it
an entire small building for sale in down- by pushing two feet out from an interior
town Tel Aviv, he and his longtime friend wall—the result is natural light cascading
and former design school classmate Roi through each level like a waterfall.
Shachnay Chen jumped at the chance to “Yulie typically does large homes; it’s
purchase it. Their idea was to create a new, her forte,” says Zahi. “We didn’t have a
two-apartment home on the site for the lot of space, but she made our home feel
eight members of their families. “Building like a big villa.”
with or without friends is awful, but Together, the house comprises seven
it’s definitely easier with friends,” jokes Roi. bedrooms—one a safe room in the base-
After an 18-month build, a four-story ment, currently used by a nanny—open
home with open and airy living spaces living/dining/kitchen areas, and another
rose from the compact, 2,000-square-foot safe room in the upper apartment, used as
lot. Designer Yulie Wollman’s concept—a an office. Zahi’s family occupies the base-
sleek, industrial villa—unifies both homes ment and first levels, which include a lap
through materials and color. pool and Zen-inspired garden. Roi’s family
Board-formed concrete framed by lives on the next two floors, where they
matte-black steel makes up the bulk of the enjoy sweeping views of the city from their
structure, with vertical wood slats on the balcony, which also has a garden.
top floor’s street-facing facade adding a “As time goes on, we appreciate the
soft touch to the brutalist-inspired home. house more and more,” says Zahi. “I don’t
But the defining feature is a glass wall that want to call it a masterpiece, but for us,
stretches from a rooftop skylight all the it truly is one.”

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 Kitchen and Bath
Our annual overview of what’s new in kitchens and bathrooms
features the latest products for your home
and advice for making the most of your space.

Modern World
ILLUSTRATIONS BY | @AXELPFAENDER
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PHOTOS BY | @JAMIECHUNGSTUDIO
Jamie Chung

These new surfaces offer

a range of fresh looks for
your countertops. Clockwise
from top left: Primordia,
Caesarstone; Valley White
Polished, PentalQuartz;
Mayfair Luxury Series,
Cambria; Mar Del Plata
Slate Finish, Neolith; New
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K I T C H E N A N D B AT H

PHOTO: PIPPA DRUMMOND (PORTRAIT )

H OW TO: P OW E R U P YO U R P OW D E R RO O M
2
Interior designer Delia Kenza grew up in New York City
and now lives in the Brooklyn brownstone her aunt
once called home. It’s one of many townhouses she
has renovated across the city, and she is an expert
at revamping historic homes for contemporary living.
One of the trickiest—and tiniest—spaces to add or
update in these narrow buildings is the parlor floor
powder room. Here are her tips for elevating your own.

1. KEEP WHAT YOU CAN “Sometimes the first reaction people have
to old, narrow spaces is to gut the whole thing. There’s a time and
place for that, but I love mixing new and old, adding modern details,
furniture, and lighting to a space that still has its historic character.”
2. PUSH YOUR THRESHOLD “Another trick I often use is raising the
height of doorways. When you take them as high as you can to
a ceiling, it automatically freshens up the space. I’m also doing a lot
of doors that are almost flush with the wall. The idea is that, in a
very small space, you don’t really know where the door begins and
ends. The fact that it’s a very precise alteration comes through,
rather than it feeling radically new.”
3. BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS “I know some people hate recessed
lighting, but I think it can really modernize and cut down on fix-
tures in a small space. It’s minimal, but it should also be minimally
used. We don’t want a home that looks like a landing strip. For
my own powder room, we added a glass transom to bring in some
light overhead.”

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K I TC H E N A N D B AT H
G E O M E T RY L E S S O N

Matte black is already basic.

And rose gold’s shining moment is 4
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the angles (and the arcs).

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 30-INCH
K I T C H E N A N D B AT H

INDUCTION
COOKTOP
Fisher & Paykel
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cooktop extremely
accurate temperature
control, and
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H OW TO: CO O K FO R CO M PA N Y

Dominique Crenn is the first female chef in the United

States to receive three Michelin stars—earned by
her San Francisco restaurant Atelier Crenn, which she
opened in 2011. She went on to launch Petit Crenn,
a bistro focused on Breton cuisine, and Bar Crenn, a
1930s Paris–inspired salon. Needless to say, she knows
a thing or two about entertaining, and these are her
guidelines for cooking for guests.

1. MULTITASK SURFACES “I have a compact kitchen, with everything

up against the wall. Then I have a big counter that people can COMBINE BY
sit around while I prep. Also, my kitchen table is made of marble, PIERO LISSONI
Boffi
so I can do everything there. I can seat people there for dinner Our vision for the
or make pasta on it. It’s great.” island shown
2. KEEP IT SIMPLE “I don’t go crazy when I have guests. I try to do here was inspired
by Piero Lissoni’s
a menu that is very welcoming. I like to make vegetables and
modular system
seafood, and I love to do pasta. The other night I had people over, with a sliding coun-
and I just made a roast chicken the way my mother used to do ter for prepping
it—with roasted potatoes and a little salad on the side, and that’s it. and entertaining.
And a lot of wine.”
3. BE PREPARED “I always have something to munch on in the
house, like cheese. I also always have pasta and bread, as well
as paté or smoked salmon. I try not to spend 10 hours in the
kitchen when I cook at home. When you have people over, you’re
not there to impress. You’re there to welcome your friends. So
you should do the things that you know and love to cook. It’s not
how fancy the dinner is. It’s how delicious the dinner is going to be.”

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SEALING DRAWER
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Whether you’re
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refrigeration or

K I TC H E N A N D B AT H
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Thermador
Multiple tempera-
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your entire col-
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T H E E V E RY T H I N G I S L A N D

Our kitchen islands are

getting bigger—and it’s no surprise,
given how often they function
as a social center. As they expand,
they’re making room for appliances
once confined to cabinets and
walls. Here are a few of our favorite
new island-ready options.

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K I T C H E N A N D B AT H

PHOTO: MARK COCKSEDGE ( PORTRAIT)

H OW TO: R A I S E T H E BA R

Ryan Chetiyawardana has been the toast of London’s

cocktail scene since he opened his first bar, White Lyan,
in 2013. He has racked up accolades—including World’s
Best Bar for Dandelyan, recently reinvented as Lyaness—
that cite his inventive drinks, home-grown botanicals, and
spaces that generate little waste. His first U.S. offering,
Silver Lyan, opens in Washington, D.C., in January. We
asked him for the key to throwing a great cocktail party.

1. MAKE IT PERSONAL “It’s all about the mood of the party and what
you’re trying to bring to life. Who’s your audience? Think of the
direction you want to take them. That’s a big part of being a host.
Put forward things you’re really fond of. If you come back from
travels with a spice you’re really interested in, use that and put
your own spin on it.”
2. BUBBLES ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND “I like to have a cocktail base
topped with Champagne. It kind of varies with the season and
what I’m serving, but usually I’ll do a twist on a classic like a French
75. Nobody turns up at the same time, so have something bottled 3
and chilled in the fridge. Pour something into a glass, top it with
bubbles, and you have a drink.”
3. ATMOSPHERE IS EVERYTHING “The whole scenario is what you’re
controlling—the temperature, the glassware. A cocktail is greater
than the sum of its parts. I try to make it feel special, but I don’t
want it to be fussy. No matter what you’re making, always have
a good knife and decent ice molds. Everything else you can get
around. But buying bagged ice ruins the experience. And you need
a lot of ice. The only thing in my freezer is ice cream and ice.”

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GLASSES BLACK
Tom Dixon
2 AJ COCKTAIL SHAKER
BY ARNE JACOBSEN

K I TC H E N A N D B AT H
Stelton
3 SUCK IT UP STRAWS
Misha Kahn
4 DÉGRADÉ PITCHER
Esque Studio
5 INDULGENCE
CHAMPAGNE COOLER
Georg Jensen
6 SOCRATES CORKSCREW
Alessi

SHAKE APPEAL

Ingredients, recipes, and technique will get

you a long way toward a good cocktail, but to really impress
your guests, don’t forget presentation. We’ve gathered
some of the best-designed new barware out there—and one
classic that always tempts us to have another.

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 DAFNE
Cielo
The Dafne has
graceful contours
and comes in the
K I T C H E N A N D B AT H

Italian company’s
signature range
of earthy and
bright finishes.

THE NEW CLASSIC

BY MARCEL
WANDERS
Laufen
The New Classic
PHOTO: PIPPA DRUMMOND (PORTRAIT )

is part of
an understated
collection by
the Dutch designer.

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“I don’t differentiate between beauty and wellness,”

says Jean Godfrey-June. Since taking over as beauty
director at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop in 2015, she has
led the conversation about “clean” products, eschewing
anything with potentially toxic ingredients, and has
approached beauty as being about self-fulfillment rather
than fixing flaws. Naturally, we asked for her guidance
on setting up a sanctuary of self-care.

1. CURATE YOUR COUNTER “My general philosophy about beauty

products is that they’re a little bit like decor for your bathroom.
I like to see the pretty stuff every day. I love displaying oil cleansers
for your face. I always have that up on my sink. But I am for hiding
some things. Makeup, no matter what brand it is, always ends up
looking a little eh, so that gets put away.”
2. DRESS UP YOUR DRAWERS “I really like to put wrapping paper or
wallpaper on the inside of a drawer so that there’s a beautiful pat-
tern whenever you open it. There is something about beauty prod-
ucts—if the object is pretty, you think it’s making you look better.”
3. PRIVILEGE THE PLUNGE “I’m a huge bath person—I take a bath
almost every day. I have bath products around the tub and some
candles, but I also have all of these plants around it. I was inspired HAPPY D.2 PLUS
by being at a hot spring surrounded by a million trees and plants. Duravit
Everyone is getting rid of their bathtubs and putting in giant show- This tub’s rounded
shape and compact
ers, and I like a good shower as much as the next guy, but I’m a dimensions make
believer in baths. It really makes a huge difference in your well- it adaptable for all
being. Water is so restorative. Heat is so restorative. It’s just a time kinds of bathroom
when you can connect with yourself. configurations.

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Self-care requires all the senses, and these

new bathtubs are as soothing to look

K I TC H E N A N D B AT H
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earth-toned clay to beautifully beveled marble This soaking tub
and pristine porcelain, each has its takes its inspiration
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contemporary style.

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Thanks to the new
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ROSALIA
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A new bath from
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BALNEA TUB
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can seem overly
sumptuous, but paired
with subtle geom-
etry, this feels
surprisingly refined.

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conversation TEXT BY ILLUSTRATION BY
William Hanley Sam Kerr

Rem Koolhaas
The legendary architect and famed
advocate of urban living embraces country
life with a new exhibition.

Forty or so years ago, before he was century, and for decades it has influenced sometimes willfully awkward—moves.
a “starchitect”—before anyone called them debates about cities everywhere. These gestures often highlight a building’s
starchitects—Rem Koolhaas made his Koolhaas went on to shape many of structure, materials, or context, whether
mark as a theorist of the city. His 1978 book, them. His firm, OMA (Office for it’s on the scale of Beijing’s CCTV tower
Delirious New York, pointed out a funda- Metropolitan Architecture), has excelled (2012), a zigzagging riff on the classic sky-
mental irony of Manhattan: that its ratio- at designing buildings that are era- scraper, or down to the playfully over-
nal, officially imposed grid of streets and marking symbols in cities around the designed bathrooms at the Fondazione
PHOTO: PIETERNEL VAN VELDEN

stacked cubes of apartments allowed, world—Seattle’s diagonally gridded Prada in Milan (2018), which are occasion-
enabled, and even generated the teeming, Central Library in 2004; De Rotterdam, a ally as baffling as they are Instagrammable.
unruly chaos of urban life that takes place trio of conjoined towers in the Dutch For his latest provocation, the cele-
inside its orderly framework. This wild, firm’s hometown in 2013; the monumental brated observer of the city has turned his
polemical celebration of New York, which public spaces of Qatar National Library attention everywhere else. With AMO,
he called a “retroactive manifesto for in 2017, to name just a few out of dozens. the research and branding arm of OMA,
Manhattan,” positioned the metropolis as The firm’s work combines a seductive Koolhaas has organized Countryside,
the defining spatial archetype of the 20th polish with self-consciously abrupt— The Future, an exhibition that takes over

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PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT ): NATHAN KEAY, COURTESY MCA CHICAGO; ALBERT VECERKA, COURTESY OMA; JAMES FLORIO, COURTESY OMA; FRANCESCO GALLI, COURTESY LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
conversation

the rotunda at the Solomon R. Guggenheim getting nervous when the UN announced With AMO, the research and
Museum in New York on February 20 and that more than 50 percent of people branding side of his firm, OMA,
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas
runs through the summer. We spoke currently live in cities and implied that
has designed numerous exhibitions,
with Koolhaas about what to expect at the the percentage of urban dwellers could including Virgil Abloh: Figures
exhibition, the constraints of Frank increase to something like 70 or 80 per- of Speech at the Museum of Con-
Lloyd Wright’s spiraling ramp, and con- cent. What is then happening to those who temporary Art in Chicago (top
templating the future of the countryside. are left behind in the countryside, and left), Manus × Machina: Fashion
in an Age of Technology at the
how are they supposed to live their lives? Metropolitan Museum of Art in
More than four decades after Delirious New York City (top right), and Dior:
New York, why are you now turning How will the exhibition be organized? From Paris to the World at the
your attention to the country? The exhibition will show maybe 15 unique Dallas Museum of Art (above right).
He also directed the 2014 Venice
There is something really perverse and situations that are distributed across
Architecture Biennale (above left).
one-sided in our current attention, the world. For instance, thinking about One section of his upcoming exhibi-
which is completely focused on cities—on the state apparatus in China and how tion, Countryside, The Future,
smart cities, on technology in cities, on the countryside in China will be organized will focus on “new nature,” or
automating cities—and there is a real in the future, or how the permafrost how humans have optimized and
automated biological processes.
danger that an entire territory is basically is melting in the north of Russia. So basic- Koppert Cress, a Dutch company
disappearing from our radar. I’m making ally I took an assembly of situations, that farms aromatic plants (oppo-
an admission of guilt, because I, of course, all extremely different, that hopefully site), will be featured in the show.
was very involved in creating scripts together will give you a sense of how the
and arguments about why the city is so countryside is faring at this moment—
amazing and have done everything to what is possible and what is impossible.
advocate for an urban life. But I started There is also a significant component

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conversation

“What started as an almost eccentric effort to

look away from cities now has more relevance and
urgency because of discussions about climate
change and new technology.”
REM KOOLHAAS

dedicated to politicians who have treated in itself a narrative and the galleries are
the countryside as a kind of canvas. From episodes in the narrative. So you could
Stalin and Gorbachev, who both consid- look at it as a movie or as a kind of plot.
ered reversing the course of certain rivers
for irrigation, to Hitler, who was imagin- Will there be a beginning, middle,
ing how the autobahns could give the and end?
average German access to the countryside Yeah, inevitably. What started as an
for the first time, to 10 years later, in 1944, almost eccentric effort to look away from
when the Allied forces had to consider cities now has more relevance and
what to do with Germany after the war. urgency because of discussions about
But we’re also talking about how Qatar, just climate change and new technology.
a few years ago, created a milk industry The hanging question at the end of the
almost overnight by importing two and a exhibition will be how artificiality and
half thousand cows by airplane and build- a respect for nature—in some new
PHOTO: IWAN BAAN, COURTESY OMA

ing, in the middle of the desert, a sophisti- form—are not different options. The two
cated production system that has basically can be merged or can coexist and can
changed the course of the entire country. mutually influence each other.

How will the show respond to Wright’s So are you optimistic about the future The Guggenheim exhibition will
architecture? of the countryside? touch on how Qatar rapidly built a
dairy industry. OMA designed
The more we worked on it, the more we I’m fundamentally an optimist because I the country’s national library (top).
were totally intimidated by how the think an architect who is not an optimist Koolhaas’s Delirious New York
Guggenheim works, because the spiral is is almost obscene. (above) was published in 1978.

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ILLUSTRATION BY
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The air in our homes is killing us. more often and doing a bit of indoor Professor Miller. “Many of these chemicals
The World Health Organization calls gardening. NASA studies indicate that are endocrine disruptors, and a lot of
household air pollution the “largest single roughly two houseplants per 100 square them are cancer-causing.”
environmental health risk” in the world feet of space can help substantially. With heightened consumer awareness
today, causing the death of nearly 4 million Next, consider getting an air purifier. of VOCs and other pollutants, many
people around the globe every year. Using high-efficiency particulate air companies are trying to upgrade their
“The health effects of indoor air pollu- (HEPA) filtration technology to trap purification products. The reviews are
tion include getting sick from respiratory particulates as small as 0.1 micrometers, mixed. “There’s a lot of marketing on the
and cardiovascular diseases and potentially air purifiers are a possible solution. part of basically every manufacturer
dying prematurely,” says Shelly Miller, “There’s overwhelming testimony from implying they’ve reinvented the wheel,”
professor of mechanical engineering at the owners who say their troubles with says Heffernan. “From what we know,
University of Colorado Boulder. asthma or allergies improved after they we’re pretty skeptical about those claims.”
In fact, indoor air can be up to five started using one,” says Tim Heffernan, One area of innovation looks at dispens-
times worse than what’s outside. It’s a senior writer at Wirecutter, which spent ing with filters in favor of physically
thick with dust, pollen, mold, pet dander, seven years testing various models. destroying pollutants at the micro level.
and so on. “People think they breathe But that’s only half the story. Volatile A new technology employed by BetterAir
better inside,” says Richard Miller, CEO organic compounds (VOCs), prevalent and Environments involves using good
of biotechnology company BetterAir powerful chemical irritants, escape most bacteria to kill their bad aerial counter-
Environments. “It’s actually more detri- air filters. “They’re found in household parts. BetterAir’s Biotica 800 disperses a
mental to breathe indoors.” products, like furnishings and paints, and patented probiotic mist to eliminate harm-
The solution? Start by opening windows can be off-gassing into the home,” says ful elements that settle onto surfaces.

Breathe Easy
Indoor air pollution is a global crisis, but
there are ways to protect yourself, from
tried-and-true products to new innovations.
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Another approach is physically chang-

ing the makeup of products that tradition-
ally bring VOCs into our homes, such
as paints. For instance, a company called
Smog Armor developed a paint containing
“enhanced natural active minerals.” Once
dried, the minerals constantly attract and
eliminate VOCs, formaldehyde, and CO2.
While the research is still out on the effi-
cacy of these new technologies, it’s not too
soon to take control of the air at home. One
place to start is with a smart Indoor Air
Quality (IAQ) monitor that sends alerts to a
smartphone. This type of connected moni-
tor is proactive, turning on a smart ceiling
fan or purifier powered by a smart plug.
“Monitoring your air quality is really
helpful for behavioral information,” says
Shelly Miller. They say that knowing is
half the battle. It’s time to make sure you’re
breathing better air.

Everything You Need to Clear the Air

The Netatmo Smart Indoor Air Samsung’s AX 9500 Cube IKEA’s Gunrid sunlight-activated The Austin Air HealthMate HM400
Quality Monitor (opposite) measures (above left) is practically silent as curtains (above center) use a (above right) is a no-frills,
CO2 levels to gauge indoor air it captures 99.97 percent of new, mineral-based textile treatment minimal-maintenance air purifier
quality. It uses the Healthy Home ultrafine particles. The Cube’s port- to capture and break down pollut- that can remove allergens,
Coach app to track air pollution, able, modular design means that ants. The curtains will be available particles, and VOCs in rooms
humidity, noise, and temperature. it’s stackable for larger rooms. for purchase this year. measuring up to 938 square feet.

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my house

In a quiet coastal town north of became the living room wall of

Amsterdam, Ayla Geest and Jordie the younger couple’s new space
Kuin renovated a house for Ayla’s (above). The bench is by Cuun
parents while designing a private for House Doctor. In the kitchen
extension for themselves. The brick (opposite), custom cabinets feature
rear facade of the existing structure leather pulls by Brût Amsterdam.

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 TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @THEINTERIORTOURISTS

Tracy Metz Anke Leunissen

Three years ago, interior designer Ayla

Geest and her partner, Jordie Kuin—with
their two French bulldogs, Bullie and
Cooper, in tow—were searching outside
Amsterdam for a new house. At the
same time, Ayla’s parents, Fred and Els,
wanted to downsize. The family decided
to pool their resources and look for a place
together where each couple would have
their own space. “We found this house
that was empty and almost derelict,” Ayla
says, “but the location was idyllic, so green
and close to the sea. And we knew the
municipality would allow us to build it out.”
The family came up with a plan to
expand the house into the back garden—
though a generous amount of green space
remains. The couples each have their
own front door, with Ayla and Jordie living
in the new section and Ayla’s parents in
the pre-existing house. What was once the
rear facade of the house is now the exposed
brick wall of Ayla and Jordie’s living room.

The Sum of Its Parts

A family in the Netherlands
builds a well-styled addition from
creatively sourced materials.
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my house

In the dining area, bathroom (above),

Ayla and the couple’s where a MissoniHome
daughter, Cato, sit at an towel adds a bright
IKEA table surrounded touch. Cato’s play-
by mismatched chairs space (right) features
(left). The steel and IKEA cabinets and
glass wall is by Different a rug by Lakaluk. A
Steel. Handmade patio extends the living
Portuguese tiles line space outdoors
the floor of the upstairs (opposite, bottom).

Geest-Kuin Residence N

DESIGNER LOCATION
Pastel & Staal Schoorl, Netherlands

D
What they didn’t know at the outset A
was that the town would insist that the
new building have the same style of
C
pitched roof as the existing house. “That A
A Entrance
was a bit of a financial blow,” says Ayla, B Living/Dining Area

STYLING: KIM DE GROOT. ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

“as it meant that we had to rethink C Kitchen
the entire roof.” In order to use the space D Garage B B
E Bedroom
under it, they added two dormers on both F Bathroom
sides. Of course, everything took longer G Master Bedroom
than planned, and Ayla and Jordie lived First Floor
with the Geests in their not-yet-renovated
house for a year and a half. During the
process, it went from a two- to a three-
generation home, with the arrival of Ayla E
F
and Jordie’s daughter, Cato.
F E
The family hired a contractor for the roof G
E
and for the shell of the new building, but
they did everything they could themselves,
with the greatest possible attention to Second Floor
detail. Take the stainless steel screws that

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 my house

“We decided to put our money into the

construction and to source our interior from
wherever we found things we liked.”
AYLA GEEST, DESIGNER AND RESIDENT

hold the wood of the rear facade in place. TV nook on the other. The landing at the
“Usually those are screwed in with a power top of the stairs leads to the bathroom
drill,” says Jordie, “but then they’re never and through it to the master bedroom and
really in a straight line and some go in their daughter’s small room.
too deep and others not deep enough. We Ayla and Jordie were more pragmatic
wanted it to look just right. So we made than dogmatic when it came to the interior.
a template and my father-in-law and I Some things are new, such as the cup-
screwed in every single screw by hand.” boards and the bedroom floor from IKEA,
They also mounted the steel frame of but an important source was Marktplaats,
the glass door and windows on the rear the Dutch equivalent of eBay. That’s
facade themselves—twice. “Everything where they found the wooden staircase
was in place and we looked at it and and the hood that rises out of the kitchen
said to each other, not good enough. So we countertop. “We would have liked a
took it out and did it again,” says Jordie. steel staircase, but it was too expensive,”
The new structure has a simple, mostly says Ayla. “We found this wooden one
open plan, with no hallways—“a waste on Marktplaats for a hundred euros.”
of space,” according to Jordie—and two The completed addition is cozy, and very
floors of about 625 square feet each. personal. “We could have made this house
Downstairs there’s a dining table, with bigger, but we didn’t really see the need,”
the kitchen running along one side and a says Jordie. “It’s already our dream house.”
renovation

Julie and Kevin Seidel were looking went beyond shelter,” says Julie.
to create a salon as much as a home The living room includes a vintage
when they renovated a former tire George Nelson sling sofa and
warehouse (inset) in the SoMa concrete stools by CB2 (above).
section of San Francisco. “We knew A three-story perforated metal
it would be a place for art, music, staircase (opposite) features treads
and conversation—something that made of eco-friendly PaperStone.

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 TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @RBRADLEYPHOTO renovation
Jenny Xie Brad Knipstein

Some homebuyers seek out properties recalls. Her husband, a creative director
that are move-in ready; others love the and musician, felt similarly energized by
challenge that comes with a major renova- the building’s potential.
tion. Julie and Kevin Seidel were in the Luckily, the Seidels knew just the person
latter camp in 2012 when they discovered for the job: Michael Kao, founder of MAK
a tire warehouse turned storage facility Studio. They had met Kao when Julie was
in San Francisco’s SoMa district. They pregnant with their son, Kai, more than
were living in the village-like neighbor- 15 years ago, and the SoMa renovation
hood of Glen Park and looking to shake up was their third project with the designer.
their lives. Julie was transitioning out of a Kao added two stories to the building
career in business development and ach- but brought daylight in with a slender
ing to engage a more artistic skill set. “We atrium, well-placed windows, and pockets
saw it as a way to stretch ourselves,” she of outdoor space throughout. A monu-

Creative Potential
A San Francisco couple turn an industrial
space into a refined residence, recording
studio, and gallery.
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renovation

mental metal staircase anchors the entire light thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows.
home vertically, giving it an industrial Exposed black joists, original I-beams,
but surprisingly inviting feel. “It’s been and the staircase’s metal screen evoke the
an interesting study in how to work building’s industrial roots.
in an urban condition,” says Kao. “We Bedrooms are on the third floor, and the
wanted what you might experience in a fourth level holds a lounge and a huge deck
warehouse with scaffolding and crazy and garden. Kai’s bedroom and the master
volumes, rather than a traditional house suite also have access to private terraces
with a grand stair.” that, along with the rooftop garden, create
Unexpected shifts in brightness and a staggered southern facade. “They cas-
scale create a sense of discovery as you cade and make the property feel larger and
move through the home. An intimate more one with the city,” says Julie.
ground-floor entry leads to a spacious The house is a balancing act. Serene
gallery where the family holds exhibitions garden environments are knitted with
of work by local artists and designers. the urban landscape, and community-
Kevin’s soundproof music studio, which oriented spaces branch off into areas for
opens to the atrium, also sits on this floor. creativity and solitude. The dynamism
Black-mirrored walls along the staircase of these contrasting attributes echoes
accentuate the transition from the more the family’s search for change and growth.
experimental ground floor to the com- “I wanted our son to understand that
munal second level. Upstairs, the sense things don’t have to be so static,” says
of constriction gives way to a combined Julie, “that life can be really interesting
living area and kitchen, both awash in when it’s on the move.”

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Natoma House N Designer Michael Kao’s first priority Frank Lloyd Wright. A breakfast
was to bring light to the ground floor room (above left) also benefits from
ARCHITECT MAK Studio
LOCATION San Francisco, California
(opposite, inset). Part of the solution natural light. On the roof, a flex room
was a three-story atrium (opposite, provides a place to read, play music,
top), which features a Cor-Ten steel or host guests (above right). The
A Entrance G Kitchen sculpture by local artist Melissa house’s dark exterior helps it blend
B Garage H Breakfast Room MacDonald. The floor lamp is by in with the rest of the street (below).
C Bathroom I Media Room
D Gallery J Master Suite
E Music Studio K Bedroom
F Living/Dining Area L Roof Lounge

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Julie Lasky Montse Zamorano

Light Box Maria Milans del Bosch’s Catskills

A designer’s country house uses home is attuned to the changing
seasons. Sunlight pours into the
well-placed windows to keep temperatures double-height living room, where
a Stûv fireplace and radiant floors
in check and views unobstructed. keep the space warm in winter.

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Camp O House and Studio N

Late on an October afternoon, near the
DESIGNER Maria Milans Studio
LOCATION Claryville, New York Catskills village of Claryville, New York,
daylight was starting to fade. Rain fell from
skies the color of smoky quartz. And still
A Entrance the weekend house that Spanish-born,
E
B Storage H New York City–based designer Maria
C Bathroom
A Milans del Bosch created for herself and
D Bedroom
E Mechanical Room her husband was anything but gloomy. The
F Kitchen B G remaining light flowed through large win-
G Living/Dining Area D D F dows, penetrating the double-height cen-
H Porch C
I Studio tral living space, with its plywood trim and
ceiling panels, and warming the poured
Lower Level
concrete walls and floor. Bright flames in
the fireplace cut through the mellow illu-
mination like the clear notes of a flute.
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

I Imagine a rectangular building with a

D
pitched roof. Then imagine slicing the
building into two unequal parts and
C placing them end to end so that the roof
D
C now slants in two directions. This shape
defines the home, which is set into a
Upper Level slope and cradled by a concrete retaining
wall. The shou sugi ban skin lets the

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The second-story studio (opposite) cement and wood fiber. The home’s
overlooks oak, maple, and birch charred-cedar rain screen facade
trees to the east. The Ypperlig table blends in with the forested 15-acre
lamps are by Hay for IKEA, and the site (above). The master bedroom
desk and floors are made of Viroc, (right) offers a bird’s-eye view
a composite material formed from of Wildcat Mountain to the west.

house visually melt into the wooded golden beams at sunset, with some nearby the approach to the house, which follows
landscape. “On a clear day, you can trees reducing the intensity of the after- a road through the woods before reaching
see the mountains,” Maria says, looking noon sun in summer. the clearing. The master bedroom is on
west into the mist. Maria placed the main entrance and the second level, along with the designer’s
The long, narrow proportions meant fewer windows on the south side, where studio, which looks out over the treetops.
that only five trees had to be cut down the views are less impressive. Once “That’s why I call it the nest,” Maria says.
in the clearing that became the building inside, you move along a hallway lined Here you’ll find a neat row of task lamps
site. The double-pitched roof sheds runoff with two tiny guest bedrooms and a arrayed on a long fiber-cement desk.
from rain and melted snow into a French bathroom before the living room presents They appear to be waiting at the ready for
drain set under the bluestone gravel sur- itself. The transition, she notes, echoes the fading light to finally recede.
rounding the house. Maria says her goal
was to “take the least amount of space” for
the house “and let everything grow around
it”—the maple, oak, birch, and spruce
trees and the many, many ferns.
The designer oriented the building not
only to preserve the beauty of the sur- “We did a lot of things for us that some clients are
rounding landscape, but also to regulate
light. The morning sun is filtered by the hesitant to do, like shou sugi ban. Our idea is
forested hillside outside the high east- that the house and materials will weather over time.
ern windows, though in winter, the bare
branches allow the sun’s warmth to come
They will change, but that’s part of the beauty of it.”
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The São Paulo house that architect terrace (this page), one of her works
Tito Ficarelli designed for his family adds a pop of color to the stark
includes a studio space (opposite) exterior, as does the garden below.
for his wife, Luiza Gottschalk, an “The garden is a mass of color, like a
artist. Painted on the glass-enclosed large outdoor painting,” says Tito.
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Taking the Edge Off

A São Paulo home welcomes guests with
an invitingly breezy brutalism.
TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @JOAODMORGA DO
Silas Martí João Morgado

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Jazz was playing upstairs—Ella sister of the firm Arkitito, calls the building
Fitzgerald’s voice gliding down a twist of “a house upside down”—the private quar-
white steel steps toward the pastel ter- ters are on the lower floor, where pristine
razzo floor below. But the soundtrack white walls frame huge windows draped in
could easily have been bossa nova. billowing curtains, and social spaces are
The house that Tito Ficarelli built for in the more casual, cinder-block structure
his family on a hill in the calm Alto de above. “We decided to do something that
Pinheiros neighborhood, a tree-lined was commonly seen in the early part of the
haven on the west side of sprawling São 20th century—a house-museum,” says Tito.
Paulo, merges two distinctly Brazilian “More specifically, it’s a functional home
architectural styles. From the street, for our family, but it’s also a space where
behind a low fence, the 4,000-square-foot the public is invited in to see art exhibitions
home has a rough-and-ready facade of or site-specific performances.”
dark cinder blocks that riffs on the teem- Tito and his wife, Luiza Gottschalk,
ing city’s more ad hoc architecture. But an actor and a visual artist, as well as their
once inside the front gate, in a garden full two young daughters, have private
of purple flowers, you see that the blocks space on the ground floor under coffered
sit on top of a pedestal of sorts, a com- concrete ceilings. Three bedrooms—one
paratively polished cast-in-place concrete large, one medium, and one small—sit
structure that nods to São Paulo’s tradi- across from a shared bathroom that Tito
tion of tropical brutalism. calls a “locker room,” though with polished
The contrast makes for a favela-meets- marine-grade plywood doors, it’s far bet-
bourgeoisie moment that corresponds to ter appointed. A “piazza,” where the girls
the spaces inside. Tito, cofounder with his often play, runs through the middle of

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A Danca dos Ratos, a massive A vintage Thonet rocker sits next

diptych by Luiza, hangs in the living/ to armchairs that were brought
dining area (this page and opposite, from Germany by Luiza’s grand-
top). CH-24 Wishbone chairs by mother during World War II. A
Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn sculptural steel stair connects the
surround a table designed by Tito. two main levels (opposite, bottom).

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A skylight allows daylight into the plywood, creating a warm contrast

ground-floor hallway (opposite), with some of the home’s harder
making the private spaces feel materials. The Sunset House gets its
open and airy. The terrace (this name from a nearby square famous
page) serves as an extension of the for its views, and the hillside home’s
living room. Both are wrapped in upper levels frame the setting sun.

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the domestic spaces. Luiza also has a studio

on the ground floor, where she makes
large paintings on canvas. The scale of her
work led Tito to excavate roughly two feet
into the ground on the lower level to max-
imize the studio’s height. Luiza’s brightly
colored paintings hang throughout the
house, making it feel not at all like a con-
crete bunker and more like, as Tito puts it,
“a home impregnated with color.”
The house may have roots in brutalism,
but rather than lending it austerity, the
raw concrete gives it a naked nonchalance.
Surrounded by gardens, and with sliding
doors on all sides, the home feels remark-
ably open. The family’s three dogs freely
roam the property, and a steady parade of
people pop in and out of the house. “We
wanted it to feel like a club, a place for our
guests to come and go,” Tito says.
The second floor is all about entertain-
ing and projects an inviting attitude.
The cement blocks are softened by simple
plywood finishes and frame hammock-
The family of four shares one large sideboard for the bathroom
draped hangout spaces with a casual boho
bathroom on the ground floor cabinets. The marble countertop
vibe. From an open kitchen and living (above) with marine-grade hard- is from Vedra. Three bedrooms—
room, the roof slopes upward—its height wood doors for privacy. They one for Tito and Luiza, one
was partly determined by the largest of jokingly refer to it as the “locker shared by the girls, and one for
Luiza’s canvases—toward a glass wall that room.” Tito repurposed an antique guests—face the garden (opposite).
opens to a light-bathed pool terrace, where
visitors often mingle as they take in the
view over the city. A small top floor houses
a music studio next to a roof garden.
The living area is bright and airy all day Sunset House N
long, but the show really begins in the eve-
ARCHITECT LOCATION
ning. The Sunset House takes its name Arkitito São Paulo, Brazil
from a neighboring square and its own
privileged view of São Paulo’s smoggy, dra-
A Entrance E Bedroom I Kitchen
matically pink and orange skies as night B Art Studio F Mechanical Room J Storage
falls. In the evening, breezes from all C Bathroom G Deck K Music Studio
directions converge in the living room as a D Laundry H Living/Dining Area

hazy sun goes down behind swaying

banana and tangerine trees.
Well into the night, guests are frequently
treated to some of the house’s dramatic
features. Luiza repurposed velvet curtains
from an abandoned theater to close off the A
K
G
kitchen, turning it into either back of house
or backstage. A vintage 1980s analog light-
E E E
ing console rescued from the same play- F
house now hangs on the wall as a control
mechanism for the overhead spotlights
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A H
that illuminate the living room, transform-
ing it from a gallery for Luiza’s work into a
venue for plays and dance recitals. D B
C
The house morphs from playground to J I
C
museum to music hall or party venue
depending on who is visiting. With a twist
of São Paulo styles, it welcomes everyone Ground Level Upper Level Roof
to the club.

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“ The large roof purposely brings the sunset inside —
without any control. The wood reflects the
warmth of the reddish light, coloring the entire home.
Every day, it’s a new painting, a different nuance.”
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It Takes a Neighborhood
A California beach community rallies around
a well-considered addition to its laid-back streets.
TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @JOEFLETCHERPHOTO
KELLY DAWSON JOE FLETCHER

Making maximum use of a tight and their children. The house is clad
footprint, architect Robert Sweet in Western red cedar (opposite).
designed a two-story home in A concrete block wall (above) sepa-
Hermosa Beach that provides plenty rates the entry from the living area,
of flexible indoor/outdoor space where an Arne Norell Kontiki easy
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Mardi and Anton Watts’s house sits Sweet recalls thinking as he grappled
snugly between its neighbors on a sun- with the city’s limitations. “We were kind
drenched, pedestrian-only street in Her- of scratching our heads.”
mosa Beach, California. From the front Mardi’s father suggested a one-car
deck, cooled by breezes from the Pacific, garage equipped with a mechanical car lift.
they can watch an easygoing procession of But when the couple shared the idea with
passersby clad in shorts and flip-flops.  Sweet, he was convinced that the planning
The couple had moved into a 1950s department wouldn’t go for it. “I called
bungalow on the property, a few blocks the city in front of them so that they could
from the beach, when they bought it nine hear it directly. Then the assistant planner
years ago. But after about five years of we spoke with actually said yes, we could
living there, they craved more space and do a mechanical lift. I was shocked,” he
contemporary amenities and turned to remembers, laughing. “So we went that
Ras-a Studio for help. Lead principal Robert route, but I was still apprehensive. I went
Sweet soon determined that a renovation to the city and double-checked everything
wouldn’t be enough. Instead, the firm about the drawings. Sure enough, we went
designed a new two-story home with a roof through the gauntlet of approvals and got
deck, an airy stack of wood-slatted boxes a big stamp to move forward.”
that complements both the area’s low- Construction began in July 2016. After six In the kitchen (top), a glass back-
slung midcentury bungalows and its taller, months of work, the foundation was laid, splash is one of many connections to
the outdoors. The Hee stools are by
more recent developments. The challenge the first story was framed, and the second Hay and the pendant is by Rakumba.
became making the most of the tight level was beginning to take shape. That’s A switchback staircase accom-
lot while meeting the city’s car-conscious when Sweet got an email from the city in- modates a grand piano handed down
zoning requirements. sisting they stop work on the house. “It was from Anton’s father (above). The
dining area (opposite) features a
“How do we get enough public space on very nonchalant,” he says. “It said there
Saarinen Oval dining table, Omar De
the ground floor when Hermosa Beach was an error. Mechanical lifts aren’t allowed, Biaggio Bacco chairs, and an Acorn
dictates you need a two-car garage,” and we needed to build a two-car garage.” pendant by Atle Tveit for Northern.

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Light pours through clerestory tiles for the walls. A hallway steps
windows in the master bathroom. up to the master bedroom on the
Staying true to the home’s overall second floor (opposite). The Parallel
aesthetic, Sweet used simple, Bed is by Jeffrey Bernett, Nicholas
contrasting materials—white oak Dodziuk, and Piotr Woronkowicz
for the cabinets and Ann Sacks white for Design Within Reach.

“We wanted to build a house where we could enjoy what’s

special about where we live. We could have had bigger rooms,
but we wanted more outdoor space.” ANTON WATTS, RESIDENT
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ARCHITECT
Ras-a Studio
LOCATION
Hermosa Beach, California

A Porch I Bathroom
B Entrance J Balcony
C Living Area K Library
D Kitchen L Bedroom
E Dining Area M Study
F Patio N Master Bathroom
G Den O Master Bedroom
H Garage P Terrace

F D
E

It was a roadblock that could have siding as well as for the ceilings and some G
thrown their plans drastically off course, of the interior walls. But he also added I
but the couple decided to take action. texture, starting with a patterned divider
The next month they got a hearing before made of concrete blocks that faces visitors First Floor
the city council. “We made the point as they enter the living area. A few feet
that no one would want to build a home away, a double-height, white oak and steel
here in the future if the city was going to staircase wraps around a grand piano J
pull the plug halfway through,” Anton says. that once belonged to Anton’s father. One
Then it was the city’s turn to be shocked. of Mardi’s favorite features on the ground
K
Nearly 50 people came to support the floor is the sleek, three-sided fireplace, L I
Wattses at the hearing. These were their which can be enjoyed from the dining
neighbors who wave at them every day, the area, the family room, and the patio. M
locals who participate in their street’s an- Upstairs a library and office are situated
nual chili cook-off. They testified about the in the hallway between two bedrooms and L
couple’s commitment to the community the master suite. On both levels—as well N
as well as their right to have a home built as via a terrace on the roof—the couple
J
according to the approved plans. found opportunities to play up the house’s
The council voted to allow the mechani- connection to the outdoors. Balconies abut O
cal lift to stay. Sweet was able to finish bedrooms on the second floor, providing
the home as his firm had envisioned it. ocean views. On the ground floor, a 27-foot Second Floor
The 2,100-square-foot house provides sliding glass door stretches nearly the
enough room for the family of four, and its full length of the property’s west-facing
beach-appropriate aesthetic continues to side. It opens to a landscaped patio and
impress friends who stop by.  expands the common area by about six
P
“People walk in and ask what the square feet. “It gives us some privacy when we’re
footage is,” Mardi says. “The home has entertaining,” Mardi says. “You can sit
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such a cool illusion of more space.” back and use it, rather than using only the Roof
The result is a layout that feels roomy front deck.”
and intuitive, belying the complexity That’s not to say that Mardi and Anton
of the design and all the strategy that was want to be entirely separated from their A roof terrace (above) provides
required to bring the project to fruition. neighbors. After all, it was their neigh- ocean views. The Spectra umbrella
is by Umbrosa. The alley entrance
Throughout the home, Sweet kept the bors who helped make this home a reality. is shaded by a cantilevered volume
material palette simple and consistent, But every once in a while, it’s nice to on the second floor (opposite).
using Western red cedar for the exterior have the place to themselves. Turf-block pavers reduce runoff.

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Carolina Correa Maturana and

Antonio Mingo chose a site
in the mountains of Chile’s
Conguillío National Park for their
vacation home. They enlisted
architect Smiljan Radić , who
designed two structures facing
each other across a wooden
deck. Each pays homage
to an earlier building. One
re-creates Kazuo Shinohara’s
1974 Prism House. The other
(shown here) reprises
one of Radić’s own designs.

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REPEAT PERFOR MANCE

WITH A HOUSE ON A REMOTE CHILEAN MOUNTAIN,
ARCHITECT SMILJAN RADIĆ REBUILDS THE PAST.

TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @ESTU DIOPA LM A

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Getting to architect Smiljan Radić’s natural haven, with minimal disruption

Casa Prisma is no easy feat. A flight from to the native landscape. After a thorough
Santiago to the southern Chilean city of search, they discovered a clearing of
Temuco is followed by an hour-and-a-half roughly an acre and a half that required
car ride through small towns of rustic felling only three young trees in order
wooden buildings. The road then narrows to accommodate a house.
to a single track that winds through the Radić considers the design an experi-
charred brown lava fields of the Conguillío ment. One of the home’s two structures
National Park, known for its fishable la- was an attempt to re-create Kazuo
goons, swimmable lakes, lush old-growth Shinohara’s seminal 1974 Prism House, in
forests, and the active, snow-capped Japan, with its frame made of intercon-
Llaima volcano. A mile-long path zigzags nected triangles. Diagonal posts cut
up a steep slope to the final destination— through the interior and “order the space
the spot where Carolina Correa Maturana by interrupting in a position that seems
(who is related to Radić by marriage) out of place,” says Radić. Across a wooden
and her husband, Antonio “Toño” Mingo, deck, a larger A-frame structure draws on
picked to build a vacation home. a house in Chile’s Chiloé forest that Radić
Toño, an architect, and Carolina, a completed in 1997. It echoes the earlier
psychologist, live in Santiago, and each has house’s roof—which is literally a tent—
four grown children from a previous with a prefabricated metal panel system.
marriage. Their aim for the house was to Inside, it contains a kitchen and living/
create a convivial and unifying space for dining area on the terrace level and two
weekends and summer holidays. Carolina symmetrical communal bedrooms above.
had vacationed in the area as a child—her “We replicated the informal air and idea of
sister settled there 20 years ago and now creating a large dormitory,” says Radić.
runs La Baita, an eco-lodge at the foot Together, the two structures comprise just
of the hill. They wanted the home to be a under 2,000 square feet. “To interpret is

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The ground floor of the A-frame

structure houses an open-plan
dining area (opposite, top and bot-
tom). Rustic stairs lead to a pair
of dormitory-style bedrooms with
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The volume containing the master wall (this page) faces east, offering
bedroom (opposite) borrows no respite from the sun at dawn—
its distinctive geometry, a series not a problem for early risers
of interlocking triangles, from Carolina and Toño—but providing
Shinohara’s Prism House, giving it an enviable view of the vast
a largely open interior. Its glass parklands that surround the house.

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Conguillío National Park is popular which last erupted in 2008, and the
with skiers and eco-tourists, long dormant Sierra Nevada. The
who come to see its lakes, vegeta- house was designed to minimize its
tion, and varied animal life, as impact on the landscape. The deck
well as its expansive lava flows. It was built on-site from local timber
encompasses the Llaima volcano, and incorporates an existing tree.

“We might not come for a month or two,

but the house always greets us well when
we return. Winters can be tough, but
when the sun rises, the house comes alive.”
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of no interest to me—these two prefabri- On a recent visit, guests arrived at Casa Prisma N
cated prisms did not constitute an night, using a flashlight as they walked
ARCHITECT LOCATION
exercise in interpretation,” says Radić. “In the last mile. The narrow beam bounced Smiljan Radić Conguillío, Chile
truth, this house is an exercise in repeti- off the glass facades and hinted at what
tion and replication. It is doing something was built there, but the house and its
again, though it may anger the gods.” extraordinary surroundings became ap-
A
The construction took place over the parent only the next morning. The guests
summers of 2018 and 2019. Toño worked awoke in the dormitory bedrooms to a
B
with local builders and artisans, who built triangular forest view and a gentle, even H H
the deck in situ with locally sourced Chil- light. Once outside on the deck, they saw
C

Upper Level
ean pine and incorporated an existing oak geometric volumes standing boldly on

Lower Level
tree into the platform. Meanwhile, the tu- each end like beached titans, their sharp G G
bular steel structure and external steel pan- angles tilting toward the sky.
els were produced in a workshop near Viña Carolina and Toño seem visibly moved D
del Mar and later brought some 500 miles when describing their experience in-
to the site and assembled. Miraculously, habiting the house and how connected
all the reinforced glass panels made it up they feel to their natural surroundings.
E A Living Area
the mountain in one piece, although four From inside the glass volumes, a howling B Kitchen
broke while being off-loaded or installed. storm can feel terrifying and apocalyp- C Dining Area
Carolina laughs, describing the complex tic, they say. When night falls, the local D Entrance
E Deck
logistics of transporting the materials on wildlife takes center stage, with owls and D
F Master Bedroom
large trucks up to the property, like Her- other animals making their presence G Bathroom
zog’s Fitzcarraldo moving an old steamboat felt, and the encircling forest almost H Bedroom
over a mountain in the Amazon jungle. eavesdropping on their conversations.
Toño describes collaborating with Radić— “It feels like being in a boat of sorts, F G
under whom he studied while pursuing his navigating over a sea made of stone,”
architecture degree—as an honor. says Toño. “It’s incredible.”

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A custom daybed that runs along
one side of the A-frame living
area (this page) seems tailor-made
for reading. Its red color recurs
often in Radić ’s body of work. Solar
panels and batteries power the
house, although there is no Internet “We are still getting to know
or cellular signal at Casa Prisma.
A wood-burning stove (opposite) the house, becoming acquainted
keeps the living room warm.
with and learning to inhabit
the space. We see this as a life
project, and we aim to spend more
time here as we grow older.”
ANTONIO MINGO

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By Brian Libby Grant Harder

A lakefront retreat in British Columbia

strikes the right balance between
privacy and welcoming a houseful of guests.

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Artist Cori Creed sits at the center the split structure opens up to a
of the vacation home in rural large courtyard and stunning
British Columbia that she and her views of Skaha Lake. “It’s almost
husband, Craig Cameron, built with like an embrace,” says Vallely.
their friend and architect, Kevin “It’s like the two wings are
Vallely. Dubbed WingSpan House, capturing the heart of the home.”

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Cori made the ceramic dinnerware stepfather. In the dining room,

and pendants (below and oppo- Cori’s painting Perch hangs near
site), while Craig built the kitchen a Laneberg table from IKEA. Vallely
island and installed the plywood and Craig take in the sun on the
ceiling with the help of his raised deck in the backyard (bottom).

It’s a sunny late-summer evening in couple had been friends with Vallely for
eastern British Columbia, and Cori Creed more than 15 years (they share a love
and her husband, Craig Cameron, are of all things outdoors) before turning to
getting ready to host a dinner at their him as clients in 2017, so the architect
house in the Okanagan Valley. Cori, an and his family often join them.
artist, is in the kitchen preparing a galette In summer, Cori is here nearly full-
topped with fresh vegetables, while Craig, time working on her paintings and
an attorney and West Vancouver city sculpture, which have been exhibited in
councillor, is in the garage fashioning a Canada, the U.S., and Japan. “There’s
makeshift serving table from wood scraps so much inspiration,” she says. “I’m always
and a neighbor’s discarded slab of granite. looking out at the light and watching the
All the while, children and friends, shadows move over the landscape.” She
including the home’s architect, Kevin also put her skills to work on the house,
Vallely, filter in and out of the house, creating, among other things, all of
into its central courtyard, and onto the the ceramic mugs, plates, and pendants.
terraced yard below, where the table The home’s simple V-shaped layout
will be placed beside a handmade firepit creates two distinct realms, one public
and guests will be treated to a postcard and one private, each occupying a wing of
view of Skaha Lake at sunset. the house and meeting at the entry
Cori, Craig, and their three children vestibule. The residential side has a long
(Levi, 14, Kai, 13, and Jett, 9) have their inner-facing stone wall—which acts
primary home in Vancouver, about in part as a sound barrier—and lower
four hours away, but they come here on ceilings, while the higher-ceilinged public
weekends throughout the year. The areas look out through large sliding

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“When I walk through the house, I remember

putting the plywood on the ceilings, which
was not fun at all. But there’s a satisfaction in
having been part of that process.”
CRAIG CAMERON, RESIDENT

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Cori’s 12-foot-long Paradise Herman Miller and a Jøtul stove.

dominates the living room, where The burlap pillows were crafted by
a Söderhamn sectional sofa from Cori out of coffee bean sacks. “She
IKEA joins a Molded Plastic Rocker has ideas about making stuff that
by Charles and Ray Eames for I would never think of,” says Craig.
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glass doors to the courtyard, the lake, and the outdoor patio table and benches, the The home can sleep more people than
the mountains beyond. living room coffee table, the bathroom its six bedrooms would indicate. Late in
“The juxtaposition of the two wings is cabinetry, and even some of the bed frames. the planning phase, the couple decided to
what makes the house work so well,” “Craig gets a lot of pleasure out of building follow Vallely’s suggestion and convert the
says Craig. “When we’re hosting friends something well, making sure things pitched-roof house’s attic into habitable
or extended family for the weekend, line up,” Cori says. “My pleasure is in the space. They can now accommodate more
the design is really conducive to hanging textures and the artful little discoveries I than 20 overnight guests. Particularly
out together. But even when we have make. In a project like this, you need both.” since Craig has become a council member,
company, there are times I just want to Giving simple, inexpensive materi- the house has been a meeting place for
go sit and read a book. I can do that. als an elevated role became a theme. a succession of colleagues and friends, sort
It feels like I have my own space.” Cori and Craig chose distressed white of like a modest Okanagan Valley version
To save money—and with help from oak floors for the interior, for instance, of Camp David.
Cori’s father, an expert woodworker, and and Craig and his stepfather installed a As that late-summer sunset gave way
Craig’s stepfather, a former contractor— plywood ceiling in the living room. When to the next morning’s sunrise, half of the
the couple fabricated much of the reclaimed barn wood or shou sugi ban group was up early for a game of Frisbee
furniture and built-ins themselves and siding proved cost-prohibitive, they spent golf while the other half slept in. Soon most
were creatively thrifty with materials hundreds of hours hand-scouring new would be heading home, and Cori would
where possible. They used ceiling beams cedar planks with steel wool soaked in get back to work on her painting. But
from a demolished Vancouver depart- a vinegar-based solution to create instant there was still time for everyone to gather
ment-store building, for example, to oxidization. “Everything is a bit rough for one final meal. Cori grew up coming to
construct an extended kitchen island and and ready—and that’s the point,” says the Okanagan Valley to visit her grand-
bar-stool-lined counter. Cori and her Vallely, a Vancouver-based sole practi- parents, from whom she inherited a love
father made a ceiling-high shelving unit tioner. “The kids can tear it up and of entertaining. “My grandmother was a
that stands between the kitchen and do whatever they’re going to do. It’s a huge role model for me,” she says. “It feels
living room and displays dozens of Cori’s place to live life well. If you’re tiptoeing valuable to have all these people around,
ceramic pieces. The couple also made around, it’s too precious.” and the energy that brings.”

WingSpan House N

ARCHITECT LOCATION
Vallely Architecture Kaleden, British Columbia

A Dining Room
B Pantry
C Kitchen
D Living Area
E Entrance
F Garage D
C
G Bathroom B
H Laundry
I Bedroom
J Master Bathroom A
K Master Bedroom

H
F K
G
G I I I J
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

Ground Level

G
I I I
Attic

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A guest bathroom includes cabine-
try built by the couple (opposite).
For the time being, Cori does
her painting in the dining room (this
page). “Eventually we’ll build a
studio here,” she says. “But for now,
because we eat outside most
of the time, the dining room it is.”

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backstory

Faced with a number of challenges, styles permitted in the neighbor-

including the protection of a cluster hood, they raised the living area
of centuries-old olive trees, 51-1 above a terrace. “The layout was all
Arquitectos devised an unusual plan about how to fit the program within
for a house in Lima, Peru. In a twist the very particular limitations of this
on Tudor Revival, one of only a few site,” says architect César Becerra.

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 TEXT BY PHOTOS BY | @ESTUDIOPALMA backstory
Sarah Amelar Cristóbal Palma

The Tudors
A Lima home meets local style
mandates by elevating historic
forms to a whole new level.

The idea of serving prison time isn’t

usually on an architect’s mind. But
when César Becerra, a partner at 51-1
Arquitectos, in Lima, Peru, describes the
constraints his firm encountered while
designing a house in the city’s San Isidro
district, one of the first things he says is,
“If we’d harmed any of the property’s four
olive trees, we could have gone to jail!”
No ordinary trees, these centuries-old
specimens are part of “Bosque El Olivar,”
a grove descended from saplings the
conquistadores brought from Spain in the
1500s. The surviving 24 acres, now mostly
public park, are protected. But that wasn’t
the only restriction on the 4,682-square-
foot site. Since 2010, new houses in the
neighborhood have had to adhere to a very
short list of imported revival styles, most
notably Tudor, which predominates here,
with its half-timber facades.
“Nowhere else in the entire country
has a mandatory architectural style,
and Tudor is the most alien one imagin-
able,” says 51-1 partner Manuel de Rivero,
explaining that Lima gets almost no rain,
making steeply pitched roofs unnecessary
and trees—or wood construction—rare.
“But in the early 20th century, across
South America,” he continues, “Tudor be-
came the style of important families—of
prestige, status, wealth.” And that trend

DWELL JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2020 87

backstory

House in the Grove

The timeline of a neighborhood

c. 500 AD
An indigenous people construct
irrigation canals for agriculture,
creating an oasis in the desert.

1532–1535
The conquistadores arrive from
Spain and found the city of Lima.

c. 1560
The conquistadores bring more
than 100 olive saplings. Only
three survive the journey, but they
multiply by the thousands into
an olive grove in the city’s histor-
ically agricultural section, later
becoming the Bosque El Olivar
(Olive Grove Forest).

1920s–1940s
The nearly 400-year-old grove
is preserved in Lima’s urban
expansion in the 1920s. During the
next two decades, European
Revival styles, including Tudor,
proliferate among the elite across
South America—including in
this neighborhood.

1959
El Olivar is declared a protected
National Monument.
shaped this neighborhood, which began executive (and avid pianist) to scoop up 2010
as an elegant, upper-class residential the property when it became available. He New regulations make the choice
district in the 1920s. and his future wife, Liya Moya, imagined of five revival styles—half-timbered
Initially deterred by the dictate, the raising children here. But the existing Tudor and Basque, French, English,
and neo-Colonial—mandatory
architects soon warmed to the challenge of house—an unremarkable Tudor cot- for any new houses here.
reinterpreting Tudor in a modern spirit tage that they never occupied—couldn’t
and reclaiming the style as an expression become the four-bedroom home they 2010–2011
of structure. The site, surrounded by the envisioned. Severely restricting the Luciano Bedoya purchases a Tudor
cottage within El Olivar and
historic parkland, also intrigued them. house’s allowable footprint were the olive engages César Becerra, Manuel de
Long before the conquistadores arrived, trees—each requiring a 360-degree five- Rivero, and Fernando Puente Arnao
a pre-Incan people had developed the area foot clearance—plus an obligatory 10-foot of 51-1 Arquitectos to create a
for agriculture, fed by irrigation channels lot-line setback. home for his future family.
they created. Even today, its leafy forest is The architects soon realized, however, 2016
anomalous in Lima’s stark, desert climate. that below or semi-below grade, they 51-1 completes Tudor House.
Those same qualities had inspired could legally build out to the boundaries.
the client, Luciano Bedoya, an insurance The resulting 3,548-square-foot “upside-

88 JAN UARY/FEB RUARY 2020 DWELL

 backstory

Homeowners Luciano Bedoya and BoConcept (opposite, left). A board-formed concrete stairwell
Liya Moya worked with interior Vistosi Futura pendant hangs over- (opposite, right), the interior is clad
designer Augusta Pastor on the head. In the living room (above), entirely in pine plywood. “It was
furnishings. A custom-finished Jean a Ghost sofa by Paola Navone for a leap of faith to go with the ply-
Prouvé EM dining table from Vitra Gervasoni joins a lounge chair and wood,” says Luciano, “but now we
is surrounded by Adelaide chairs by ottoman by Hay. Except for the look at it and just think, ‘Wow.’”

down” scheme partially submerges the The partially cantilevered upper level,
bedrooms underground while elevating seemingly afloat over the olive grove,
the main living-dining-kitchen spaces appears half-timbered—but with a
in a hovering, neo-Tudor, second-story difference. Clean-edged steel replaces
volume. Sandwiched in between is an traditional wood beams, providing
outdoor terrace, just above ground level, seismic resiliency—a necessity in this
with a swimming pool and muscular earthquake-prone region—that was not
concrete piers that support the top story. achievable with similarly sized wood tim-
The design may appear acrobatic, but, says bers. (The infill panels are high-density
Becerra, “nothing about it was capricious.” polystyrene foam.) Inside, the second
Given the luxury of a forest here, he story is lined with exposed pine plywood,
adds, “the house needed to reveal differ- giving its walls and vaulted ceiling—the
ent ways of experiencing the trees.” So four-gabled roof’s complex underside—
the main living spaces overlook the tree warm tones and a playful feel. Precision-
canopy, while the bedrooms offer worm’s- detailed like fine cabinetry, this utilitarian
eye views into the foliage. material takes on a refined character.

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Tudor House N

ARCHITECT 51-1 Arquitectos

LOCATION Lima, Peru

A Living/Dining Area I Master Bedroom

B Kitchen J Master Bathroom
C Studio K Living Room
D Bathroom L Bedroom
E Terrace M Laundry Room
F Powder Room N Mechanical Room
G Entrance O Cistern
The soaring living/dining area is broad ing needs for privacy, daylight, and views. H Garage
and column free, with views through four The garden terraces down to the master
exposures. Luciano’s grand piano occupies suite’s sliding-glass doors, which usher in
a place of honor, as does the generous abundant light, but even the smaller B

dining table. “Liya’s mother is Russian,” he windows in the other bedrooms do an A C

says, “so there’s a tradition of long meals adequate job of illuminating the spaces. D
with lots of family.” The dining area flows With Lima’s year-round cloud cover Upper Level
into the kitchen, which features custom evenly diffusing sunshine, the lower level
plywood cabinets and a patterned Span- is rarely in shadow.
ish tile floor. Next door is a workspace, As for neighborhood reactions to this
where Liya, a professional photographer, unorthodox “Tudor,” Luciano recalls a E
can edit photographs at home near their telling moment: “Soon after we moved in,
F G
children, now five and three. someone slipped a letter under our door.
By placing the bedrooms semi-below It said: ‘If you ever want to sell your house, H
grade, the architects addressed compet- please let me know.’”
Main Level

I J

K
M
L L
O
L
D
N O
L

D
Lower Level

From a distance, the house appears

to be a traditional Tudor (top),
although up close the clean lines
of the steel are apparent (left).
The garden slopes down to the
master bedroom (below), allowing
plenty of daylight to enter.

ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

“We didn’t think we’d use the terrace

that often, but it’s become our
barbecue spot and a great social space.”
LUCIANO BEDOYA, RESIDENT

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 one last thing

Architect Peter Gluck believes

there’s beauty and a lesson
for today in a centuries-old craft.
PHOTO BY | @JAMIECHUNGSTUDIO
Jamie Chung
Venetian fórcole,
or oarlocks, are fash-
ioned to suit a specific
gondolier’s height
and style of rowing.
Peter Gluck’s firm,
GLUCK+, bases
its work on a similar
sensibility, albeit
at a larger scale. As a
design/build firm,
GLUCK+ works
directly with clients
to develop, design,
and construct private
and public projects.

It was 1965. My wife hand shaped this object.

and I were on our honey- That connection to mak-
moon, and we’d just ing is what’s lost in many
arrived in Venice. That’s architectural practices
where I first saw this today. Too many architects
fórcola. Gondoliers have are siloed, separated from
used these sinuous oar- the physical act of creation
locks for more than seven by an over-reliance on
centuries to steer and technology, one of the
propel their boats. This worst being virtual reality
particular one was made renderings. They’re mak-
in 1965 by a man named ing something that exists
Giuseppe Carli, consid- somewhere in between
ered one of the modern an idea and a physical
maestros of the form. building, but it’s not real.
A fórcola is a purely Looking at this object‚ you
functional thing, and can sense that it wasn’t
those functions, when designed by somebody
carried out perfectly, sitting in an office and then
are beautiful, which for given to someone else
me calls to mind a mod- to shape. When you
ernist sense of beauty. lose that connection to
You can feel how Carli’s making, you lose a lot.

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