24th Place
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Project Type: Residential
Location: Hermosa, Beach
Completed: 2019
Size: 2,790 sf
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Architect: Rockefeller Partners
General Contractor: Richardson Construction
Landscape: Pamela Burton & Co.
This simple builder’s house was built in the 1940s and a poorly conceived addition in the 1960s drastically altered its appearance. The firm's assignment was to keep the existing foundation and structure but change its aesthetic and spatial configuration. The owners had lived in this beach-side community most of their lives and were hoping to achieve something that felt less like a house by the beach, and more like a beach house. With this in mind, the architects created a home with a stronger connection to the outdoors, bathed in natural light, informal, and very comfortable.