Residential Architecture and Interior Design | Single-Family House | New Construction
Venice Beach, California
Completed: 2012
The Argonaut (Title: “Designing Up” Venice as architectural laboratory - 04/24/14)
The New York Times (Title: Venice Garden & Home Tour - 04/24/14)
Cooking Light (Title: Small Space Big Ideas -09/14)
California Home + Design Magazine (Title: “One If By Land” - 08/13/13 - Fall 2013)
AIA Los Angeles Home Tour - 04/01/12
Project Description
With just 700 square feet on which to build a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home for a family of four, spatial needs had to be stacked vertically, starting with a garage and private garden at ground level. The open kitchen/living/dining space occupies the second level with bedrooms on the third. Each level features windows on all sides for natural light and ventilation. Clear hierarchies in building materials, a sloping trapezoidal roof, open stairs and landings that connect the levels, and multi-functional built-in furniture combine to create a compact, modern, ultra-energy-efficient and economical single-family home perfectly suited to its small site yet distinctive from the crush of other houses and detached garages around it.
Credits
Owner: Doug Pierson and Youn Choi Pierson
Architecture, Interior Design: Doug Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, and Youn Choi
Photography: Youn Choi