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Noel Cross+Architects
Who says green and sustainable design has to look like it? Designed to emulate the owner’s favorite country club, this fine estate home blends in with the natural surroundings of it’s hillside perch, and is so intoxicatingly beautiful, one hardly notices its numerous energy saving and green features.
Durable, natural and handsome materials such as stained cedar trim, natural stone veneer, and integral color plaster are combined with strong horizontal roof lines that emphasize the expansive nature of the site and capture the “bigness” of the view. Large expanses of glass punctuated with a natural rhythm of exposed beams and stone columns that frame the spectacular views of the Santa Clara Valley and the Los Gatos Hills.
A shady outdoor loggia and cozy outdoor fire pit create the perfect environment for relaxed Saturday afternoon barbecues and glitzy evening dinner parties alike. A glass “wall of wine” creates an elegant backdrop for the dining room table, the warm stained wood interior details make the home both comfortable and dramatic.
The project’s energy saving features include:
- a 5 kW roof mounted grid-tied PV solar array pays for most of the electrical needs, and sends power to the grid in summer 6 year payback!
- all native and drought-tolerant landscaping reduce irrigation needs
- passive solar design that reduces heat gain in summer and allows for passive heating in winter
- passive flow through ventilation provides natural night cooling, taking advantage of cooling summer breezes
- natural day-lighting decreases need for interior lighting
- fly ash concrete for all foundations
- dual glazed low e high performance windows and doors
Design Team:
Noel Cross+Architects - Architect
Christopher Yates Landscape Architecture
Joanie Wick – Interior Design
Vita Pehar - Lighting Design
Conrado Co. – General Contractor
Marion Brenner – Photography
Pineapple House Interior Design
This sophisticated corner invites conversation!
Chris Little Photography
The Blind Side Home Furnishings, Inc.
This hand engraved limestone mantel was designed and fabricated specifically for this home. All of the wall panels are stained walnut.
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Drewett Works
A substantial fireplace wall of Cambrian black leathered granite and travertine in the living room echoes the stone massing elements of the home's exterior architecture.
Project Details // Razor's Edge
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Architecture: Drewett Works
Builder: Bedbrock Developers
Interior design: Holly Wright Design
Landscape: Bedbrock Developers
Photography: Jeff Zaruba
Faux plants: Botanical Elegance
Black fireplace wall: The Stone Collection
Travertine walls: Cactus Stone
Porcelain flooring: Facings of America
https://www.drewettworks.com/razors-edge/
Interior Elegance
Vaulted Ceiling - Large double slider - Panoramic views of Columbia River - LVP flooring - Custom Concrete Hearth - Southern Ledge Stone Echo Ridge - Capstock windows - Custom Built-in cabinets - Custom Beam Mantel - View from the 2nd floor Loft
Design Results: Creative Coastal Living
An inviting great room with a soft, neutral palette lends sophistication to a rental venue that sleeps 21. A large rectangular table for ten allows for fine dining and great conversation bathed in the glow of a hanging linear pendant. The ample, deep seating nearby is on such a large scale that the sofa had to be hoisted up two floors on a forklift!
Julia Chasman Design
The open plan Living/Dining room is flooded with light from the rear patio. Rug bought in Marrakech is a classic Beni Ourain black and white Berber wool. The Malm orange fireplace dates from the 1960's and was sourced from the Rose Bowl. All furniture is vintage and reupholstered: Harvey Probber Cubo sectional in Perennials narrow stripe, Pair of French slipper chairs from the Marche aux Puces in Paris, redone in two fabrics by Kathryn M Ireland, Pair of Florence Knoll white Formica round coffee tables, and Spanish Colonial tile end tables, hold a pair of tall Italian gilt lamps (Borghese style) with custom shades in avocado. Pillows and throws from Morocco, and Kanthas from India.
Photo by Bret Gum for Flea Market Decor Magazine
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