The Atherton House is a family compound for a professional couple in the tech industry, and their two teenage children. After living in Singapore, then Hong Kong, and building homes there, they looked forward to continuing their search for a new place to start a life and set down roots. The site is located on Atherton Avenue on a flat, 1 acre lot. The neighboring lots are of a similar size, and are filled with mature planting and gardens. The brief on this site was to create a house that would comfortably accommodate the busy lives of each of the family members, as well as provide opportunities for wonder and awe. Views on the site are internal. Our goal was to create an indoor- outdoor home that embraced the benign California climate. The building was conceived as a classic “H” plan with two wings attached by a double height entertaining space. The “H” shape allows for alcoves of the yard to be embraced by the mass of the building, creating different types of exterior space. The two wings of the home provide some sense of enclosure and privacy along the side property lines. The south wing contains three bedroom suites at the second level, as well as laundry. At the first level there is a guest suite facing east, powder room and a Library facing west. The north wing is entirely given over to the Primary suite at the top level, including the main bedroom, dressing and bathroom. The bedroom opens out to a roof terrace to the west, overlooking a pool and courtyard below. At the ground floor, the north wing contains the family room, kitchen and dining room. The family room and dining room each have pocketing sliding glass doors that dissolve the boundary between inside and outside. Connecting the wings is a double high living space meant to be comfortable, delightful and awe-inspiring. A custom fabricated two story circular stair of steel and glass connects the upper level to the main level, and down to the basement “lounge” below. An acrylic and steel bridge begins near one end of the stair landing and flies 40 feet to the children’s bedroom wing. People going about their day moving through the stair and bridge become both observed and observer. The front (EAST) wall is the all important receiving place for guests and family alike. There the interplay between yin and yang, weathering steel and the mature olive tree, empower the entrance. Most other materials are white and pure. The mechanical systems are efficiently combined hydronic heating and cooling, with no forced air required.

This ocean side home shares a balance between high style and comfortable living. The neutral color palette helps create the open airy feeling with a sectional that hosts plenty of seating, martini tables, black nickel bar stools with an Italian Moreno glass chandelier for the breakfast room overlooking the ocean

Greg Premru

Basement play area for kids

This is the lanai room where the owners spend their evenings. It has a white-washed wood ceiling with gray beams, a painted brick fireplace, gray wood-look plank tile flooring, a bar with onyx countertops in the distance with a bathroom off to the side, eating space, a sliding barn door that covers an opening into the butler's kitchen. There are sliding glass doors than can close this room off from the breakfast and kitchen area if the owners wish to open the sliding doors to the pool area on nice days. The heating/cooling for this room is zoned separately from the rest of the house. It's their favorite space! Photo by Paul Bonnichsen.

Crédits photo : Kina Photo

Seating area with new cushions, lamps, drapes, and blinds.

photo by YOSHITERU BABA 寝室と隣り合わせのファミリールーム 暖炉を焚いて家族でゆったり寛げます。 パーティションには関ヶ原石材の大判タイルを使用。

Wood vaulted ceilings, walnut accents, concrete divider wall, glass stair railings, vibia pendant light, Custom TV built-ins, steel finish on fireplace wall, custom concrete fireplace mantel, concrete tile floors, walnut doors, black accents, wool area rug,

Nicolás Markuerkiaga

These doors were provided by Jon Long of NewLuxe Bath Glass. To know more, see this link: https://www.houzz.com/pro/mirrorcleframeshouston/mirrorcle-frames-houston

@Thibault Pousset Photographe

Mike Schwartz Photography

The Hive Custom Home Built by Markay Johnson Construction Designer: Ashley Johnson & Gregory Abbott Photographer: Scot Zimmerman Southern Utah Parade of Homes

Colorful playroom / media room with striped carpet and gray trim