How Midcentury Principles Elevate a Compact Modern Home

How Midcentury Principles Elevate a Compact Modern Home

This house in Santa Barbara, CA, set on a small lot near the cliffs of Santa Barbara maintains a low-slung building envelope inspired by the residential precedents of Marcel Breuer and the Eames Office.

Combining abstract color panels with vernacular materials in a modern frame, strong sections maximize interior daylight and give physical variation to the ceiling planes and room volumes.

The ceiling heights range from 7’-8” to 12’ through the profiles of two shed roofs. Wide-open public spaces extend outdoors and contrast the intimacy and built-in furnishings of the bedrooms and tv room. A rugged materiality and simplicity is suggested with interior walls with exposed fir studs and wide plank boards, and the exterior is painted reinforced fiber cement board. 

 

Originally published in Mid-Century Homes
Photos by William Abramowitz

 

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