The Bridge House has been designed by San
Francisco-based architecture studio Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects, situated in Marin,
California. The site is fifteen acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running
through. The house bridges the ravine, spanning east to west. The house is a
continuous twenty-two-foot wide two-story bar.
A stair leads up to the entry court. The living areas are
the upper level and have continuous glass walls which look north to the
hill. The bedrooms below have continuous glass walls, which look
south to the theater in the landscape. From above and below two opposite
experiences of the site are focused, one broad and expansive, the other defined
and closed.
Along the upper bridge are two open courts, one for the
entry, the other connecting the main house to the pool and guest house.
A deck links these courts on the north, and connects to paths that
lead into the landscape with walks up the hill. Walls and roof are clad in
corten steel plate; viewed from above, the rusty bar bridges the golden
grass slopes. The residence also features a spectacular blue pool that branches
off the bar and projects up through the hillside.
Visit the website of Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects here.
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