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The Tice Residences replace a run-down and aging duplex with two separate, modern, Santa Barbara homes. Although the unique creek-side site (which the client’s original home looked toward across a small ravine) proposed significant challenges, the clients were certain they wanted to live on the lush “Riviera” hillside.
The challenges presented were ultimately overcome through a thorough and careful study of site conditions. With an extremely efficient use of space and strategic placement of windows and decks, privacy is maintained while affording expansive views from each home to the creek, downtown Santa Barbara and Pacific Ocean beyond. Both homes appear to have far more openness than their compact lots afford.
The solution strikes a balance between enclosure and openness. Walls and landscape elements divide and protect two private domains, and are in turn, carefully penetrated to reveal views.
Both homes are variations on one consistent theme: elegant composition of contemporary, “warm” materials; strong roof planes punctuated by vertical masses; and floating decks. The project forms an intimate connection with its setting by using site-excavated stone, terracing landscape planters with native plantings, and utilizing the shade provided by its ancient Riviera Oak trees.
2012 AIA Santa Barbara Chapter Merit Award
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Charles Cunniffe Architects Aspen
Wrights Road Great Room with Lift and Slide Doors Opening to the Deck, Stone and Concrete Fireplace, By Charles Cunniffe Architects. Photo by Derek Skalko
Rhodes Architecture + Light
One of the most commanding features of this rebuilt WWII era house is a glass curtain wall opening to sweeping views. Exposed structural steel allowed the exterior walls of the residence to be a remarkable 55% glass while exceeding the Washington State Energy Code. A glass skylight and window walls bisect the house to create a stair core that brings natural daylight into the interiors and serves as the spine, and light-filled soul of the house.
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Glass table and chairs, open concept, grand piano, angled ceiling, wall art, contemporary, beam, glass wall, wood dining chairs, solid floor, recessed lights, glass half-wall, fireplace, split-level, leather sofa
Morgante Wilson Architects
Morgante Wilson Architects designed the custom fireplace surround with sliding doors that hide storage behind. Leather chairs from WPA offer a cozy place to sit.
Werner Straube Photography
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