Cedar cladding and enormous stretches of glass function in a weekend home referred to as Sonoma Wine Nation, which has been enlarged by US studio Feldman Structure.

The challenge is situated within the Sonoma County city of Healdsburg, throughout the coronary heart of northern California’s wine area. It sits on a 40-acre (16-hectare) property with sweeping views of the terrain.

The unique residence, accomplished a couple of years in the past, was designed by San Francisco’s Feldman Structure – and the studio was tapped to develop the dwelling.

“The second section of design at Sonoma Wine Nation works to rework an easy, one-bedroom retreat right into a dynamic escape for a rising household,” the staff stated.

The home was initially composed of two perpendicular bars, forming a L-shaped plan. A wing working east to west contained a storage, media room and bed room suite; a wing working north to south held a shared house for cooking, eating and lounging.

For the enlargement, the architects added a central quantity and prolonged the east-west bar, forming a T-shaped home. It now totals 3,634 sq. ft (338 sq. metres).

The kitchen was moved to the central quantity. Designed to spill onto a rear terrace, the kitchen can accommodate household meals and bigger gatherings.

A bed room quantity – containing a sleeping space, research and loo – was added on the east facet. The brand new quantity overlooks a meadow and opens onto a terrace with a hearth pit.

“The sleek addition seamlessly expands the house’s non-public wing east, inserting an up to date, secluded main suite overlooking expansive views of the valley ground and distant hills,” the studio stated.

The current challenge additionally included the creation of a indifferent studio for yoga, pilates and media viewing. Located near the principle residence, the 436-square-foot (41-square-metre) studio acts as a “calming hideaway tucked right into a wooded grove”.

The brand new additions proceed the house’s current vocabulary of shed roofs, darkish cedar siding and ample glazing. Inside finishes embrace plaster partitions and concrete flooring.

The home is meant to supply a robust connection to the panorama.

One standout function is a sequence of 4 outsized, counterweight glass doorways within the nice room, which had been created as a part of section one. When opened, the doorways allow the room to circulation onto patios and supply “snug out of doors dwelling in each sizzling and funky climate”.

Based in 2003, Feldman Structure has designed quite a few residential initiatives in California and past. Others embrace a Santa Cruz seashore home clad in salvaged wooden and the renovation of a “quirky round home” perched on a hillside close to Silicon Valley.

The pictures is by Adam Rouse.

Challenge credit:

Architect: Feldman Structure
Structure staff: Jonathan Feldman (challenge principal), Leila Bijan Kuehr (job captain)
Inside designer: Ann Lowengart Interiors
Panorama design: Lutsko Associates
Normal contractor: Jungsten Development
Structural engineer: Strandberg Engineering