Structure agency AB Design Studio has remodelled and expanded a Nineteen Fifties house that sits on a boulder-studded property in California.

Santa Barbara’s AB Design Studio was tasked with remodelling and enlarging a 1954 home that was in disrepair, together with a subpar basis manufactured from stone rubble. Home of Honey, a studio within the LA space, served as the inside designer.

The Quarry Home is situated in Montecito, a city in central California that lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains. The one-storey house sits inside a former rock quarry, therefore the mission’s title.

Whereas the house’s authentic architect is unknown, there are rumours it was designed by Lutah Maria Riggs – the primary feminine architect in California to be named a fellow of the AIA. Within the Nineteen Fifties, Riggs designed a close-by temple for the Vendanta Society, which drew many bohemians to the world.

Honouring the world’s inventive and religious heritage was a guiding issue for the design crew, together with retaining the massive boulders that dot the property.

“The home displays the creative and Zen qualities of the world’s previous – a spot as soon as inhabited by a collective of bohemian poets, writers and artists – by sustaining authentic parts and reusing stones discovered on-site,” the crew stated.

To make extra space, the structure studio prolonged one finish of the home to carry a main suite. Simply past, it added a indifferent guesthouse referred to as the Residing Room Pavilion.

Collectively, the buildings whole 2,435 sq. toes (226 sq. metres) and wrap round a newly constructed swimming pool.

For the facades, the crew opted for vertical slats of ebonised redwood and darkish steel. Aluminium was used for home windows and doorways, and standing-seam steel was used for the roof. Website partitions are manufactured from stone and board-formed concrete.

Supplies have been chosen for his or her capability to withstand fireplace.

“The residence is situated in a high-fire space, and all exterior supplies have been constructed to adjust to California’s wildland city interface necessities,” the crew stated.

Inside the principle construction, there’s a division between private and non-private areas.

Bedrooms are arrayed alongside a hallway operating via the centre of the house.

The general public areas – a kitchen, eating space and lounge – are discovered on the west finish of the plan, the place notable options embrace a marble island and a hearth encompass manufactured from cold-rolled metal.

“The dwelling options expertly detailed and well-appointed interiors, together with shiny rooms with birch-veneered ceilings, customized cabinetry and woodwork, and hand-selected furnishings,” the crew stated.

Within the guesthouse, the crew positioned a bed room, lavatory, lounge and an workplace. In each buildings, giant home windows supply immersive views of the encompassing oak forest.

The mission additionally concerned main adjustments to the panorama, together with the elimination of a rear driveway, which allowed for the addition of a fireplace pit and garden.

The crew additionally expanded an present deck, which now wraps across the complete home.

Different properties in central California embrace a Santa Barbara residence by Shubin Donaldson that has a wooden-screen exterior and a Carmel Valley dwelling by Sagan Piechota Structure that sits amongst old-growth oak bushes.

The images is by Jason Rick.

Challenge credit:

Architect: AB Design Studio
Staff: Josh Blumer (principal), Glen Deisler (mission supervisor), Clay Aurell, Robert Pester, Joel Herrera, Amy Tripp
Normal contractor: J Weir Masterworks, Jed Hirsch Normal Constructing Contractor
MEP: Mechanical Engineering Consultants
Inside designer: Home Of Honey
Panorama architect: Progressive Environmental Industries
Structural engineer: Darkmoon Constructing Design and Engineering