A new home for a young professional couple with small children and an extended family, this is an inner city house on a prominent corner in a middle class neighborhood undergoing redevelopment.

The house is a study in contrasts and a study in light.

A low scale, visually heavier mass element anchors the composition to the north, while the house becomes materially lighter through a two story curtain wall paralleling the circulation spine and finally the second story mass of the master bedroom is elevated on a pair of columns, creating a covered patio space at the south corner of the building, fully integrating the public spaces with the landscape.

Public spaces and a guest suite occupy the ground floor, each with discrete views into the landscape beyond. Three bedrooms and a home office connect to a wide hall on the second floor, top lit by a double sided clerestory above.

The material palette is the decorative scheme of the building. Exterior steel is galvanized, interior steel is etched and sealed. The natural concrete of the first floor is sealed and polished, while the natural finish of the stucco at the garage extends into the interior of the entry. The wood stair and second floor extends to the elevated section of the ceiling in the living room below and outward as a soffit material over the covered patio space.