“This site has a 360° view from a promontory high
above most of the peaks in the Santa Monica
Mountains. From this location, you can see
Channel Islands that you didn’t know existed. On
a clear night, from the opposite direction, you can
even see the faint glow of the lights from the
Luxor in Las Vegas.”
above most of the peaks in the Santa Monica
Mountains. From this location, you can see
Channel Islands that you didn’t know existed. On
a clear night, from the opposite direction, you can
even see the faint glow of the lights from the
Luxor in Las Vegas.”
The client presented Steve Yett with a generic house plan book; the kind that you find in the check-out
line in the supermarket. They asked him to copy one of those plans. Fortunately, they wanted a single
story residence, and the house they liked in the book was two story that couldn’t be converted to single
story. They also wanted a courtyard for their pet parrot, and none of the houses in the book had such a
courtyard.
line in the supermarket. They asked him to copy one of those plans. Fortunately, they wanted a single
story residence, and the house they liked in the book was two story that couldn’t be converted to single
story. They also wanted a courtyard for their pet parrot, and none of the houses in the book had such a
courtyard.
“At one point the husband, who also built the
house asked me to give it one singular shed
roof; telling me that the flashing details would
be easier, and the roof would be less likely to
leak. I was intrigued. I wanted to see how
that would look. But before I even took a
stab at it, his wife realized that it would make
the house look more modern, and she didn’t
want a modern house.”
house asked me to give it one singular shed
roof; telling me that the flashing details would
be easier, and the roof would be less likely to
leak. I was intrigued. I wanted to see how
that would look. But before I even took a
stab at it, his wife realized that it would make
the house look more modern, and she didn’t
want a modern house.”
