House in the hills of Mill Valley

Restricted zoning regulations, the architects of the studio McGlashan Architecture had a fairly large plot of land to build only one house, intended to stay there two generations: no longer young parents and their daughters with his family. Solution to the problem came almost immediately: to divide the building with total area of ??500 square meters. m. on two interrelated parts, putting them at three levels. The upper level identified grandparents, ground floor is designed for young families and middle floor conventionally called the general, although more often it is possible to meet children. As in all previous projects, the studio McGlashan Architecture, founded in 2004 by Scott Mack Gleshanom (Scott McGlashan), has once again demonstrated respect for the introduction of residential buildings in the environment. To choose the form of buildings and their customers, and color palette inspired by landscape architects of the surrounding slopes. The roofs of each of the three levels it was decided to turn into a dwelling place of the living vegetation, and now the house at any time of year harmoniously flowing into the environment of its multicolored. Skylights – beautiful decoration of interior and exterior – are used to ventilate the lower rooms. Design feature kitchen-dining room was a clever play of curved bends with stable and steady right angles, which reaches its unexpected climax in a circular ceiling window. Directly under the architects decided to arrange a table for up to breakfast together. Bar counter and kitchen table island were made of wood waste left after felling trees in the Californian city of Chico.