Custom Residential | Terraced House

Stepping up the hill behind a honed concrete block screen wall, this house has large terraces on two of the three roof planes. The large lower one opens off the kitchen, while the upper one, which is covered with a planted or green roof of sedum and flowers, opens off the master bedroom. The other side of this same roof level, which is visible out the windows of the guest bedrooms, is also planted. The central mass, which is sheathed in wood veneer rain screen panels, expresses the main circulation through the house and covers two custom steel stairs with cantilevered solid hickory treads as well as the dining area which serves as the center of the house.