Silver Lake

This is a house for a cinematographer.  The house carefully frames its views. Clerestory windows catch glimpses of palm trees and bounce soft light from under the deep eaves. Long vistas were carved through the house with new elements arranged to create a deep layered depth of field. The walls of the interior were punctured with openings to allow each room to “borrow” light from its neighbor. Jeremy Levine Jeremy Levine Jeremy Levine Jeremy Levine The addition is a two-story composition of decks, trellis elements, and sliding glass designed to modulate the intense southern light.  The cascading structural loads are expressed architecturally: the floor beams of the second story deck project out into... More