ReSquare Architecture and Construction

Mission

Master Bedroom Wing
The design of this private home presented challenges which were used to advantage to provide the client with a simple yet elegant design.

Main House, balcony
A limited budget and local expertise necessitated a minimalistic design. The clients' love of local architecture called for sensitivity to indigenous styles.

Main House, east deck
Adhering to solar thermal design strategies as well as thoughtful use of strategically placed openings and breezeways allowed for no AC system.

Main House, kitchen window
The desire for views required careful shading. Limited utilities called for renewable sources including rain catchment and solar water heaters.

Guest Cottage
The resultant building complex is a thoughtfully integrated culmination of a unique set of design criteria meeting a variety of distinct challenges.

Front facade
This A-frame home was expanded to provide for an artist's studio wing relating to and juxtaposing against the style of the home.

New front entry
Roof line styles on the front facade and entry were maintained to preserve a stylistically conservative appearance on the entrance side.

Side view
The expansion's main roof reveals itself to be deconstructed from the more contemporary volume of the studio space behind it.

Back view, studio space
Seen from the rear, the studio volume expresses itself as unique in form and material from the rest of the home.

Back yard view
The studio volume relates to the traditional A-frame while its material finishes define it as a unique space.

After
New second-story ADU addition to an existing garage.

Before
The existing garage before renovation

Front
A complete replacement of the exterior envelope with an added layer of rigid insulation for sound attenuation, and new facade design of existing window locations in a re-imagined look.

Master Bathroom
As part of a 6,000sf, whole-home renovation, this master bathroom was completely gutted, re-structured and re-laid out for better function.

Family Room
Complete re-design of this room included re-arranging the entry on the left to be off the light-filled main hall.

Guest Bath
Space carved out from a larger room provides for a new guest bathroom shared between two bedrooms.

Kids' Bath
This existing bathroom was opened up by incorporating space previously lost through inefficient layout.

Kitchen
The existing kitchen layout was retained but all existing cabinets were re-finished with faux painting.

Balcony
The existing balcony was replaced along with the addition of new wrought iron trellis, cast stone columns and stone dining patio.


Interiors in collaboration with Laurence Roberts Interiors
Exterior in collaboration with Landworth DeBolske Architecture

Alley Entrance
Designed, permitted and built by ReSquare, the project was one of first ADU approvals granted through the Venice Specific Plan and CA Coastal Commission

First Floor Plan
The tall roofline accomodates a loft while styling and details complement the existing home. Required parking is used as a private courtyard

First Floor Plan
An airy and spacious main living space opens onto a private court providing a greater space of indoor/outdoor living.

First Floor Plan
A small loft area is permitted as storage, but designed to upcoming code changes that will allow permitting as a sleeping loft.

First Floor Plan
The rear bath is within the saved original garage volume.

Front street view
A stark facade is carved away to suggest at the vibrancy within

Back yard view
The black boxes are carved away to reveal warm and vibrant life inside

Second story "yard"
Outdoor upper level grass roof functions as yard and rainwater control measure

Front balcony
The front guest bedroom balcony simultaneously shelters the bedroom from the street while providing connection to the yard.

First floor open plan
The first floor open floor plan and large rear glass folding wall allow for full first-floor indoor / outdoor living.

Warm materials
Rich materials and warm spaces make for peaceful appreciation of the spaces

Dining space
The dining space off the kitchen is tucked away from the main space to provide more privacy for intimate settings

Warm front entry and fireplace
A more intimate space is provided for the main entry, with coat closet and powder room tucked to eaither side.

Cantelevered glassed stair
A fully cantilevered tread stair cascades into the open living space awash in light from the high ceiling skylight

Upper hallway
An open stair hall connects the upper bedroom suites and office with a light and view-filled space.

Luxury baths
Bathrooms throughout the house continue the warm materials and understated luxury.

Bird's eye view looking north
The main house offers a transition from the grounded density of the large stand of Fir trees at the entry to a perch towering above the lower open slope.

West view on walk
Locally-sourced traditional materials like flagstone, structural timber and wood siding are used on an otherwise dramatically contemporary spatial composition.

Bird's eye view looking south
The compound can be developed in stages starting with the main 3 bed/2 bath ‘point’ house with 2kW grid-tied PV and rainwater harvesting with 17Kgal. capacity.

Site plan
As a concept plan for a five acre lakefront vacation compound in rural Wyoming, the design builds on two axial orientations which organize the site and establish a framework of living dualities.

House in a Day - Project Mercy
ReSquare is commited to providing for those in need. Working through a volunteer a team we assist Project Mercy in building homes for needy families in Tijuana, Mexico.

One hour
Watch a timelapse video of one hour of a day to build a house.

Front façade
The front facade expresses the basic massing of two soft-toned stucco bedroom masses bound by smooth black stucco common spaces.

Front entrance
Front entrace with warm Cumaru siding and decking. Grass roof peeks out from above.

Rear façade
The rear facade opens up to the first floor great room to the back yard deck.

Rear façade
Exterior massing and detailing evoke an eastern Mediterranean feeling in a contemporary styling.

Entry, great room
The first floor great room extends to the open rear facde and back yard living.

Kitchen, great room
The generous kitchen anchors the fully open space of the first floor great room and connects to the outdoor deck.

Stair
The two story-stair volume drops into the great room as a procession of floating treads bound by glass wall guard rails.

Master bath
The master bath offers an open-spaced, skylit, peaceful retreat.

Master balcony
The Master bedroom balcony provides outdoor living on the second level with views and grass roof.

Perspective, SE
ReSquare designed, permitted and built this second story addition to a Hillside home in the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan.

Perspective, NE
Grass roof provides indoor/outdoor living on the second story in addition to meeting city LID requirements.

Interior, stair
Interior stair and window placement capitalizes on views and access to the outdoors on the second floor.

Interior, bath
Interior Regency design style by Brian Whark.

Second story ADU over garage
350sf ADU over existing garage with back yard renovation.

Full use back yard design
The ADU addition caps a private courtyard with a new pool, spa, firepit, outdoor bar and deck.

Back porch
The ADU design extends the home's unique, contemporary Mediterranean aesthetic.

Front elevation and back yard
A ground-up backyard accessory dwelling unit with second story recreation room.

Front elevation
Front elevation maintains traditional style of the home, while expressing more modernist composition.

Interior, kitchen
Small kitchen along with adjacent bathroom and laundry provide full living accomodations.

Interior, living
The open living space provides a cozy space for living and sleeping.

Yard view
A ground-up backyard accessory dwelling unit over two-car garage.

Yard view
'Living box' concept of a dark shell carved away to reveal life inside.

Alley view
Alley garage access and rear ADU balcony affords privacy to main house rear yard.

ADU balcony
Warm materials express the 'living' interior of the outer, cold shell.

ADU interior
The spacious interior of the ADU is well lit with high windows to maintain privacy.

Exterior entrance
Addition to an existing garage converted to an ADU.

Interior
Skylights and selectively placed windows provide light and privacy.

Interior
Existing roof structure of previous addition is exposed and refinished.

Exterior entrance
New addition to the front of the home increased interior space and curb appeal.

Exterior entrance
Relocated entrance with bold structure and contemporary materials.

Exterior entrance
Before and after images show the transformation.

Conference Room
A drab open office space is transformed into a vibrant work space.

Front Reception
Glass partitions are used to keep spaces open and let light travel.

Break Area
Color is used to brighten and enliven throughout.

Offices
Trussses remained exposed to allow in natural light and reduce heat.

Perspective, Front
The existing single story traditional home is refinished and a contemporary second story addition added.

Perspective, Front
Upper story rooflines reinterpret traditional forms for a more contemporary feel to the whole.

Perspective, Front
Winged roof forms allow for more open views and higher ceilings at the window walls.

Perspective, rear
The rear design is far more contemporary, leaving the traditional design to the front.

Perspective, rear
A variaety of open space on the second level and roof further allow for indoor / outdoor living experience.

Kitchen
New kitchen with new appliances, counters and tile in this 4,100sf whole-home renovation with second floor new layout adding a bathroom for three full suites.

Family room
Family room off kitchen with new floors, lighitng, fireplace and surround.

Dining room
Dining room walls, floors and ceilings refinished. New HVAC system and ducting.

Living room
Refinished floors, walls and ceilings with new lighting and fireplace surround.

Master bedroom
Master bedroom walls, floors and ceilings refinished. New fireplace, surround and built-in millwork.

Master bathroom
Completely refinished master bathroom with new WC compartment.

Master closet
Master closet completely replaced with new custom built-in millwork.

Baby's room
Existing bedroom reconfigured to allow for a laundry room.

Baby's bath
Existing guest bathroom completely renovated and kept as ensuite bath

Guest bedroom
Existing second guest bedroom gets a private ensuite bath and closet

Guest bathroom
The previously shared guest bath was convert to be ensuite to the second guest bedroom

Guest bedroom
Third guest bedroom closet re-configured to allow a new, third, ensuite bathroom.

ADU and pool
900sf is added to an existing garage to create a three-bedroom, two-bath ADU.

Private courtyard
The ADU addition wraps the property edges creating a private courtyard with a new pool and spa.

Back porch
A new porch off the main house completes the courtyard and connects it the main living spaces.