Red Box

Red Box

Remodel and addition

jeremy levine design

Green Icon Key

SouthWest

First Floor Plan

new pocket courtyard filled with giant bamboo. sliding glass doors open on both sides creating thermal ventilating chimney

deck- cantilevers over the sloping hill

outline of second level above

Addition of 500 sq. ft. to an existing house of 1,100 sq.ft. The new addition and decks wrap around the South side of the house and up a new staircase to the new second floor.

Second Floor Plan steel moment frame

second level cantilevers

closets

master bath

master bedroom covered deck

new roof deck

The new second floor box has deep cut outs that shade the deck and the South glazing while providing 180 degree panoramic views across the city.

Before - South Face

Existing one story house in Eagle Rock, California. A classic fixer, waiting for an architect to arrive on the scene.

After - South Face

The existing cypress tree was captured inside of the front courtyard. Triple panel sliders allow the front rooms to open to this new patio space, kept cool by the sheltering tree. Mobile slatted wood panels enclose the space and can be locked together at night, allowing the doors to be kept open and the breeze flowing through the interior.

Before - West

Existing house was built in 1954. Wood framing, slab on grade, perched at the top of a hill.

After - West

Roof Deck

Rather than removing the tree in the front yard it was enclosed behind the retractable facade

Vaulted Ceiling

The red steel columns of the moment frame are left exposed, expressing the hidden structure while implying a separation of the space.

Before

Fireplace

Slate covered built in bench seat runs the length of the living room wall. The fireplace surround is made of powder coated steel and the mantle is recycled 6�x12� Doug Fir beam.

Living Room

Slate covered built in bench seat runs the length of the living room wall. The fireplace surround is made of powder coated steel and the mantle is recycled 6�x12� Doug Fir beam.

Home Office

Sliding glass doors reveal a pocket courtyard open to the sky filled with giant bamboo. The pocket courtyard acts as both a light well and a thermal chimney to draw warm air up, pulling cool air into the house.

Kitchen

The interior walls were removed and the roof reframed with post and beam structure and steel moment frame, creating a single large space.

Kitchen

The recycled wood ceiling passes from inside to outside to become the floor of the second floor box, as revealed through the clerestory glass.

Kitchen

Limestone floors and a recycled wood ceiling flow through all the spaces, connecting them.

Details

Deep cut outs create illuminated niches. The niche off the kitchen has built in office. A half bath is concealed behind a rolling white glass door hung from barnyard track. A rectangle of chalkboard paint creates a place for notes.

Bedroom

Long rectangular windows at the ceiling and floor bounce light into the room from different directions.

Carved Walls

Illuminated niches are carved out of the walls. Windows with clerestories are shaded by deep overhangs. A low rectangular window at floor level gives a unique view of the plants.

bathroom

The red box contains the second story master suite perched on a steel moment frame it cantilevers out over the front garden of native plants.

Second Story

The red box contains the second story master suite perched on a steel moment frame it cantilevers out over the front garden of native plants.

Covered Deck

The master suite opens to a private covered deck, built of sustainably harvested hard wood. The deep overhang of the cantilevered roof shades the glass during the day.

Covered Deck

The master suite opens to a private covered deck, built of sustainably harvested hard wood. The deep overhang of the cantilevered roof shades the glass during the day.

Master Bedroom

Panoramic views across the city from Century City to the Hollywood Hills to Glendale. The famous Griffith Observatory is visible from the front deck.

Master Bedroom

Red oak flooring, recycled cedar ceiling, rounded edges, interior clerestory windows allows rooms to share light.

master bathroom

Lightly textured ceramic tiles cover the floors, wrap half way up the wall, and create a cantilevered vanity.

Clerestory windows borrow light from the master bedroom.

master bathroom

ceramic tile wraps around the cantilevered box of the floating vanity. A tiny triangular window illuminates the corner of the vaulted ceiling where it meets the wall. Laminated white glass brings in light and keeps privacy.

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