Sebastopol Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects have designed a home in Sebastopol, California.
Full description after the photos….
Sebastopol Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
Designed for two graphic designers, this house bridges between two stands of redwood trees, with the northern window wall facing out to the expansive view. Decks located at either end of the house open onto paths that lead to the pool on one side and the studio/garage on the other. The southern elevation screens the interior from the driveway and road above, but allows southern light in through the clerestory windows. As you enter, a dormer rises up over the dining area to frame the view. The main house is modest in size, only 1,700 square feet, but feels spacious due to an open floor plan. The clients’ wonderful art objects are housed in the long southern wall bookcase. The exterior is clad in cedar siding with a metal roof and the interior features a Douglas fir ceiling and decking, sheetrock walls and Ipe flooring.
Location: Sebastopol, California
Year completed: 2008
Architect:
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Eric Haesloop, FAIA and Mary Griffin, FAIA, Jerome Christensen, Juliet Hsu
1660 Bush Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 441-2300
www.tgharchitects.com
Landscape Architect: Jennifer Brooke, Landscape Office, Ltd.
Interior Design: John and Loreta Hornall
Engineer: Mike Forbes, Fratessa Forbes Wong
General Contractor: Ken Sawyer, Micah Sawyer, Sawyer Construction
Photographer: David Wakely, David Wakely Photography
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Eric Syre on 04 Nov 2009 at 8:31 am #
This is exactly the type of house I am looking to build soon. Very inspiring!
Zero34 on 04 Nov 2009 at 9:11 am #
Clean, simple, inspiring, beautiful. This is what I’d LOVE to see more often. Scares me to think of what i’d do to live in a house like this. haha. Truly a beautiful home. This puts those whitewash, sterile looking homes to shame!
robin holland on 04 Nov 2009 at 11:24 am #
very livable. love the pool
Fong Lin on 04 Nov 2009 at 2:56 pm #
Simply amazing! I wonder how much did it cost to construct this home?
Robin Ng on 04 Nov 2009 at 7:13 pm #
Very nice architecture! love the timber finishes….i wish this is my house LOL…
TVanL on 04 Nov 2009 at 8:04 pm #
I’d like to visit. . .am curious about the guest house. I’d be willing to cook while I’m there – the kitchen looks perfect. Wandering out to the end-deck to sip wine from a neighboring vintner between cooking tasks would suit me fine.
Peter B on 04 Nov 2009 at 10:29 pm #
I’d be scared of getting eaten by bears
Rudy on 05 Nov 2009 at 12:54 am #
To my taste the windows are divided in too many sections. Half of the window posts would certainly improve the view.
Obray McEwen Lyman on 05 Nov 2009 at 1:22 am #
Beautiful and calming.
Davidsign on 05 Nov 2009 at 2:47 am #
Utterly desirable!
Laryssa on 05 Nov 2009 at 4:08 am #
uau!!! look at the interior of this house! it’s amazing! and so is its garden… here in brazil we call “samambaia” those plants beside the walk. it reminds me my childhood…
Tere on 05 Nov 2009 at 7:14 am #
This is really amazing. I like the windows and the use of wood walls. It gives that refreshing feeling. Also, it’s the perfect way to maximize the beautiful view outside.
jwc3 on 05 Nov 2009 at 12:53 pm #
Nice photography.
Michael on 05 Nov 2009 at 6:38 pm #
OMG!
Beautiful use of space. Are the designers cubists?
Knud Erik Hansen on 07 Nov 2009 at 7:56 am #
I just wish to express how happy I became when I discovered the Wishbone Chairs in such an impressive and stylish home (I am the manufacturer of the Hans J. Wegner, Wishbone Chairs).
You have here created a fantastic house in the middle of a nature where it all melts into one very calm and natural environment. I love your style. Good luck with you new house – and with the Wishbone Chairs!!
Sincerely yours,
Knud Erik Hansen
CARL HANSEN & SON LTD.,
DENMARK
hZ! on 10 Nov 2009 at 10:50 am #
This feels exactly like home, in a multitude of ways, as well as in memory. I believe that at some point, studies will show (if they have not already done so) that the use of certain shapes and materials in building design influence physiological processes to a large degree, and optimum values found to match many of those here…my only reservation being, as one other has noted, the surfeit of joinery as opposed to glass, though of course to have proportioned things otherwise would have given the building a completely different and perhaps less inspired geometry. Even with that minor folly, the house is terrifically honest and kind. How clear of mind you’d be, living here!
Michael on 18 Nov 2009 at 10:49 pm #
Beautiful modern cottage in an awesome setting.
I share the concern about too many vertical window divisions; perhaps the design was deliberately trying to evoke a forest full of trees?
Andre on 18 Feb 2010 at 11:37 pm #
the kichen stool looks simple and very good,what brand is it?
AdrianSeow on 21 Jul 2010 at 6:00 am #
Love the lamp ceiling hung lamp in the dining! Where’s that from?