Sea Ranch Residence by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop designed the Sea Ranch residence in Sea Ranch, California.
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Description from the architects:
The site for this small Sea Ranch house is edged with mature evergreen trees and opens to a meadow with views out to the Pacific Ocean. The clients wanted an understated, flowing house that captured their love of Japanese simplicity. Our solution starts with a vernacular barn form and carves away to shape an exterior octagonal deck that opens to the meadow and the view. A continuous band of windows and doors follow the outline of the cutout to capture the panoramic views. Cedar ceilings and sheetrock walls create a clean minimalist interior, and the window wall features exposed wood framing and structural steel.
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Photography by David Wakely
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Leroy Le Penguin on 13 Mar 2011 at 6:12 pm #
I love the look of the ceiling and the exposed walls… but are those areas insulated?
Very interesting looking in any case.
Kate Holm on 14 Mar 2011 at 8:00 am #
Is the exterior wood cladding treated?
Looks beautiful – I stayed at Moores condominium at Sea Ranch some 20 years ago – if this one has a similar view, the owner is very lucky!
Miss Honey on 15 Mar 2011 at 9:01 am #
interior is beautiful! nice use of wood.
peterfennely on 20 Mar 2011 at 8:14 am #
insulation? insulation! don’t talk to me about insulation- i am an ARCHITECT!
David Lees on 22 Mar 2011 at 5:36 am #
This new building made my day …month…year? looking out to the Pacific on Big Sur in California—no better coastal setting on the planet. Moody, misty, big waves, natural meadows and windswept pines. The picture of it across the meadow would be my dream home. This is a very personal liking. I loved Sea Ranch at college and still do. The relationship with an unspoiled natural habitat is sublime for me. The incorporation of raw elements—the doorstep, bedhead and table. The sophisticated but oh so un-flashy detailing. The way its furnished…………………………
I love the way the intervention of the hexagon creates an undulating ridgeline.
Contrary to the excesses of Zaha, this delivers it through Charles Eames dictum “If it isn’t functional, it isn’t right”. But big business it aint. So its back into an overconsumptive world falling apart at the seams for now –milk it while you can. But stay true to your principals somewhere.
“Going where I list, my own master, total absolute, listening to others, considering well what they say, pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me. I inhale great draughts of space. The east and west are mine……..….
Beware of the moral ripening of nature. Beware what precedes the decay of the ruggedness of states and men. Beware civilization.
“Walt Whitman “ Leaves of Grass”
“Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society could ill do without. Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous activity of nature; with every foot of land brought into cultivation, ……………. and scarcely a place left where a wild shrub or tree could grow without being eradicated as a weed in the name of agriculture.
“Principals of Political Economy” John Stuart Mill 1848