Maximum Light in a Narrow Los Angeles Home - Remodelista
Transforming space constraints into opportunities for good design is a favorite theme of ours in this instance LA based Kevin Oreck a Remodelista Architect Design... Photography by Kevin Oreck. ...Directory member has created a flexible light filled 1 500 square foot home on an extremely narrow site 39 feet wide with a limited budget “One of our favorite aspects of the house is that we utilize every square inch of it each day,” says the artist owner who lives here with his food-stylist wife and their young son. Oreck used a combination of honest, simple materials–concrete, glass, metal, and plywood–in his shedlike design. A light-filled living room with bare essentials furniture and artwork by Stas Orlovski. A 40-foot-long band of high windows runs through the center of the house, affording views of the sky and treetops. The cabinetry throughout the house is constructed from 13-ply birch plywood and was custom designed by Oreck; the countertops in the kitchen and the baths are Carrara marble from Daltile. The owners’ collection of midcentury furniture includes a Danish dining table and Baumritter chairs. The exposed ceiling frame features translucent panels that backlight the study space below (outfitted with a Paul McCobb table and an Eames rocker). Dual sinks in Carrara marble and the same plywood carried into the bath from the kitchen design. A light-flooded corner features a Brown Saltman dressing table paired with an Eames Rocker. Clerestory windows maximize light without compromising privacy; the George Nelson Ball Lamp is from Modernica in Los Angeles. The landscape design is by David Fletcher of Fletcher Studio Landscape Architecture + Urban Design.