Posted by Derek Leavitt on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 @ 02:31 PM
The 360 house is almost complete. The photos here aren't great, but we thought we'd share them with you anyway. They were taken with an iPhone on June 2, 2010.
Master Bedroom above
Stair and loft office above
The last post has much clearer pictures of this area, but now the ceiling has been painted orange to complete the effect of the orange element carrying through the house.
The stainless steel cable railings are in.
Perfect example of why you should hire professional architectural photographers to shoot your work. Amature iPhone photos don't cut it.
The indoor/outdoor connection
Water is now in the pool. Just in time for summer.
The 360 house is designed by Modative modern architects in Los Angeles. The 360 House is located in Long Beach, CA.
Feel free to contact us if you'd like to learn more about this remodel project.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Tue, May 11, 2010 @ 02:52 PM
Some photos from our visit to the construction site of the 360 House remodel in May 2010.This project is located in Long Beach, CA.
Here's a quick reminder of what it looked like prior to our modern architectural intervention.
Yikes!
Now that's better.
The front door - an aluminum storefront system.
Here's what the entry area looks like from the inside. It was important to bring the exterior materials inside to create an indoor/outdoor feel. The ceiling was about to be painted to matchthe orange on the exterior.
A close up
Here you can really see the Hardie fiber cement shiplap siding carry from the outside in.
The second floor of the cube contains the unique master suite.
View of the master suite from the loft office
The loft office above
The loft home office. You can start to see that the orange canopy at the front of the house carries through to the back yard.
Looking from the back of the house through to the front.
From the entry to the kitchen
Kitchen island
The kitchen and living area flows into the back yard thanks to the large triple track sliding doors.
A modern outdoor living room complete with fireplace.
The back yard awaits the finishing touches.
The orange roof and wall extensions shade the south facing windows while also creating the outdoor living room in the backyard.
Full view of the back of the house
Detail of the door from the guest bedroom to the back yard
Pool sans water
We love these aluminum interior door frames
As you can see, this modern remodel makeover is almost complete.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Thu, Apr 29, 2010 @ 01:41 PM
The 360 House modern remodel nears completion in Long Beach, CA. Here's a recent photo taken by our landscape architect, Miriam Rainville, of the front of the house.
The orange entry piece is painted stucco. The garage with Master Suite above is clad in affordable HardiePlank® Lap Siding with metal detailing to give it a more modern and sophisticated look.
The 360 house was designed by Modative Architecture. Stay tuned for further updates as construction wraps up.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 @ 01:18 PM
Some construction progress images of the modern remodel of the 360 House in Long Beach, CA.
Front
Entry
Entry Area
The open living plan
The Office Loft with Master Bedroom beyond
Detail of metal (aluminum) windows
Back
The Pool and Spa
Front
The 360 house was designed by Modative Architecture. Stay tuned for further updates as construction continues.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 @ 06:15 PM
Construction on the 360 house modern remodel has begun. As of now they are still wrapping up demolition, so there's not much to see. Just in case you'd like to see the existing framing, here are some photos of today's site visit in Long Beach, CA.
View from the street. Already liking the form of the house better without the faux mansard roof and rough stucco.
Living room
Upstairs
Upstairs office
Stair
Looking towards the area that will become the master bedroom
Look out below
Back yard demo
View from the back yard
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 @ 07:27 PM
Update October 2009
Permits should be pulled any day now and construction is expected to start on the 360 house in the next few weeks. In progress construction photos of this modern remodel will follow shortly.
Posted by Derek Leavitt on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 @ 07:10 PM
"Less is More"...
The famous saying is often linked to the architect Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe, and drilled into every young student immediately after walking
into the confines of just about any architecture school in the United States. It
is an important idea, but one overlooked (for unknown reasons) by the previous owner and
builder of our client’s residence in Long Beach, California.
Fortunately for modative, our client’s goals were perfectly
aligned with this famous motto when we were asked to collaborate on a significant
remodel of their single-family residence. "How about 'less' of just about everything?",
our client asked. Less maintenance, less underutilized bedrooms, less
underutilized space, and definitely less terracotta Spanish tiles.
What better way to start practicing Mies van der Rohe’s theories
on minimalist architecture than to strip away the out-of-context Spanish tiles
that adorned the top of the even more meaningless Mansard roof. Yes, that’s
right, I said it... a Mansard roof: a hip-style roof first popularized by
French architect Francois Mansart who died in 1666!
Oh and lets us not forget,
later revived by famous fast food chains Pizza Hut and McDonald's. Well, since
our client wasn’t interested in franchising these popular establishments, and
since Long Beach is really, really far away from France and the 1600’s, the
roof was the obvious place to start. At least on the outside...
Redesigned roof line (view from street)
After redesigning the roof line, and adding a much more desirable
(and functional...) Master Bedroom Suite, a thorough examination and reworking
of the interior spaces was next to be considered. Inside, there were too many bedrooms underutilized since the
kids had left the house. So recognizing the entrepreneurial spirit of our
clients and their much-deserved desire to work more from home, a new work and
loft space was created by combining the upstairs bedrooms and transforming them
into the central focus of the expanded interior space.
Reconfigured ground floor
On the ground floor, we removed just about every interior wall (less compartmentalization ), and
provided more of a connection to the
outdoors by opening up the back wall to the large rear yard and newly proposed
patio, pool, spa and garden.
Goodbye, France... Hello, Long Beach.
Back yard with new pool, deck and terraced landscaping
Adding volume to the interior