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The Penny and Stanley Haptor Residence, 1987

Author P. D. James writes: “Privacy is the last luxury," and with its gated and long private drive to a secluded hillside setting, Haptor Residence has privacy in spades. But that is only one of the luxuries here. Perhaps not the last, but certainly as significant is the luxury of space. Both indoors and outdoors space is the key to a pervasive sense of luxury living here. But, it is luxury without...

The Buff Residence, 1988

Conrad Buff III and his wife Libby sought a new and more accessible location than the exposed hilltop upon which they were living. Choosing a cool and wooded site in the San Rafael hills, this multi-level structure was erected using the design language common to the architects' later projects; rectilinear living modules appear to be stacked atop each other. The vertical massing creates an evocative...

Domus Solaris, 1975

That the life-enhancing exhilarating power of great architecture has nothing to do with size is proven & experienced here at Domus Solaris. Carefully drawn across the highest ridge above Mulholland, Don Hensman's personal residence each day recalls the experience of ascending the mountain. Access appears blocked from below, but then through a hidden cleft, stairs lead upward. The pool, like a small...

The Hong Residence 1968

In collaboration with the office of Buff and Hensman. Drawing on his family's Asian traditions, and his U.S.C. training, Roger Hong created this classic post and beam design for his mother. Truly inspired, and with the restraint born of the case study houses, the residence is both simple and elegant. The luxurious open plan interiors open out to the pool. All overlooks head-on City views, and amazingly all...

Modern Privacy

Conrad Buff III and his wife Libby sought a new and more accessible location than the exposed hilltop upon which they were living. Choosing a cool and wooded site in the San Rafael hills, this multi-level structure was erected using the design language common to the architects' later projects; rectilinear living modules appear to be stacked atop each other. The vertical massing creates an evocative...

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