Ridge House
A 30% slope with a Central Valley view corridor that the setback rules very nearly took away. The retaining structure cost more than the first floor.
- 480 m²
- 4 bed
- 16 mo
Built work · 6 cantones
Houses we have finished.
Every project here had a constraint that shaped it — a slope, a salt line, a budget, a protected tree canopy. The interesting part of each write-up is what the site would not let us do.
- Projects shown
- 6
- Total built
- 1,985 m²
- Cantones
- 6
- Systems
- Block & steel
Casa Langosta
Four hundred metres from the surf line, which means every fastener, hinge and coil in the building is specified against salt.
- 390 m²
- 4 bed
- 14 mo
Casa Lindora
A gated-community lot with a strict design review, built around a courtyard that keeps the house cool without mechanical help.
- 340 m²
- 4 bed
- 12 mo
Casa Guiones
Off a municipal water main, inside an environmentally sensitive zone, and net-zero on annual energy. The constraints were the brief.
- 265 m²
- 3 bed
- 13 mo
Casa Herradura
Occupied about ten weeks a year. Everything in it is specified to survive the other forty-two unattended.
- 300 m²
- 3 bed
- 11 mo
Casa Ayarco
A teardown on a tight urban lot, rebuilt to a budget that only worked because the plan geometry was disciplined from day one.
- 210 m²
- 3 bed
- 9 mo
Your project
Every one of these started as a lot and a question.
Tell us what you are looking at and what you want to build on it. We will tell you what the site allows before you spend anything on design.
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