A House in Venice

Venice, California

The courtyard at dusk: stone wall to one side, timber-slatted volumes opposite, a glazed bridge above the lawn and lap pool.

A figure on a gravel path between a timber-slatted volume and a stone gable wall, planted with grasses.

Kitchen beneath a pitched roof and rooflight, long timber counter and island, glazing onto the courtyard.

Sunken living room lined in timber with built-in seating and shelving beneath a long window.

Upper corridor glazed along one side, the planted roof of the lower volume outside.

Street elevation: a timber-slatted upper volume above a stone base, screened by mature trees.

Kitchen looking toward a doorway, pitched ceiling with a rooflight above timber cabinetry.

The courtyard from the opposite end, stone wall and glazed bridge above the lawn and lap pool.

Living space opening to the courtyard, timber ceiling and artwork, pool beyond the glazing.

Dining room with a round paper pendant hung above a timber table.

A steel stair rising past a slatted timber screen, a figure descending.

Living room with a fireplace, a sheer curtain drawn across full-height glazing.

Timber-lined sauna with two figures on the bench beside a slatted window.

A House in Venice

Venice, California

Year: 2024–
Type: Private residence
Status: Under construction

A House in Venice occupies a corner lot in Venice, California — a house for a small family.

The plan turns as a pinwheel around a central landscape court. Each ground-floor room takes one arm of the wheel, and every one of them opens onto the same piece of planted ground, so light and garden reach the whole floor rather than a favoured side. Hosting works the same way: the rooms run together around the court when the house is full, and close back down to a house for the family when it isn’t.

Material carries the division between public and private. The ground is built of stone — heavy, cool, holding the rooms that receive people. Above, the private rooms sit inside a slatted wood volume that reads as a lantern after dark, filtering light out and privacy in. A corner lot exposes a house on two sides; the slats let it be open and closed at once.