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M:OME receives 2008 AIA Honor Award |
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M:OME is pleased to announce that we are the 2008 recipients of the
AIA Honor Award (American Institute of Architects, Central Coast Chapter)
for the Teixeira House, San Luis Obispo
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view of the TXS living room looking north
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An extension of a family home that is almost square in plan, TXS
takes cues from Schindler's use of sectional L's. The space flows
horizontally from the existing kitchen into the living room, then up
the open stairwell. The exposed glulam beans and plywood on ceilings
give a warm, constructivist feel to the space demonstrating this
marriage of industrial materials with life + function. Reflected light
from the upper floor pours through the open stairwell and washes the
natural cypress wood wall to give a glow to the room below.
The entire upstairs is an open master suite. Lower walls surround the
bath area forming a spatial L that allows light to travel between the
bed and bath areas. Astringencies of modernism are coupled with rich
and playful juxtapositions of materials.
Bathroom walls are finished with smooth Venetian plaster; 2" aluminum
recycled aluminum tiles surround the sink and tub. Floors are
semi-gloss finish plywood, formaldehyde-free.
Retractable Aluminum French doors open wide to allow interweaving of
outdoor and indoor space characterizing a uniquely Californian way of
living. There is a breezy informality that takes you from the highly
polished concrete floors inside to the slightly more textured concrete
of the patio. Blending the indoor and outdoor living room with the
same concrete floor surface extends the perceptual size of the room.
The outdoor living room [patio] is given function by the rock gabion
walls lining its edge. Built by the owners, the rocks from the site
excavation work were carefully stacked into wire cages and the top
covered with ipe wood to allow a long buffet area or just a cool place
for kids to play. At the end of the wall, the rock gabions form the
outdoor shower.
Square Footage: 1150 square feet
Materials: natural cypress siding, exposed blackened steel, exposed glulams, polished concrete floors, exposed polished CMU
Features: passive solar heated, radiant floor back-up heat, overhangs block summer heat gain
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