BIG SUR
BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
All of the elements that inhabit the coast-from rocky outcrops to coastal chaparral and Monterey Cypress-are shaped by their remarkable adaptations to these environmental forces. With a goal of attuning the house to this unique landscape, the architecture is shaped as a series of adaptations to the environmental conditions that it mediates.
The house makes way for the landscape, and in doing so unlocks the breathtaking experience of living on the coastline.
The house is comprised of a series of slender roofs that appear to float above the massive stone walls that connect the building to the ground. The tapered stone walls are laid with long, thin courses of gray stone that echo the striated cliff faces which surround the house, making the building appear as an extension of the cliffs.
Inside the main structure, spaces flow 'seamlessly between the places of shelter in the east, where the house burrows deep into the site's topography, and more expansive rooms to the west, where the ground drops off and the house perches above the ocean.' A large open-air deck and infinity pool offer views of the crashing waves on the nearby rocky outcrops.
Watch the story of the Big Sur House, created by The Local Project.
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Joe Fletcher Photography
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The Local Project - Big Sur by Field Architecture