Auburn, California

Completed 2016

 

Project Architect/Manager

Studio BBA

Saturn Construction

Bruce Damonte Architectural Photographer

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Envisioned as a modern yet casual take on a vernacular farmhouse, this weekend retreat is embedded into a hillside on 100 acres in the Sierra Foothills.  In reverence to the land, the house is designed with sustainable systems and hardy materials that can withstand dry, hot summers in a wildland-urban interface zone.  In essence, it is undemanding in its detailing, unpretentious in material and color, and most importantly easy to maintain for aging inhabitants.  Huddled in a blue oak grove between a lichen-covered-granite outcropping upslope and a quiet, duck-filled pond below, the house commands views of each and welcomes a peaceful flow between.