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Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Contemporary Real Estate in Southern California design by ShubinDonaldson, USA

Jan 24, 2019

Architects: ShubinDonaldson

Location: Santa Barbara, Southern California, USA

Skyline Residence

The Contextural Contortionist: What if a home could realize great potential views and enhance its oceanside suburban context?

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Photos by Jeremy Bittermann

Skyline Residence, Santa Barbara, CA

Fully utilizing the site, the main living areas sits on the top 3rd floor with panoramic Pacific Ocean views looking south and west. The bedrooms sit on the 2nd floor and the service areas like garage and laundry bury into the ground floor.

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

The main challenge was to “wedge” this home into a narrow complex shape of constraints and opportunities provided by the hillside site, zoning requirements and neighborhood context. These constraints resulted in a unique formal solution deploying a concrete and steel structural frame to maximize the formal responsiveness of the structure.

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Due to the complexity of the form, the material palette for the home was limited to wood, cast concrete, steel and glass. The house has a central stair that cuts up through the home with a skylight above that allows daylight to penetrate the home and light it from within.

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Environmentally, the home is cooled passively by ocean breezes, lit evenly during the day by daylight, and Ipe wood screens minimize sun load on the extensive view windows.

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

The benign climate encourages an indoor-outdoor living style and the home flows onto strategically placed outdoor patios for outdoor living. Every square foot of this small site is used as living area, whether indoors or out.

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

The client, an industrial designer with a young family, desired a thorough design process and a carefully detailed design. He came to SD knowing that our design values were in sync and this stunning home is the result of a very productive and satisfying client/architect relationship.

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Skyline Residence Santa Barbara – Building Information

Location: Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Architects: donaldsonplus.com
Project size: 2600 ft2
Completion date: 2016
Building levels: 3

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara

Photography: Jeremy Bittermann

Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara information / images received 240119 from ShubinDonaldson architects studio USA

Location: Santa Barbara, Southern California, United States of America

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