completed in construction in design shokan, NY hudson, NY st. agnes, UK palisades, NY west vancouver. BC asheville, NC taghkanic, NY parry sound, ON canmore, AB saskatoon, SK mountain view, CA palmetto, GA shelter island, NY hillsborough, NC sorrento, BC ancram, NY		silicon valley house mountain view, CA This home is located in a dense neighborhood, where the narrow lot (42 ft. x 125ft.) required a plan only 32 feet in width. To compound the difficulty of the site, a shared driveway extends along one edge, requiring that the house favor the opposite side of the site. Using this as a starting point, the house organizes itself around an open-sided courtyard on the private side of the side. The house is unique in the way the courtyard is re-interpreted as a space half within the home, and half outside. This space is made possible by the use of a 21 foot retractable wall of glass. This major space of the home is free to act as a living area that is both simultaneously indoors and out – spanning the full width of the site and giving the impression of a much larger environment. See this house in Dwell Magazine. See this house featured on Kohler.com. See this project completed.
This home was designed by Joel Turkel when he was Creative Director of Empyrean International, LLC. Photos copyright Dwell Magazine and Meelena Oleksiuk Turkel. Used with permission.