Spring Road Residence | Ross, California, Usa | 2018

Architects: Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
Client: Private
General Contractor: Plath and Company, Inc.
Landscape Architects: Surface Design
Photographers: Matthew Millman Photography 

A successful entrepreneur and avid lover of design searched for years for land in Marin County to build an extraordinary home.

The site is surrounded by California oaks and old-growth redwoods, offering total privacy.

And from this lofty perch, the fog would roll in and never reach him.

The client wanted a house worthy of its setting, melding modernist lines with a rustic Northern California sensibility.

The architects composed and stacked a series of boxes, calibrating proportions and optimizing views with precision.

Rich earthy materials in a neutral palette are used throughout.

The volumes are clad in terra-cotta clay tile that picks up the color of redwood bark, with Rheinzinkfascias and large expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass.

A redwood-lined driveway ascends to the house, where the architecture serves as backdrop and frame to the idyllic setting, a tranquil retreat from urban life.

Adjacent volumes house guest rooms, a gym, a spa, and an office, which face the concrete terrace and look out over the pool and spa toward spectacular views.

Next to a black-tile lap pool, a square spa hovers eighteen inches above the terrace.

With infinity edges on four sides, both pools capture the ever-changing reflections of the sky and Mt. Tamalpais.

The floating master suite occupies the entire second floor and pushes out over the main living volume, commanding gorgeous wraparound views.