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Bay

  • Bay
  • Location: Brentwood, CA
  • Completed: 1997

A dramatic addition to a modernist building was constructed on a home designed by architect Jerold Lomax for director Michael Bay. The addition focused primarily on an expansion and redesign of the original master bedroom and bath to provide for an increased orientation to views of landscape below and the city beyond. A large wall was oriented diagonally from the entry to the master suite in juxtaposition to the rectangular geometry of the original house, which created a forced perspective and made the space seem wider while pulling the views inside. The diagonal wall serves to divide the bath from the bedroom and simultaneously form the shower wall and headboard. A large sweeping curve is introduced as the addition cantilevers over the original structure.

Frameless glass extends from the floor to the floating sculptural roof forms, which are cantilevered by way of a complex structural system that allows the view to remain unobstructed. Materials were selected for their natural beauty and expressed in an honest and direct way. A pigmented Venetian plaster in several tones of gray was used on the walls and roof forms as well as in the shower, tub, and fireplaces. Slate was used for the bathroom floors and exposed fir beams and several exotic but sustainable lesser known species of wood were used for cabinets, furniture and millwork.

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