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LOS ANGELES, CA

Silent House

The addition to and remodel of the remains of this house amounts to a laconic architecture of relative silence and deliberately frank appropriation of and juxtaposition with a vernacular without chatter, or superfluous  gesture.

STATUS: COMPLETED

Team:

Mohamed Sharif with

Katie Chuh

Samantha Hoch

Structural Consultant: Farshid Behshid/IDG Engineering

Photography: Taiyo Watanabe

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Silently peeking above the existing roof line is a simple plane outlining the second floor of the addition beyond. Two upper windows give clues that things behind that wall are a little bit ... different.

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