440 house.

Private and public are dissolved to give primacy to nature, which defines the residents’ fluid living space and invites the flâneur’s eye.

The open-plan house incorporates the latest in building technologies, including innovative glass products from England and avant-garde structural systems.

The exposed structural steel moment frame in the circulation spine and the thin columns and beams express the home’s construction system and its presence in an earthquake zone.

Natural light from various sources—floors, ceilings, and walls—combine with translucent, transparent, and reflective materials to create visually dynamic spaces.

Throughout, details and surfaces play with notions of formality and informality.

The cool touch and reverberating sound of stone and glass in the high-ceilinged living room counter the warmth of wood and fabric in the cozy kitchen and den.

All the senses are engaged in this modern dialogue of contrasts.