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McElroy Residence

An open plan home in a beachside enclave

 

situation

 

response

Entry along ipe wood wall leading to front door

Designed for a couple and their two sons, this 7,800-square-foot house is nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac in a private community with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. The clients requested that the house take advantage of the ocean views and the Southern California climate. The challenge was to provide gracious and open living spaces despite a restrictive eleven-foot height limit imposed by the homeowners association. 

The solution was to create a series of horizontally expansive spaces defined by a floating roof plane supported on stone masses, wood walls, and slender steel columns. Oversized sliding glass doors pocket away to literally dissolve the physical boundaries between the interior and exterior, creating an uninterrupted flow from the rear courtyard to the main living space to the pool area, all against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. 

 
 

Study model

 
 
 
 
 
 

Role

Architectural Designer

(Schematic Design —  Construction Documentation)

 

Architect

EYRC Architects

Team

Takashi Yanai, FAIA

Brendan Canning

Carl Caspar Paatz

TYPE

Private Residence

clients

Thom and Sarah McElroy

Year

2013

Location

Laguna Beach, California

Photographers

Roger Davies

Nicolas Marques

Miranda Brackett