The King House by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
Located Santa Monica, California, the project idea was open space to face the public street and surrounding house. This arrangement puts much of the family’s life on display, even communal or individual.
From bedrooms and the large open-air living room, all member of family can enjoy the neighborliness. Both inside and outside, the house’s design manages to be both serious as well as casual – to create the conditions for a flexible, open, communally-oriented lifestyle, while at the same time employing a refined palette of materials and details. The generous use of natural light activates the house and creates excellent lighting for the family’s art collection. A number of sustainable features are also incorporated. For the Kings, the house functions perfectly for their individual and collective lifestyles, and embodies the values in which they believe.
