Hidden House by Standard Architecture
Jeffrey Allsbrook, Standard Principal and Co-Founder : “Hidden House is the perfect example of how incorporating an existing structure can actually be the key to a successful new design, Hidden House offers the ultimate country living experience in the middle of an urban environment”.
Courtyard Design of Hidden House by Standard
Single Entrance of Hidden House by Standard
Located in Glassell Park,the house only be accessed via a half-mile unpaved road, offers expansive views of the city but seems a world away from Los Angeles at the same time. The house kept existing two-bedroom as substantially intact. At the same time the architects designed an entirely new home around the original space. The original two-bedroom cottage is incorporated into the house as the living and dining room. Standard added a new kitchen, family room, office, garage, master bedroom suite and kids bedroom. The new house is arranged around two main courtyards. The main living spaces open up onto the interior courtyard, while the exterior courtyard looks out over the city in the distance. The self-contained cubes are arranged around the original footprint in such a way that they make order of the disorder. At a later date, the family may add on additional bedrooms per their original plan.
Exterior Lounge of Hidden House by Standard
Big Glazed Door Dining Room in Hidden House by Standard
The house features with several sustainable materials as ranging from the redwood cladding, to reclaimed endgrain block wood, to the cork flooring in the office, and highly efficient appliances/equipment. The design allows for excellent cross ventilation and day lighting, reducing the need to run forced-air conditioning or heat or energy-consuming electrical lighting. The house is insulated with sustainable cotton and built to be solar-ready. The garden is planted with native landscape and vegetables.
Location : Mount Washington/Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Architects : Standard Architecture/Design.
