A two story steel and glass volume connect the two structures creating an entry on the first floor and a bridge on the second. This feature creates a semitransparent break between volumes optimizing views to the North and South. The steel work of the bridge and bedroom porch canopy was inspired by power line support towers on axis with house entry and all diagonals point towards Griffith Observatory. A perforated aluminum canopy brings privacy and filtered sunlight to the primary bedroom and porch. The Living Room corner ‘pop up’ below becomes a guardrail with a planted roof that crops out the view of a major boulevard through Silver Lake.
Exterior materials optimizing minimal maintenance were specified for the design - unfinished Accoya wood siding, aluminum clad wood windows and color coat stucco.