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Architects: Butler Armsden Architects
- Area: 5428 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Joe Fletcher Photography
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Manufacturers: Bulthaup, David Weeks Studio, Fleetwood, Ortal, Wetstyle
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Lead Architect: Reba Jones (Butler Arsmden Architects)
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Interior Designer: Leverone Design, Matthew Leverone
Text description provided by the architects. On a jagged cliff overlooking the Pacific, tucked in between tufts of cypress, an architectural gem becomes a family vacation home under the design vision of Lewis Butler and Reba Jones. The home, located in the 1960s planned community of Sea Ranch, preserves the distinguishing elements of its neighboring buildings — vertical wood siding, muted materials, views full of drama — while giving the clients, a San Francisco-based couple in search of a secluded retreat, details all their own. For the architects, as enamored of the curving coast and soothing landscape as their clients, updating the home, designed in 1974 by Ralph Matheson and renovated in 1990 by William Turnbull Jr., proved easier than expected. With its relaxing lushness, the site itself played the role of mediator.
