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Hide and Seek Apartments / Valerie Schweitzer Architects

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Inspired by the palm tree, the nature-centric apartment building in west LA provides a sense of nurture to the entire street in a post-pandemic age. It incorporates the local flora in unique ways including the site’s roughly 90-year-old sycamore, with a playful treehouse effect. The 15-unit structure, LEED Gold, heightens our awareness of nature’s interplay with the man-made that marks Los Angeles. It does so with a mix of natural and industrial materials: Corten steel, insulated glazing, board form concrete, salvaged wood, and palm trees on all floors.

Outside-in Pavilion / Valerie Schweitzer Architects

Andreas Luco — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 01:00:00 +0000

The pavilion, commissioned by a matriarch to gather her family in nature, is a tribute to the natural world. It encourages one to be in nature as much as possible, whether dining, relaxing, star-gazing, or even sleeping. Located in the East End of Long Island, its form simulates a forest. (and loosely resemble the silos of adjacent potato farms as well). Ascending cedar wood posts, attached to glue-laminated rings, evoke tree branches of varying heights. The wood material speaks for itself, stripped of adornment. This structure, that activates the front yard of a simple wood-clad cabin, imparts a fluidity between interior and exterior.

Butterfly Studio / Valerie Schweitzer Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Inspired in part by the closing of a butterfly’s wings and other organic forms, this 350 square-foot art studio and the private office for a family home in Westport, Connecticut, provides a serene refuge. Like shards protruding from the earth, the studio’s angled panels clad in stucco and recycled teak, impart a primitive and futuristic quality at the same time. The structure exploits the potential of glass, wood and steel.