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Architects: Fougeron Architecture
Lead Architect: Anne Fougeron
General Contractor: Barry Builders
Photographers: Joe Fletcher
Project Manager: Todd Aranaz
Design Team: Niiraj Kapadia, Fionnuala Bhreathnach, Mariana Alberola, Jennifer Li, and Ana Finkelstein
Landscape Architects: Ground Studio
Structural Engineers: Endres Studio

A human-made object in nature may exist in harmony or disparity. the goal was to deepen this home’s connection to the environment, creating a place where the clients can live immersed within an exceptional landscape. Taking care to protect and restore the land,the architects suspended the renovated house between two California hills, where it overlooks a rushing waterfall and spans the creek below. The remodel retains 50% of the existing wood structure. A steel frame beneath the original floors anchors the home to the rocky hillsides – thus allowing us to remove supporting columns from the creek bed.