This contemporary development is inspired by early California Bungalow Courts incorporating a common courtyard path to residences with additional private patios at ground level.

An entry garden of South African plants leads to a landscaped courtyard providing adjustable filtered levels of community and privacy … mature California Pepper trees and tall shrubs, wire fencing with Passaflora vines, metal coil "drapery" at patios, tinted glass, and sheer and opaque window draperies. It provides a continual garden experience upon entering and while residing. There are also gardens on rear decks and roof tops with synthetic turf and landscaped self-irrigating planters. The mixture of roof gardens, with mountain views and tree-top scapes, and courtyard gardens affords one a house-and garden experience while living in a four-unit complex. This configuration, on two-standard lots, provides a means to increase density in older neighborhoods while respecting their developed character.

The ground floor is a great-room of living, kitchen, dining and garden areas. It has floor to ceiling stacking glass panel dividers to create a separate media room/guest room. The large guest bathroom includes storage units. Bamboo "tansu" storage cabinets are built-in under the staircase.

The second story has two-bedrooms and an additional bedroom or workspace, which can also be divided by stacking glass panel doors. The entire 1st floor, and the 2nd story bedrooms have sliding glass doors looking into the courtyard. Each unit has a roof deck with an outdoor kitchen and the rear two-units have an additional second story landscaped deck.

There is plentiful natural light and space for living both inside and outside, including operable doors and windows for natural ventilation and cooling, through various seasonal weather conditions.

Building and landscape are designed by Venice award winning firm Artecho Architecture & Landscape Architecture, principals Howard Rosen & Pamela Palmer

Site

Finishes

• Concrete walkways with sand finish
• Concrete steel troweled and sealed floors
• Exposed sanded and oiled PSL beams
• Bamboo staircase with glass railings and stainless steel handrails Bamboo "tansu" under stair cabinets
• Bamboo floors throughout 2nd story
• Caesarstone quartz counters in kitchen & bathrooms
• Sheer "ripplefold" draperies and 2nd track for owner's "opaque" draperies
• Gypsum board walls with Low VOC paints
• Glass and metal frame sliding closet doors and floor-to-ceiling stacking room dividers
• Clear glass shower enclosures
• 2-person double-ended tub/shower in main bathroom with parachute cloth curtains on ceiling track
• Thermobalance shower/tub valves
• Toto low-flush 1.6gpf toilets- 2" drains & sanitary surfaces
• Dimmable lighting throughout
• CFL fixtures in kitchen, bathrooms, and dusk-to-dawn exterior security lighting
• Fully wired for up-to date cable, fiber optic services and security Electronic surveillance from within each unit
• Low maintenance Weatherbest composite fencing & FRP railings and gratings
• Galvanized exposed metals
• Anti-graffiti coated concrete block walls
• Metal carport parking gates with flat panel to alley for easy graffiti repainting