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Openhouse by XTEN Architecture

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XTEN Architecture designed this amazing house located in the Hollywood Hills, California.

The house is embedded into a narrow and sharply sloping property, a challenging site that led to the creation of a house that is both integrated into the landscape and open to the city below.

Retaining walls are configured to extend the first floor living level into the hillside and to create gardens on two levels. The front, side and rear elevation of the house slide open to erase all boundaries between indoors and out, connecting the spaces to gardens on both levels.

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Via Design Milk

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Comments

Dream home!

M2JL :: STUDIO, January 22, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Seems like a lonely place to live.

Ostrowski, January 26, 2009 at 10:55 pm

I like ur house. This not a house but sweet home where the happieness lives. The artitecture of ur house is nice. i love it.

Deepak Kr., July 18, 2009 at 6:13 pm

Hello!
where is this house?
What street?

Jhonatan, August 30, 2009 at 7:26 pm

There is no information about that on the architects web. Sorry

Sylvia, August 30, 2009 at 7:31 pm

I can almost swear that this house was used in the movie “spread” with Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche….anyone knows if true? seriously cool house.

BJ, August 20, 2010 at 1:25 pm

BJ, it indeed is that same house. The architecture of that firm is absolutely exquisite. Glad to see that someone else is paying attention.

Cheers,
Alejandro

Alejandro gonzalez, October 13, 2010 at 8:53 am