Flip Flop House is a private residence located in Venice, California. It was designed by Dan Brunn, and has spectacular views over the adjacent beach. The façade of this private residence is subtly deceptive in its simplification and dominates the site with protruding and retracting floors and ceilings. The obscuring of the interior columns of the house with an extensive system of diaphanous glazing enhances the optical illusion via a visual push and pull, which keeps the viewer guessing as to how the walls and slabs are supported. The massive overhangs not only facilitate ample outdoor balconies, but also appear as one continuous surface folded in on itself. All finish applications are fluid as stainless polished steel impeccably encircles columns, back-painted glass spills over kitchen counters and cabinetry and translucent glazing hangs smoothly around the staircase. This magical manipulation of material reaches a perfect pitch with the terrazzo peeling free from the floor to fold over and glide elegantly along each tread of stair, appearing to be a liquefied sheet of stone.
