Californian studio Schola Architecture has designed the Temple Hills Residence project. This contemporary two story home is located in Laguna Beach, a seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, USA. Nestled into a steeply sloping 5,000-square foot site, the volumes step up the hillside to the rear of the existing home creating an ascending series of interior and exterior spaces, giving access to all levels of the property. While the existing home creates the traditional base for the house, the new addition exploits the modular nature of post and beam connections. A monolithic concrete block mass anchors the addition; from which structure and glass pin wheel off creating ever dematerializing living spaces that open up to the views as one moves up through the home.
