Family Winery
This family vineyard, located in Calistoga, is perched more than 1,000 feet above the Napa Valley floor on the slopes of Mount Saint Helena. An extensive renovation included an addition to a small original cottage and a full landscape design. This soon-to-be primary residence had very limited usable exterior spaces and we focused on expanding interior spaces out.
We used the placement of the pool to connect the house to the hillside context. Sustainable practices such as reuse of stone from the vineyards in site walls and the incorporation drought-tolerant, fire-wise, pollinator plantings respond to the current landscape issues for wildland settings.
The pool terrace utilized the deck skirt as a backdrop for a three part terrace. On the pool terrace, the concrete paving is interrupted by the wood deck to subtly create segmented space for different activities. A terrace for chaise lounging, a deck for dining, and a firepit lounge, tucked into the corner, framed by a stone wall and sited to look over the double vanishing edge of the pool.
An underused vineyard road was transformed into a destination dining space, with a new pizza oven, surrounded by raised beds and herb gardens. The locally sourced redwood dining table is placed under the canopy of existing oak trees taking advantage of the microclimate and eliminating the need for a built shade structure.
The design included extensive drainage improvements, including swales to redirect hillside and vineyard run-off. A mix of native native and drought tolerant planting and complement the sweeping 360 degree views of this site and encourage pollination. Site stone saved from the vineyards, was used for all boulder walls and swales and the wall stone veneer on the house and the landscape walls was sourced from a local quarry.
Family Winery
This family vineyard, located in Calistoga, is perched more than 1,000 feet above the Napa Valley floor on the slopes of Mount Saint Helena. An extensive renovation included an addition to a small original cottage and a full landscape design. This soon-to-be primary residence had very limited usable exterior spaces and we focused on expanding interior spaces out.
We used the placement of the pool to connect the house to the hillside context. Sustainable practices such as reuse of stone from the vineyards in site walls and the incorporation drought-tolerant, fire-wise, pollinator plantings respond to the current landscape issues for wildland settings.
The pool terrace utilized the deck skirt as a backdrop for a three part terrace. On the pool terrace, the concrete paving is interrupted by the wood deck to subtly create segmented space for different activities. A terrace for chaise lounging, a deck for dining, and a firepit lounge, tucked into the corner, framed by a stone wall and sited to look over the double vanishing edge of the pool.
An underused vineyard road was transformed into a destination dining space, with a new pizza oven, surrounded by raised beds and herb gardens. The locally sourced redwood dining table is placed under the canopy of existing oak trees taking advantage of the microclimate and eliminating the need for a built shade structure.
The design included extensive drainage improvements, including swales to redirect hillside and vineyard run-off. A mix of native native and drought tolerant planting and complement the sweeping 360 degree views of this site and encourage pollination. Site stone saved from the vineyards, was used for all boulder walls and swales and the wall stone veneer on the house and the landscape walls was sourced from a local quarry.
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