![]() ‘Having lived in California for a very long time, I am influenced by the West Coast modernists, Koenig, Neutra, Ain and their contemporaries,’ continues Mork-Ulnes. ![]() Mork-Ulnes Architects looked to California Modernism to design Frame House, adopting elements of openness and indoor-outdoor living but giving them a contemporary reinterpretation. Images by Bruce Damonte (short film by Juan Benavides) ‘The concept was to design an all concrete house that is wrapped in a sacrificial layer of wood that gave a nod to the local vernacular farm structures in the area – so that its materiality still feels like it fits with a Northern California home despite being structurally of concrete.’ ‘After the Nuns Fire of 2017 ravaged the surrounding area and damaged the property, the clients asked us to design a new house that would be armored against future wildfires,’ says Casper Mork-Ulnes. ![]() The designers responded with ‘Frame House’, a two storey dwelling with a fire-resistant concrete shell. ![]() The clients then entrusted Mork-Ulnes Architects to design a new home that could better withstand future wildfires. Just a few months later, wildfires engulfed the area, destroying the family’s main residence but leaving the new guest accommodation intact. In 2017, Mork-Ulnes Architects designed a trio of concrete guesthouses on this property in the Sonoma hills in northern California.
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