Jack Knife House
Jack Knife House is a two-story structure with living quarters at ground level and a studio work space above, located on a small, narrow residential lot in Venice, California. The house consists of two bars, one atop the other, with the upper turned 90 degrees and opened like a jack knife. The house stands as a pavilion within the confines of the garden. An open plan defines the ground level, which continues outside through floor-to-ceiling walls of glass. The second level cantilevers over the first, forming an outdoor living room below and roof terrace to its side. Folded planes articulate the spaces, in-filled with glass, and giving way to perimeter foliage and borrowed landscape beyond.