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 Ocean
views and the owners love of sailing inspired the "translucent
floating" architectural design concept of this custom residence.
Pierce used a double-cantilevered second story; separately-sloped,
steel, metal roofs; and a different color stucco to define
the private space above from the "grounded" double office,
guest suite and garages below. An exterior, circular, steel
stair provides access from the second floor deck to a very
private roof deck with endless ocean and hill views.
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 Outside
a viewer can see through the space to blue sky and palm trees.
Inside a large butt-glazed window in the cantilevered upper
floor gives one the sensation of floating above the ocean
beyond. Outside the viewer peeks through a tall butt-glazed
glass window to see the inside two floors connected by a mono-stringer
steel stair with coconut wood treads punctuating the space.
Outside the viewer can see shapes and forms through the large,
sandblasted, reed-glass bathroom windows. Inside a diffused
natural light creates a feeling of bathing in an outdoor waterfall.
 The
location and environment are much in evident in Pierce's design.
A special stainless steel cable railing system was crafted
to withstand the moist climate and maintain visual transparency.
The inside temperature can be maintained by cross-ventilation
from carefully placed opening windows. Technological devices
seemingly disappear with in-ceiling speakers, plasma television
and lighting controls handled from a remote central location.
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 Natural
materials were used extensively throughout the home. Stone
and bamboo floors flow in waves throughout the house with
the stone rising up the bathroom walls. Solid poplar wood
doors and "outdoor" colored painted walls translate the inside
and outside space into one. A custom stainless steel island
defines the cooking area.
The
translucent aqua countertop floats on I-beams and is lighted with fibre-optics
creating a mesmerizing ocean of light at night. The counter continues
through the opening windows above to the deck beyond combining the indoor
and outdoor spaces.
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