{"id":7458,"date":"2026-04-30T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:10:13","slug":"faulkner-architects-designs-california-house-around-fire-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/faulkner-architects-designs-california-house-around-fire-and-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulkner Architects designs California house around fire and water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US studio Faulkner Architects<\/a> has clad a low-profile mountain<\/a> house in corrugated Corten steel<\/a> for wildfire resilience in Northern California<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Known as the Pine Flat Residence, the three-bedroom house is spread over two storeys and is embedded in a steep slope in Healdsburg, about an hour north of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The remote site was originally the home of an off-grid house that was destroyed in the 2019 Kincade Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pine Flat Residence is a home in California designed by Faulkner Architects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The clients hired Faulkner Architects<\/a>, which has offices in California and Colorado, to create a durable, low-maintenance home with a long lifecycle, embracing the character of the nearby Pine Flat community, a boomtown in the Mayacamas Mountains that flourished with quicksilver and mercury mining in the 1870s.<\/p>\n

It was designed to emphasise the landscape and be durable in the event of future fires.<\/p>\n

“This project exemplifies how residential architecture can transcend aesthetic considerations,” Faulkner Architects said, explaining that the house is a tool for living on the site. “As we continue to expand into wild landscapes through development, we must enhance construction systems and materials to withstand disasters.”<\/p>\n

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It was topped with a sloped shed-like roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faulkner Architects reused the existing concrete foundation and walls of the destroyed house to retain embodied energy and limit excavation on the steep terrain.<\/p>\n

A long volume with a shed roof that mimics the slope and aligns with the ridgeline. The garage angles out from the rectangular main house and caps a workshop space that is embedded into the hillside on the lower level.<\/p>\n

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Corten steel clads the home’s exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Like stepping on a leaf, portions extending beyond the outline of the new rectangle are utilized for a sculptural entry step as well as a glazed light well,” the studio said.<\/p>\n

“The preserved concrete foundation is half buried into the hillside, juxtaposed with the outstretched protective structure elevated above.”<\/p>\n