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Guitar House
Corte Madera, California

Coastal Mediterranean climate

Sutton Manor Creek Watershed

Corte Madera Creek watershed

Mill Valley, Dave Deppen Green Architect, Marin, Design With Nature

 

Letter-Timeless home built for a life of several hundred

years.

 

This complex of four structures on the hilltop

location of Bill Graham’s old compound (recycled for

this project) nestled within mature trees overlooking

one of the Bay Area’s most stunning 360 degree

views.

 

Perhaps the finest rammed earth construction in the

country, this home is a testament to an unusually

dedicated collaboration between architects, builders

and the vision of the owners.

 

Traditionally-formed rammed earth

Sprayed earth construction (pise’)

Passive solar, solar hot water

Photovoltaics with off-grid battery storage

Balanced natural daylighting

Natural ventilation – both cross and stack effect

Super-premium windows (Albertini)

Framing lumber either FSC certified or reclaimed

Hardwood floors milled from Tan Oak

(clients supported small mills

that salvaged this usually-discarded tree)

Nontoxic and recycled materials throughout

Radiant heated floors

Plumbing for both graywater and

wetlands water treatment options.

Electrical testing for electromagnetic fields (EMFs)

 

CREDITS

DAVE’S ROLE: PROJECT MANAGER AND DESIGN TEAM

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM: VAN DER RYN ARCHITECTS

CONTRACTOR: REDHORSE CONSTRUCTORS

STRUCTURAL: BRUCE KING

INGRAM DEJESSE

MECHANICAL: DAVIS ENERGY GROUP

CIVIL: CSW / STUBER-STROEH

AUDIO AND HOME THEATER: CHARLES SALTER AND ASSOCIATES

LIGHTING: ANNA KONDOLF

INTERIORS: AGNES BOURNE

JIM WEINBERG

WEINSTEIN GROUP

PHOTOS: REDHORSE ARCHIVES

Guitar House

Corte Madera, California

Coastal Mediterranean climate

Sutton Manor Creek Watershed

Corte Madera Creek watershed

Dave Deppen Green Architect, Marin, Design With Nature, Mill Valley, Corte Madera

 

Letter-Timeless home built for a life of several hundred years.

This complex of four structures on the hilltop location of Bill Graham’s old compound (recycled for this project) nestled within mature trees overlooking one of the Bay Area’s most stunning 360 degree views.

Perhaps the finest rammed earth construction in the country, this home is a testament to an unusually dedicated collaboration between architects, builders and the vision of the owners.

Traditionally-formed rammed earth

Sprayed earth construction (pise’)

Passive solar, solar hot water

Photovoltaics with off-grid battery storage

Balanced natural daylighting

Natural ventilation – both cross and stack effect

Super-premium windows (Albertini)

Framing lumber either FSC certified or reclaimed

Hardwood floors milled from Tan Oak (clients supported small mills that salvaged this usually-discarded tree)

Nontoxic and recycled materials throughout

Radiant heated floors

Plumbing for both graywater and wetlands water treatment options.

Electrical testing for electromagnetic fields (EMFs)

 

 

CREDITS

DAVE’S ROLE:   PROJECT MANAGER AND DESIGN

TEAM

ARCHITECTURAL FIRM:   VAN DER RYN

ARCHITECTS

CONTRACTOR:   REDHORSE CONSTRUCTORS

STRUCTURAL:   BRUCE KING

INGRAM DEJESSE

MECHANICAL:   DAVIS ENERGY GROUP

CIVIL:   CSW / STUBER-STROEH

AUDIO AND HOME THEATER:   CHARLES SALTER

AND ASSOCIATES

LIGHTING: ANNA KONDOLF

INTERIORS:   AGNES BOURNE

JIM WEINBERG

WEINSTEIN GROUP

PHOTOS:   REDHORSE ARCHIVES

FEATURED PROJECTS

IMAGE CREDITS

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