A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects

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Los Angeles, United States
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1950 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Arcadia Custom, DMF, Daikin, Fleetwood , Herman Miller, Nexus 21, Polycoat, Velux
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A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Exterior Photography
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Text description provided by the architects. The A+M House is located in Santa Monica Canyon next to a canal, a block from the Pacific Ocean. Two adventurous teenagers and one adult are the residents.

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Plan - Ground Floor
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The exterior shape of the house transforms vertically – from rectangular at the roof to a variously curving plan at the ground – ‘the guitar’. 

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Plan - Section D
A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Interior Photography, Windows
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The perimeter walls are in continuous transformation between those two plan shapes. That change in shape is particularly evident at the corners which begin with a 90-degree plan at the roof and end as a 10-foot radius at the ground plane. 

A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Interior Photography
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The compound-curving exterior walls are produced by CNC milling all the exterior studs of the house.  The milled lumber was fabricated through a direct-to-construction Rhino 3d model.

A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Countertop, Chair
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Section B
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It was essential that the exterior walls, roofs, and soffits precisely preserve the milled shape.  An industrial coating called polyurea was applied – a single-component covering that provided both waterproofing and exterior finish, the first time this rubberized coating has been used on an exterior over wood construction.

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Plan - Second Floor
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The four-story house is organized around a central atrium crossed by a bridge at each level and including a stair to all floors and the roof deck which looks over the sea.  A theatre, symposium area, and multiple bedrooms and bathrooms surround the stair and bridges.

A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Interior Photography, Stairs
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A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Interior Photography
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Two parking spaces are covered by curving, bowl-shaped soffits that form the rubberized exterior of the sloping interior theatre seating one level above.

A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects - Exterior Photography
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Cite: "A+M House / Eric Owen Moss Architects" 10 Jul 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/985032/a-plus-m-house-eric-owen-moss-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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