The Hill House is composed of a 20′ wide x 115′ long stepped platform, a shelter formed by the roof and east wall, and several gabion stone walls. It is sited on a long, narrow, rocky hillside, sloping gently to the south and steeply to the east and west. The building is designed to catch...
Stepping Up The Hill House With a Rear Japanese Garden
Completed in 2002, this home in San Francisco is conceived as a series of interlocking forms, stepping up the hill and out of the earth to become a transparent glass form bound by the planar structure. The street level entry opens to a sculpture court where an open, steel and concrete stairway leads to a...