The duplex goes moderne in this interesting and unusual dwelling. Although it is not entirely a duplex in the common interpretation of the term, it provides two entirely separate apartments. The owner is provided with bachelor quarters on the lower floor, while separate housekeeping quarters upstairs are occupied by a couple.
The house is located on a steep sloping hillside in Los Angeles, overlooking Silverlake and the Sierras. The problem of the architect was utilization of the steeply sloping lot for a double dwelling, with separate entrances and easy access to a two-car garage below. Also to take full advantage of a panoramic view north and west and to keep costs within moderation.
The construction is unit type timber chassis with continuous diagonal bracing against lateral shocks; steel sash Druwhit; air heating.
The living room quarters open liberally toward the view, with the lake in the foreground and the high mountain ranges as an impressive backdrop. Each living room connects by means of wide sliding glass doors with a spacious outside terrace or balcony. Floors of living quarters and bedrooms carpeted, baths and kitchen plain linoleum. Walls sanitas, all exposed metal is chrome. The two fireplaces are placed over each other with combined chimney.
The exterior is finished in cement plaster, brushcoated, the two access stairways brushed concrete. Exposed metal facias, gutters and downspouts crimped Armco galvanized steel. Copper ventilation screens on overhangs. Exterior soffit illumination continuous aluminum coated blinds.
Landscaping consists of rock gardens along the exterior stairways and on the back ground bank with Eucalyptus grove on the summit, overtowering the slope.
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