Property of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Rutz, Hillsboroug, California | Architects: Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons

Many families are discovering that there may be no better place for a weekend house than right on their own property, but the discovery is sometimes made in a gradual way. When, for instance, the Emil Rutz family built a swimming pool some years ago alongside their house in Hillsborough, California, they decided it would be practical to have a little dressing room on the terrace. Nearby, a simple outdoor barbecue pit was added. Finally, after passing through several stages, the dressing room and the barbecue area were fashioned into the pleasant weekend house shown here. It is so well equipped that when the main house was being remodeled, the family moved into the weekend house and lived comfortably for several months.

Actually, it is three houses under one roof: a playhouse for informal dining and entertaining, a guest house of two bedrooms and baths. and a poolhouse where swim- mers may shower and change. For Mrs. Rutz there is a greenhouse along the rear wall and Mr. Rutz has a darkroom. In a beautifully landscaped setting the weekend house enables the Rutz family to enjoy their leisure fully without ever leaving their home.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | April 1956