Architectural designer Sebastian Mariscal and project manager Jeff Svitak created a house in Venice, California, for Michael and Tamami Sylvester. The knotty cedar cladding from Crenshaw Lumber was pretreated with an ebony stain from Timber Pro UVâtwice on both sidesâprior to being brought to the site, where it was left for eight weeks so that it could adjust to the moist seaside air before installation. Photo by Coral von Zumwalt.
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Architect Sebastian Mariscal believes that on the subject of wooden, everybody’s a fan. Mariscal’s delicate, atmospheric houses broadcast a deep understanding of the natural materials. Every one of the 4 Mariscal-designed residences Dwell has featured in its pages expresses a mastery of timber, from the nice and cozy, ipe-clad inside of 2inns (2006) to the charred-wood exterior of the Wabi Home (2008). He manages to benefit from regular supplies, each distinct and intelligent, and we wished to learn how.
Try the difficulty, hitting newsstands on March 25, 2014, for extra on how Mariscal works with wooden, and click on via our slideshow for a choice of his tasks which were featured in Dwell.
A visitor bed room, with furnishings from Room & Board, overlooks the bridge above the eating courtyard. The houseâs panorama structure is by Ventura, Californiaâbased mostly Jack Kiesel, and Mariscal was totally onboard with a program that revered the positioning’s pure vegetation. “Sebastian had a right away response to the bushes on the positioning,” says the home-owner. “There have been a number of mature bushes: a 40-foot-high pine tree, a California dwell oak, and a magnolia. So Sebastian instantly statedâtruly introducedâthat he was going to maintain all of the bushes on the positioning.” Picture by Coral von Zumwalt.A gently winding set of uncovered combination concrete pads results in the Wabi Homeâs entrance door. Architectural designer Sebastian Mariscal sought to “cover the home behind a dense forest entrance yard.” Because the crape myrtles develop in, they’ll additional filter the houseâs charred cedar facade. Picture by Daniel Hennessy.
Watch a behind-the-scenes video tour on the Wabi Home. Picture: Daniel HennessyWhereas many of the floor stage is given over to the big open residing and eating space, it additionally features a small pantry, workplace, and Japanese rest room. An built-in Sub-Zero fridge is nearly unnoticeable behind its charred cedar cladding. Picture by Daniel Hennessy. Picture: Daniel HennessyAlthough he was born in Mexico Metropolis, San Diegoâbased mostly designer and developer Sebastian Mariscal has readily absorbed this Californian obsession with deck life. A veteran of the native structure scene, the 38-year-old Mariscal has designed a pair of equivalent homes known as 2inns (pronounced “twins”) on a La Jolla hillside overlooking the Pacific. Sebastian and Maricarmen take within the surroundings from the consolation of their uncovered front room, which employs all method of hardwoods, native and unique alike. Picture by Bryce Duffy. Picture: Bryce DuffyThe Mariscals’ personal La Jolla bed room opens out onto a small triangular patio. The outside’s ipe cladding additionally makes up the partitions and flooring of the master suite, additional inviting the skin in. Picture by Bryce Duffy. Picture: Bryce Duffy
