Inspired by the greats

Set on a stunning remote site with sweeping coastal views overlooking Dillon Beach, CA, USA the C-Glass House poses an abstract counterpoint to its natural surroundings. The project is an exercise in high-performance transparency – a home of maximal exposure with minimal environmental impact.

Designed by Deegan Day Design the house takes its architectural lineage not only from Philip Johnson’s Glass House and the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, but also the California legacies of Elwood, Koenig and others. In contrast to earlier west coast glass houses bias towards the environment, employing tactics of framing, cantilever and directional enclosure to heighten, as well as quantify, the beauty of their surroundings.